Instructional Assistant at Rowan County Senior

Instructional Assistant at Rowan County Senior High

Starting Date: Aug 1, 2026

Class Code: 7320

Job Title: Instructional Assistant

Responsible To:
Building Principal

Basic Function:
The Instructional Assistant shall work with and under the supervision of the regularly employed teacher. He/she shall assist in directing the learning experiences of students in all activities sponsored by the school. The Instructional Assistant shall follow the guidelines for enforcing all board and school policies.

• Works with small groups of students to reinforce learning.
• Performs clerical duties similar to those of a regular teacher.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work.
• Sets up and uses audio-visual media.
• Assists teacher with instructional and non-instructional classroom duties.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work.
• Assists in school safety drills.
• Assists small groups of students in the library and other special areas, preparing, performing, and supervising with the regular classroom teacher for all classroom activities.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Works as a team member under the supervision of the regularly employed teacher.
• Checks and records students’ daily attendance and academic progress, but confers with the regular teacher before cumulative grades are recorded.
• Participates in in-service training programs and any scheduled faculty activities as directed.
• Perform administration of medication and other health services such as tube feeding and catheterization, as instructed by a health professional.
• Performs such other duties as assigned.

Education:

High school diploma or GED and passing score on Para educator Test.

Compensation is established by the board-approved salary schedule each year. Contract is issued annually.

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for classified personnel.

Full‑time

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