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Teacher Assistant, West Lincoln High School
Lincoln County Schools, NC • Lincolnton, NC 28092 • Posted 7 days ago
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In-person • Full-time • $16.48-$22.23/hr • Entry Level
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The Teacher Assistant at West Lincoln High School is responsible for performing a variety of technical and clerical tasks to assist a teacher. This role involves providing one-on-one assistance with academics, behavioral problems, and personal and self-help skills, as well as leading small group activities. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, and may involve a range of responsibilities including group instruction, individualized instruction, and supervision of students.
Responsibilities
- Solve independently most minor problems
- Follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision
- Record and store data accurately
- Maintain confidentiality of student information
- Establish and maintain working relationships with parents, students, teachers, staff, and administrators
- Provide support to the teacher in the instruction of students
- Perform a wide variety of tasks to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process
- Serve as substitute teacher as needed
- Arrange classroom furnishings and equipment
- Prepare visual aids and duplicate materials
- Supervise students in the classroom and other locations
- Create and distribute awards for positive behavior
- Promote student self-esteem and teach citizenship, social skills, and respect for others
- Reconcile minor student conflicts and discipline misbehavior through approved methods
- Report discipline problems to teacher or principal
- Enter data in health record and file data according to regulatory requirements
Qualifications
Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to pass a drug test, background check, and TB test
- Meet the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): hold an Associate's degree or higher, 30 semester hours, or a passing score on the WorkKeys Test
- Working knowledge of effective methods of working with students
- Skill to operate audiovisual and technological equipment and common office machines
- Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher-designed strategies
- Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor
- Ability to impart information to the student'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 confidentiality of student information
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with parents, students, teachers, staff, and administrators
Full Job Description
Date Posted
September 17, 2024
Position Available
September 30, 2024 - May 30, 2025
Position Details
Reports To
Classroom Teacher/Principal/Assistant Principal
Salary / FLSA / Non-exempt
Teacher Assistant / Grade 59 ($16.48 - $22.23 per hour); plus local supplement, if applicable
The salary for this position is based upon the successful applicant's years of service in the NC State Retirement System in the same or similar position. Experience outside of this system is not recognized for pay purposes. For current Lincoln County School employees, this position will be paid according to the current Lincoln County Schools' pay scale.
Nature of Work
Under general supervision, a teacher assistant will perform a variety of technical and clerical tasks in assisting a teacher. Employee may perform a wide range of tasks in order 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, behavioral problems, and personal and self-helps skills and may lead small group activities. Employee assists teacher with general housekeeping, clerical duties, and personal care needs of students.
Qualifications & Requirements
Duties
Application Deadline
Open until filled
Application Process
All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please visit the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Tracy Eley, Principal
teley@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Wet Lincoln High School
172 Shoal Road
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Phone: (704)736-9453
Fax: (704) 276-2004
Lincoln County Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, handicap, national origin, race, religion or sex.
September 17, 2024
Position Available
September 30, 2024 - May 30, 2025
Position Details
- Teacher Assistant
- Permanent / full-time / 10 months / 7.5 hours per day
- Benefit eligible (paid holidays, sick leave, retirement, hospitalization insurance, annual leave)
Reports To
Classroom Teacher/Principal/Assistant Principal
Salary / FLSA / Non-exempt
Teacher Assistant / Grade 59 ($16.48 - $22.23 per hour); plus local supplement, if applicable
The salary for this position is based upon the successful applicant's years of service in the NC State Retirement System in the same or similar position. Experience outside of this system is not recognized for pay purposes. For current Lincoln County School employees, this position will be paid according to the current Lincoln County Schools' pay scale.
Nature of Work
Under general supervision, a teacher assistant will perform a variety of technical and clerical tasks in assisting a teacher. Employee may perform a wide range of tasks in order 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, behavioral problems, and personal and self-helps skills and may lead small group activities. Employee assists teacher with general housekeeping, clerical duties, and personal care needs of students.
Qualifications & Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Must be able to pass a drug test, background check, and TB test before starting employment.
- Meet the following requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):
- hold an Associate's degree or higher (in any area);
- or 30 semester hours; (in any area)
- or a passing score as noted below on the WorkKeys Test offered at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC)
- Workplace Documents - The state requires a passing level of 4 or above
- Applied Math - The state requires a passing level of 4 or above
- Business Writing - The state requires a passing level of 3 or above
- Working knowledge of effective methods of working with students
- 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 students and basic characteristics of ages and stages
- Skill necessary to operate audiovisual and technological 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 student'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 confidentiality of student information
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with parents, students, teachers, staff, and administrators
- The employee provides support to the teacher in the instruction of students
- Responsibilities: A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students
- The work is directed by specific instructions, precedents and established policy
- Problems are solved through the exercise of judgment in selecting the best course of action to be taken
- The work is performed under the limited supervision of the teacher and/or principal
- Gives group instruction as prescribed by teacher
- Must be able to perform very heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
Duties
- 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 confidentiality of student information
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with parents, students, teachers, staff, and administrators
- The employee provides support to the teacher in the instruction of students
- Responsibilities: A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students
- The work is directed by specific instructions, precedents and established policy
- Problems are solved through the exercise of judgment in selecting the best course of action to be taken
- The work is performed under the limited supervision of the teacher and/or principal
- Gives group instruction as prescribed by teacher
- Provides individualized instruction
- Demonstrates various instructional activities
- Monitors work assigned by teacher
- Checks and corrects students' work while in progress
- Keeps students on task
- Praises and reinforces achievement of students
- Reports student progress to teacher
- Instructional preparation/support
- Serves as substitute teacher
- Arranges classroom furnishings and equipment
- Prepares visual aids
- Duplicates materials
- Reorganizes materials at the end of day
- Serves as proctor during testing
- Attends workshops
- Scores students' papers as instructed by teacher
- Distributes and collects instructional materials
- Checks and reports attendance
- Enters data in health record
- Records student behavior
- Files data according to regulatory requirements
- Monitors student behavior
- Supervises students in the classroom and other locations
- Creates and distributes awards for positive behavior
- Promotes student self esteem
- Teaches citizenship, social skills and respect for others
- Reconciles minor student conflicts
- Participates in development of discipline policy
- Disciplines misbehavior through approved methods
- Reports discipline problems to teacher or principal
- Reports to supervisor significant change or lack of change in student behavior
- Other duties as assigned
Application Deadline
Open until filled
Application Process
All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please visit the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Tracy Eley, Principal
teley@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Wet Lincoln High School
172 Shoal Road
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Phone: (704)736-9453
Fax: (704) 276-2004
Lincoln County Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, handicap, national origin, race, religion or sex.
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