St. Mary Academy – Bay View seeks a qualified individual to serve as a Special Education Teaching Assistant in our Purcell Promise Program (for Upper School students with moderate learning disabilities) and Center for Learning and Academic Support Services (CLASSroom) three days a week for the 2025-26 school year. The candidate must enjoy being with students who have learning differences and/or need academic support. Candidates must also be committed to an all-girls education and Mercy values.

The Special Education Teaching Assistant position is part-time, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 19.5 hours per week. The candidate has latitude to choose which three days they will work. The person hired for this job must also be willing to become a part of the Bay View community and engage in extracurricular activities.

Our School
St. Mary Academy – Bay View is an all-girls, independent, Mercy Catholic school located in Riverside, Rhode Island, serving a diverse population of girls from Pre-K through Grade 12. A sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Education, St. Mary Academy – Bay View fosters academic excellence in an innovative and creative learning environment. For 150 years, Bay View has empowered each student to be a confident, independent, compassionate, and socially conscious faith-filled young woman.

Specific responsibilities for this position include:

• Establishing and maintaining a healthy and trusting learning environment and fostering nurturing relationships with students
• Accompanying Purcell Promise students into regular education classes
• Being warm, compassionate, and appropriately caring to each child
• Assisting teachers with instructional and other direct services to students
• Assisting and taking direction as needed
• Being a flexible, open-minded, and self-driven team member
• Being dependable, punctual, and responsible
• Supporting and serving the school’s mission and identity as a Catholic and a Mercy school
• Collaborating with colleagues and contributing to a positive school environment
• Supervising and assisting students in the academic resource center

Qualifications for this position are:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• At least one year of experience working with students with complex learning needs

Benefits:
St. Mary Academy – Bay View offers an Employee Assistance Program, tuition remission for daughters, as well as paid personal, sick, and holiday leave.

To Apply:
Visit bayviewacademy.org/about-bayview/employment-opportunities and download the Non-Teaching Application. Kindly submit application, cover letter, and resume via email to: employment@bayviewacademy.org, or mail to: St. Mary Academy – Bay View, Attn: President’s Office, 3070 Pawtucket Avenue, Riverside, RI 02915. An Equal Opportunity Employer, St. Mary Academy – Bay View commits itself to maintaining a welcoming environment for all people and extends its welcome to those who may be vulnerable to discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, age, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, military status, or other legally protected status.

About St. Mary Academy - Bay View

St. Mary Academy - Bay View is an independent, Catholic school serving a diverse population of girls from pre-school through grade twelve. In the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, we foster academic excellence in an innovative and creative learning environment. We are committed to empowering each student to be a confident, independent, compassionate and socially conscious young woman who fully lives her faith.

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