KIPP Durham Elementary Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant

[2025 - 2026] KIPP Durham Elementary Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant

Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) North Carolina is a network of eight tuition‑free, college‑preparatory public charter schools educating approximately 3,000 students in grades K‑12 across Durham, Halifax, Northampton, and Mecklenburg counties. At KIPP NC, we are committed to improving the life outcomes of North Carolina’s children through research‑based, rigorous curricula and by ensuring students have the roadmaps and guideposts they need to arrive at success – however they define it.

At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools. Especially our teachers – their skill, energy, love, determination – on the good days and on the hard days. We support our teachers to make the most of those gifts, beginning with respect for their innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth, and the lives they lead beyond our walls.

We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers play in lighting paths to opportunity for our students, and as their careers progress, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead and support to grow.

• Provide exceptional education to students (individually or in groups) with physical help and emotional support so they can benefit from our instructional program
• Establish a supportive and sympathetic relationship with students without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement
• Guide and help students with curriculum tasks set up by classroom teachers
• Work with students (individually or in small groups) to reinforce materials initially introduced by classroom teachers
• Assist with behavior management and other disciplinary procedures in a manner consistent with policies and expectations of colleague teachers and the school
• Keep supervising teachers informed of any issue with specific students
• Communicate with colleagues about student issues or special information as appropriate
• Communicate with, contact, and respond to families as directed by colleague teachers
• Assist students in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, and using the bathroom
• Perform simple errands and tasks for students, such as sharpening pencils, carrying lunch trays, and the like, as needed given student conditions
• Perform classroom health procedures, when necessary, under the supervision of the school nurse
• Serve as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student evaluation team conferring about students to whom assigned
• Embrace and incorporate feedback from colleagues, principal, assistant principal, regional coaches, and students in the spirit of pursuing excellence, one of KIPP NC core values

• Develop positive relationships with students, families, teachers, and staff through regular positive phone calls to families, routine curbside check‑ins at arrival and dismissal, and attendance at all school events
• Leverage those relationships to induce behaviors and instructional habits from students that are significantly different from those previously exhibited; pinpoint and tap the needs, wants, and underlying motivations of students
• Participate fully in the daily routines of a school that form the foundation of culture
• Embody, nurture, and build KIPP NC’s core values (Pursuing Excellence, Building Knowledge, Fighting Injustice, Sparking Joy, and Rising Together) and the school’s student and staff cultures
• Assume personal responsibility for student achievement, all the students in the school, and the success of staff colleagues
• Create and maintain a joyful classroom space that exudes love, builds a sense of belonging, and celebrates learning, including displaying current student work and grade‑level/content‑appropriate and identity‑affirming decorations

• Collaborate with leaders and coaches to identify areas of strength and areas of growth for professional development throughout the year, some of…