2026-2027 Special Education Assistant

About the role

The Special Education Assistant supports teachers in various capacities within Watauga Elementary School, including assisting with classroom activities, providing one-on-one tutoring, monitoring student behavior, and performing clerical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assists teachers in classroom activities and projects
• Works with and assists students during class activities and projects
• Tutors students in basic educational skills
• Makes instructional materials for classroom use
• Monitors students in cafeteria, auditorium, halls, bus zones, or other common areas
• Administers and grades tests
• Monitors behavior and handles disciplinary issues
• Performs clerical tasks such as entering and retrieving data, generating reports, and organizing materials
• Operates various equipment and tools
• Communicates with supervisors, employees, and other individuals as needed
• Performs other related duties as required

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous work experience related to clerical, supervisory, and instructional responsibilities
• Good knowledge of standard English, including the ability to speak and write clearly
• Skilled in completing various forms neatly and accurately
• Ability to understand and follow directions of the teacher

Qualifications

• Personal traits: emotional stability, empathy, warmth, and compassion for others, sense of humor, love of children, respect for individuality, enthusiasm for work with young children, energetic and creative, honest, fair, and patient with students, parents, and other staff

Skills

• Data Utilization: ability to calculate and/or tabulate data
• Human Interaction: ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in a supervisory capacity
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: ability to start, stop, operate and monitor the functioning of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions
• Verbal Aptitude: ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information
• Mathematical Aptitude: ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Situational Reasoning: ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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