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Location: Allen, TX
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
To assist a special education instructor with student lessons and behavior mamgement.
Job Requirements
No college hours are required. There is no moving up the ladder in this career until a 4 year degree is achomplished in the field of education.
Uppers
The best aprt of the job is watching the developement of the children.
Downers
The worst part is dealing with violent children.
Lifestyle
The dress is business casual M-Thur, Fri is casual. Assistants work only 187 days of the year. The hours are 30 minutes before school begins till 30 minutes after school ends. There are monthly gatherings with staff outside of work. This job is ideal if you have schoolage children at home. You are off work when they are not in school.
Compensation
$16,000 for 187 days.
Advice to Jobseekers
You must really love children and you must seek the good in everyone of them. You must always say positive thing to them and about them.

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