Elementary Teacher Assistant

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits including holidays, sick

Health insurance and retirement

Job summary

Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools is seeking an instructional assistant to support the classroom teacher and help maintain a well-organized learning environment in the school. The role focuses on assisting with instruction, preparing materials, and managing activities to enable effective teaching and learning.

Responsibilities include working with students individually or in groups, reinforcing lessons, coordinating classroom tasks, and supervising students during routine activities, drills,

Qualifications

• All applicants must be designated as Highly Qualified.
• Requires 48 college credits or 7 credits in core subjects and passing WorkKeys.
• Prev. experience working with students desirable.
• Alternatives to the above may be accepted by the Board.

Responsibilities

• Assists classroom teacher with individual, small group, or large group instruction.
• Reinforces learning and devises strategies based on students' needs and abilities.
• Guides independent study, enrichment, or remedial activities.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and materials; corrects assignments and supervises tests.
• Assists with behavior management in line with school policies.
• Counsels with parents as directed by the teacher while keeping student information confidential.
• Supervises students during meals, bus duty, drills, assemblies, and field trips.
• May accompany students to special classes or assist the resource teacher.
• May substitute as a teacher on occasion; acts as information point for substitutes.
• Performs health procedures when needed under the school nurse; handles clerical duties as assigned.

Skills

Student interaction

Education

48 college credits or 7 credits in core subjects and WorkKeys

Job description

• Full benefits including paid holidays, sick leave, annual leave, holiday pay, health insurance and retirement.

Qualifications:

• All applicants must be designated as "Highly Qualified". 48 college credits or 7 credits in core subject matter and passing WorkKeys test scores.
• Previous experience working with students desirable.
• Such alternatives to the above as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Reports To:

Principal and/or designee, usually the classroom teacher.

Job Goal:

To assist the teacher in providing a well-organized, smoothly functioning class environment. To relieve the teacher of non-teaching functions to provide the teacher more time for preparations, individualization, and evaluation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists the classroom teacher by working with individual students, small groups or large groups of students, including but not limited to the following ways.
• Assist the teacher by reinforcing the learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher. Assist the teacher by devising special strategies based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Guides independent study, enrichment or remedial activities set up and assigned by the teacher. Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction. Corrects assignments and supervises testing and make up work, as assigned by teacher.
• Assists teacher with behavior management in a manner consistent with policies and expectations of the teacher and school. Keeps the supervising teacher informed of any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Communicates with, contacts, responds to parents as directed by the teacher maintaining the confidentiality of information about all students.
• Supervises students as assigned or required – at breakfast or lunch, on bus duty; during class, emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips. Relieves the teacher for conferences and emergencies on a short-term basis, as required.
• May accompany students to special classes. Assists students or the resource teacher as needed.
• May be asked to serve as a substitute teacher, as appropriate, if needed. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Performs classroom health procedures, when necessary, under the supervision of the school nurse.
• Performs clerical duties as needed or assigned – Checks and records student attendance. Collects and records the collection of money. Keeps bulletin boards and other classroom displays up to date, as requested by the teacher. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom.
• Participates in inservice training programs, as assigned.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of licensed teachers.
• May be asked to substitute as a school crossing guard.
• Performs such other tasks as the teacher or other supervisor may assign.

Terms of Employment:

Ten-month year; work schedule determined by the Principal.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to physically perform the basic operational functions of stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, hearing and repetitive motion. The ability to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.

Evaluation:

Evaluated in accordance with the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.

Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools