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About the Role

ACCEL Schools is seeking a SPED Instructional Aide for Riverside Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio for the upcoming 2026 - 2027 school year. The Instructional Aide assists the Teacher with classroom activities, promotes positive student behaviors, and ensures student safety and a positive school climate.

Responsibilities

• Supports lessons taught by the teacher to individual students or groups of students and follows instructional plans.
• Helps plan classroom activities and supports the Teacher in student and parent relations.
• Assists with school activities, including parent-faculty nights, faculty meetings, assemblies, commencement exercises, fundraisers, and chaperoning student activities.
• Performs clerical duties, including grading papers and making copies.
• Assists the Teacher in the use of classroom technology.
• Helps maintain the cleanliness of the classroom, lunchroom, and other school areas.
• Understands, accepts, abides by, and implements the school’s philosophy and mission statement in all school activities.
• Performs other assigned duties, including field trips, morning duty, dismissal duty, and lunch duty.

Requirements

• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Successful completion of BCI/FBI check.
• Ability to meet educational standards as applicable.
• Ability to work well under pressure, and effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently.
• Understanding and ability to manage confidential information.
• Physical ability to lift 25-40 lbs.

Skills

• High quality written and verbal communication skills.

Location

• Cincinnati, Ohio

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experience in a school or social services setting is a plus.

Education Level

• Associate degree
• Two years of college coursework
• Passage of the Paraprofessional’s Exam

Salary/Compensations

• $16.25/hour

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement contributions
• Optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)
• Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary short-term disability insurance
• Voluntary long-term disability insurance
• Career advancement opportunities throughout Accel Schools and our strong network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals

About the Company

• ACCEL Schools is a network of 80+ high-performing, public charter schools serving PK-12 students.
• We proudly advocate for school choice and work to address educational inequities throughout the United States.
• Our schools are inclusive and widely differ to reflect the unique values of the many urban, suburban, and rural communities we serve.
• Our brick and mortar, and virtual schools specialize in closing educational gaps and offer innovative models such as career-technical education, sports training, bilingual programming, and more.
• We have been recognized and praised by legislators, authorizers, and researchers for providing exceptional education options to students in historically under-resourced communities.

Equal Opportunity

• It is our policy to abide by all federal, state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based solely on a person’s race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status except where a reasonable, bona fide occupational qualification exists.