TEACHER ASSISTANT

Hiddenite Elementary School

Permanent Full-time Position

General Statement of Job

Under general supervision, performs a variety of technical and clerical tasks in assisting a teacher.  Employee may perform a wide range of tasks to support the efforts of the teacher, meet the needs of all students, and ensure the provision of quality instruction for all students.  Employee provides one-on-one assistance with academics and behavioral problems and may lead small group activities.  Employee assists lead teacher with general housekeeping and clerical duties  Reports to principal and/or teacher.

Required qualifications

• Associate Degree or 48 semester hours towards an associate degree, preferred.
• Applicant must hold a valid NC state driver’s license.
• Applicant must be eligible to obtain a CDL with Passenger(P) and School Bus(S) endorsements. If an employee is unable to obtain a CDL with P/S endorsements for any reason, this could result in recommendation for dismissal.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Assists teacher with executing instruction and evaluating its effectiveness.
• Constantly monitors the safety and well-being of students.
• Monitors student behavior and helps maintain discipline in the classroom; assists with crisis prevention.
• Assists students with learning; reinforces and clarifies instruction; provides one-on-one assistance as needed.
• Maintains and respects the confidentiality of student and school personnel information.
• Praises and reinforces achievement of students; promotes self-esteem.
• Scores students’ work as instructed by teacher.
• Prepares visual aids and duplicates materials.
• Distributes and collects instructional material and reorganizes materials at the end of the day.
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Performs general housekeeping duties in maintaining an orderly classroom.
• Serves as a proctor during testing.
• Supervises students in activities that take place out of the classroom, including activities involving school transportation.
• Maintains reports and records as assigned by teacher.

Additional duties

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the principal and/or teacher.
• Must drive a daily bus route or substitute for a driver when requested by the principal or designee.

Essential knowledge and abilities

• Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations.
• Employee must have the ability to interpret and establish appropriate rules, methods, and techniques in maintaining a disciplined academic environment.
• Applicant must have strong interpersonal skills and patience.
• Experience working with students and knowledge of conflict resolution techniques is strongly encouraged.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal, and counseling terminology.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, calculators, pencils, scissors, etc.
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

The abilities described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

DISCLAIMER
 

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.