EC Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Assistant
On-siteRocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeAssociates Degree
Full TimeAssociates Degree
Job Summary
Support the teacher in the instruction of students by providing academic assistance, including group and individualized instruction, monitoring assigned work, and correcting student progress. Manage classroom logistics such as arranging furnishings, preparing visual aids, and serving as a substitute or proctor during testing. Monitor and supervise students across all locations, resolve minor conflicts, and report discipline problems or significant behavioral changes to the teacher or principal. Maintain accurate records of attendance, health data, and student behavior while ensuring confidentiality.
Required Qualifications
- Completion of an Associate's Degree
- at least 48 semester hours of college credits
- completion of a formal assessment (Workeys) with acceptable scores in reading, writing and math
- 96 hours of in-service training/professional development
- no points on driving record
- ability to pass the required physical exam
- ability to pass drug testing
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
- Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children
- Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made
- Some knowledge of the school organization and its community
- Some knowledge of expected behavior of children, that is, basic characteristics of ages and stages
- Skill necessary to operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines
- Skill to make learning aids which will strengthen lesson plans
- Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher designed strategies as a fulfillment of the instructional objective
- Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor
- Ability to impart information to the child's level of comprehension
- Ability to apply impartially and consistently proper methods of recognition, reward and punishment
- Ability to independently solve most minor problems
- Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision
- Ability to record and store data accurately
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to compose and write routine reports
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, staff and the general public
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- close vision
- color vision
- depth perception
- ability to lift up to 50 lbs
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