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Job Description
Teaching Assistant (ISS)
Clover School District
Oakridge Middle School - Clover, South Carolina This job is also posted in CERRA-SC, and Clover School District
Job Details
Job ID:
5787302
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Yesterday
Starting Date:
Jul 27, 2026
Job Description
Qualifications:
High school diploma with successful passing grade on the Para Pro exam or two year degree, or 60 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university
Excellent interpersonal skills
Prior work with children
Knowledge of computers
Preferably Bi-lingual communication skills
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
Reports To:
Principal
Job Goal
To assist the teacher to achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.
Performance Responsibilities
Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher.
Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
Guides students with group activities such as drill work, and reading aloud.
Supervises testing and make-up work as assigned by the classroom teacher.
Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral or written communication.
Alerts the teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the teacher.
Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
Specific Job Requirements
Possess and utilize excellent team building skills
Accept delegated responsibilities willingly
Able to work under occasional stress
Demonstrate a high level of initiative in job performance
Knowledge
Education and Training-Knowledge of teaching and instruction for individuals and groups
English Language-Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
Skills
Active Listening-Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate
Critical Thinking-Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Learning Strategies-Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
Monitoring-Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself and other individuals to make improvements or take corrective action
Mathematics-Using mathematics to solve problems
Reading Comprehension-Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
Judgment and Decision Making-Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
Time Management-Managing one's own time and the time of others
Desktop Computer Skills-Using a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing document
Work Context
Requires standing
Requires walking
Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions and working outdoors
Terms of Employment:
182 days per school year; Salary based on District Scale for Teacher Assistants
Salary Scale
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Support Services Personnel.