YMCA of the North Shore
YMCA Inclusion Technician (Education)
Do you have experience directly supporting children's social and emotional needs implementing positive interventions in a nurturing environment? Are you seeking a part time opportunity to use your skills and knowledge by ensuring an inclusive environment for all children regardless of their abilities? This may be an opportunity for you!
As an Inclusion Technician, you will help implement behavior and inclusion plans developed for individual children to ensure each child in our early learning and school age programs are given the opportunity to reach his/her full potential. On a regular day, working at one of our multiple locations based out of Marblehead, Beverly Haverhill, Salem or Ipswich, you will implement plans and directly support youth programming, monitor behavior, document and communicate observations, and collaborate as part of a team. The Inclusion Technician monitors for patterns, supports the implementation of social and emotional curriculum, works with individual students while modeling expectations, and teaches social/emotional skills. Additionally you will support an inclusive and positive environment by incorporating appropriate modifications and accommodations and encouraging a learning environment for staff and students.
To thrive in this role you have experience working with vulnerable populations and diverse abilities and have implemented behavior plans in an educational or recreational setting. You have an understanding of varying strategies and approaches to social emotional learning and the ability to implement and guide best practice with a flexible teaching style. You have the ability to identify and understand cause and motivation of events and actions in relation to child behavior and have sound judgement in response to the unexpected.
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The YMCA is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, protected genetic information, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran's status.