Teaching Assistant (visually impaired student)

Clover School District

Oakridge Elementary School - Clover, South Carolina This job is also posted in CERRA-SC, and Clover School District

Job Details

Job ID:

5944290

Application Deadline:

Posted until filled

Posted:

Sep 29, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date:

Immediately

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

Ability to lift up to seventy-five pounds

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.

Position Type:

Full-Time

Job Requirements