Pre-K Teacher Assistant

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; Estes Hills (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in North Carolina seeks a dedicated Teacher Assistant/Pre-K Teacher Assistant to support classroom instruction and student needs. The role focuses on assisting the teacher with lesson delivery, behavior management, and supervised activities to create a productive, safe learning environment.

Responsibilities cover small group work, reading aloud, distributing materials, and helping with health procedures and clerical duties, while maintaining confidentiality and

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and meet one of the listed criteria.
• Hold a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential.
• Hold an Associate Degree in Birth-through Kindergarten, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or related field.
• Enrolled toward an Associate Degree: must have 48 semester hours of education or 7 credits in core subjects and passing WorkKeys.
• Previous experience working with children preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the classroom teacher with students in small groups or whole class.
• Reinforce learning and devise strategies based on individual student needs.
• Read to students and support independent study and remedial activities.
• Distribute and collect materials; supervise assignments and testing as directed.
• Support behavior management and communicate with the teacher about any student concerns.
• Assist with parent communication and protect student confidentiality.
• Supervise students during meals, buses, drills, field trips, and other activities.
• May substitute for the teacher when needed and support health and clerical tasks.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

CDA Credential

Associate Degree (Birth-through Kindergarten / Child Development / Early Childhood Education)

Enrolled toward an Associate Degree with credits/workKeys

Experience with children

Job description

• Position Type:
  Teacher Assistant/ Pre-K Teacher Assistant
  

Reports To:Principal and/or designee, usually the classroom teacher Salary Grade:102

Work Location: School Site FLSA Status:Nonexempt

Work Schedule:10 Month

Position Summary

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.

• 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 the teacher
• Assists teachers 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 in-service 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.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and meet one of the following:
  • Hold a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential; or
  • Hold an Associate Degree in Birth-through Kindergarten, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or other Early Childhood Education-related field; or
  • Enrolled and working toward an Associate Degree: must have either 48 semester hours of education earned/passed, or 7 credits in at least two core subjects (English, Math, Writing) and passing " Proficiency Certificate for Teacher Assistants " assessment test scores (WorkKeys)
    (Please Note: Teacher Assistants working toward an Associate Degree must make progress by completing a minimum of 6 semester hours per year.)
• Previous experience working with children preferred

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.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards

Disclosure

This document provides descriptive information about the above Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School position. Work actually performed by incumbents in this position may vary. Although this document may be used for recruiting, staffing, or career planning, the information contained herein should only be used as a guideline or recommendation for the content of and qualifications for this position. An individual's ability to meet the qualifications and capabilities described in this document is not a guarantee of employment or promotion. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School reserves the right to make changes to this document as deemed necessary without providing advance written notice.