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Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant (2025-2026)
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Chapel Hill (NC)
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Job summary
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is seeking an Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant for the 2025-2026 school year. The role involves providing educational support to students with special needs, assisting with instruction, and maintaining a supportive environment. Applicants must be 'Highly Qualified' and have relevant training. The position offers a competitive hourly salary and full benefits.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Must be designated as 'Highly Qualified'.
- Assists with behavior management and other disciplinary procedures.
- Maintains confidentiality of information about students.
Responsibilities
- Assists with instruction and management of students.
- Guides students with curriculum tasks set up by the teacher.
- Communicates with regular/special education teachers about student problems.
Skills
Education
Job description
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JOB TITLE: EC Teacher Assistant
Dates Of Employment
HOURLY SALARY: $17.81
BENEFITS: Full benefits including paid holidays, sick leave, annual leave, holiday pay, health insurance and retirement. Local supplement of 5.5% starts the month after completion of first year. State longevity after 10 years of service.
Qualifications
- All applicants must be designated as “Highly Qualified”. 48 college credits or 7 credits in core subject matter and passing WorkKeys test scores.
- Training and experience working with children with special needs.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
JOB GOAL(S): To provide exceptional education students (individually or in groups) with physical help and emotional support so they can benefit from the instructional program.
Job Responsibilities
- Assists with the instruction and management of students in the following ways:
- Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
- Guides and helps students with curriculum tasks set up by the teacher. Works with students (individually or in small groups) to reinforce materials initially introduced by the teacher.
- Assists with behavior management and other disciplinary procedures in a manner consistent with policies and expectations of teacher and the school. Keeps the supervising teacher informed of any problem with specific students.
- Communicates with regular/special education teachers about student problems or special information as appropriate.
- Communicates with, contacts, and responds to parents as directed by the teacher. Maintains confidentiality of information about students.
- Assists with the physical needs of students in the following ways:
- Assists the student(s) in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off of outerwear, moving from room to room, using the bathroom, and so on.
- Performs simple errands and tasks for student(s) such as sharpening pencils, carrying lunch trays, and the like, as needed given the student’s condition. Accompanies the student(s) when trips to the office or other locations are necessary.
- Performs classroom health procedures, when necessary, under the supervision of the school nurse.
- Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student evaluation team conferring about students to whom assigned.
- May be asked to serve as the EC 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.
- Assists with morning/afternoon bus duty, breakfast and lunch duty as assigned by the exceptional children’s department
- Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentially of information about students as is expected of licensed teachers.
- Utilizes Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) training, in order to respond effectively to behavior difficulties, while balancing the responsibilities of care.
- 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. Salary in accordance with the adopted schedule.
EVALUATION: Evaluated in accordance with the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.
- Seniority levelEntry level
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionEducation and Training
- IndustriesPrimary and Secondary Education
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