Teacher Assistant
On-siteReidsville, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Provide academic assistance by giving group and individualized instruction, monitoring assigned work, and checking student progress. Support the teacher by preparing visual aids, arranging classroom equipment, and serving as a substitute teacher or proctor during testing. Monitor student behavior in the classroom and other locations, resolve minor conflicts, and report discipline issues to the principal. Record attendance, enter data into health records, and file information according to regulatory requirements. Operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines while maintaining confidentiality of student information. Obtain a bus license to serve as a substitute bus driver when needed.
Required Qualifications
- Graduation from high school
- Associate's degree
- Successful completion of 48 semester hours
- Score at least a level Four or higher on all three portions (Applied Math, Graphic Literacy & Workplace Documents) of the WorkKeys exam
- Possession of an equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position
- Willingness and ability to obtain a bus license
- Ability to serve as a substitute bus driver when needed
- 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 that 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 solve independently 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 the confidentiality of student information
- Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, equipment for children with special needs, etc.
- Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects
- Physical requirements consistent with those for Light Work
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