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Special Education Assistant - Preschool Developmentally Delayed, Available 2026 - 2027 School Year
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What they do
A Teacher Assistant assists classroom teachers by providing extra individual attention and instruction to students. Helps teachers with recordkeeping, preparation for lessons and activities and supervising students. May work with special education students, or work in a school library or computer lab; may be called teacher aide or paraprofessional.
$32,477 / year median in South Carolina
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Special Education Assistant
- Preschool Developmentally Delayed, Available 2026
- 2027 School Year
Richland County School District 2
Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary - Columbia, South Carolina This job is also posted in
CERRA-SC
Job Details
Job ID:
5932425
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Today
Job Description
This is a 185 day position.
Pay Schedule:
Grade 105
This position is for the 2026
- 2027 school year.
To achieve the Highly Qualified designation required for this position, please upload any one of these items to your current application: - a college transcript(s) showing at least 60 hours of college credit (an unofficial copy is fine), or
- a copy of your diploma showing an earned Associate's or Bachelor's degree (a screenshot is fine), or
- a passing score on the ParaPathways exam.
The Reading and Writing section requires a passing score of 332; the Mathematics section requires a passing score of 334. Study materials are available online at www.ets.org (link to Praxis). Study videos are available online. Contact the W R Rogers Adult Education Center at 803-736-8787 and email Dr. Sharmain Slay-Taylor at shtaylor@richland2.org as soon as possible to request an appointment to take the exam. Exams are offered at no cost for the first administration on Thursdays, but you must be pre-registered. Please upload a copy of one of these documents under the Application Materials section of your application.
Position Type:
Full-time