Summer Camp Instructional Assistant
Company Overview:
Shine on as a Summer Camp Instructional Assistant.
Camp Aristotle / Auburn School Silver Spring Campus / Silver Spring, MD / School website
Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a division of FullBloom, is a premier provider of education services for K-12 students who require additional supports to overcome challenges that impede success in a traditional school setting. SESI partners with school districts to run in-district classrooms and standalone schools that meet the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of special and alternative education students.Partnering with over 600 school districts nationwide, SESI serves more than 7,000 students. Join our team members who shine a positive light on our students and uncover the unique learner within. Have a profound impact, grow, learn, and thrive as part of our team.
What you can expect from us.- Competitive pay rate of $18/hour
- Diverse career pathways, mobility up and across our national network, and ongoing professional and leadership development.
- Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support.
- Data-driven, evidence-based learning and instructional models, including SESI’s own positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) framework called CASE.
- Smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.
Overview:
Maryland Camp Address:
9115 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring MD 20910
CAMP DATES 2025: July 1 – August 1
Staff Hours: 8:00 -4:00 Monday - Friday
Description:
Camp Aristotle is a unique summer camp program that offers full-day and half-day options for students in primary and secondary education. Camp Aristotle offers an socially-based curriculum with rotating opportunities that can include some of the following on a rotational basis each year; in art, adventure, coding, comics, creating, exploring, gardening, puzzles, escape rooms, movie creation, news broadcasting, photography, music appreciation, space exploration, fantastic beasts, gaming, science, theater, and more.
Social learning/pragmatics, executive functioning support and self-regulation development is integrated throughout the curriculum. Many students at Camp Aristotle experience challenges associated with High Functioning Autism, Anxiety-Related Disorders, ADHD, NVLD, Sensory Processing, and Expressive & Receptive Communication Challenges; however, not all campers have a formal diagnosis.
Responsibilities:
We are seeking summer camp instructional assistants. Instructional assistants will work as teams in a collaborative environment with teachers and other related services providers. Staff are expected to work all 4 weeks. This is an hourly position. Staff are paid for only the hours they work on site.
Responsibilities include:
- supporting the teacher with planning and implementing daily lessons and activities based on weekly themes
- attending staff meetings
- Arrive on time and remain through the end of the day (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
- Participate in Student Support Teams
- Contribute to weekly newsletters and parent communications.
- Collaborate with the Teacher, Camp Director and summer staff to ensure a safe, productive environment.
- Collect data based on point sheets, attendance and contribute to anecdotal observational descriptions for parent communications
- Maintain a clean and organized classroom and school building.
- Attend training for verbal de-escalation, First Aid, Auburn Summer Camp Model and behavior management.
- Complete forms for fingerprint clearance and CPS clearance
- Must be comfortable working a diversity of children who may exhibit dysregulatory behaviors (screaming, swearing, hitting, eloping and other low to moderate level disruptive behaviors)
- Must maintain a calm and professional demeanor at all times
- Staff can be reassigned in a as needed basis within camp based on the needs of students and staffing
Qualifications:
We are seeking applicants who are passionate about helping students learn, have fun, develop friendships, and take risks. Camp Aristotle is looking for enthusiastic, energetic, creative, and qualified individuals who enjoy working with children.
- - Bachelor’s degree or coursework toward Bachelor’s
- Track record of successful camp experience or other work with above-described children
- Experience with ABA and/or social learning training is a plus
- Sound understanding of, and sensitivity to, children and adolescents with special learning challenges, sensory issues and communication challenges
- Experience with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD and/or NVLD
- Commitment to professional excellence, collaboration with team members, punctuality, and
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
- Enthusiastic about the opportunity to teach students with social and communication
- Ability to be objective and fair
- Willingness to engage safely, effectively and objectively to students many who exhibit dysregulation, aggression, and elopement. Understanding of non-verbal de-escalation strategies.
Posted Min Pay Rate: USD $18.00/Hr.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to run short distances and move swiftly in response to student needs, including bending, kneeling, and crouching.
- Ability to lift and assist students with mobility challenges, often requiring the handling of up to 50 pounds or more.
- Skill in managing fine motor tasks, such as helping students with writing, manipulating small objects, or using adaptive devices.
- Ability to operate a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours daily.
- Capacity to notice and respond to non-verbal cues from students
- Capacity to remain calm and composed during physically and emotional demanding situations, ensuring student safety and well-being
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
FullBloom is an equal opportunity employer.
Equal Employment Opportunity has been and will continue to be a fundamental principle at FullBloom, where employment is based on personal capabilities and qualifications. The company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to age (40 and over); color; gender, physical or mental disability; mental status; civil union/domestic partnership; national origin; ancestry; citizenship status; race; religion; creed; sex; pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions; gender identity and gender expression; political affiliation; veteran status and uniformed servicemember status; genetic information (including testing and characteristics); or any other consideration protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.