POSITION: Academic Support
QUALIFICATIONS: Teaching Certification - Elementary
REPORTS TO: Principal
JOB GOAL:
The Academic Support position (K–5) provides targeted instructional support to elementary schools in the areas of English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science, with a specific focus on strengthening instruction in state-tested standards. This role is responsible for supporting teachers and teacher teams in improving instructional practices, raising student achievement, and ensuring alignment with district expectations. The position is solely to support core academic achievement.
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Provide targeted instructional support to K–5 teachers in ELA and Math to strengthen classroom practice and accelerate student growth. This includes modeling lessons, co-teaching, and demonstrating effective, standards-aligned instructional strategies.
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Support teachers in implementing district-adopted curricula (e.g., Benchmark Advance and 95 Percent Group resources) with fidelity so students receive high-quality, consistent instruction across classrooms.
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Collaborate with teachers to plan effective small-group lessons, offering strategies that strengthen Tier I core instruction and Tier II intervention to improve outcomes for all learners.
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Assist teachers in planning rigorous, grade-level lessons by aligning content to the NC Standard Course of Study, anticipating student misconceptions, and incorporating high-leverage practices that directly support student achievemen
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Provide academic intervention and enrichment for Math and ELA
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Provide social emotional learning lessons
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Conduct academic advising sessions weekly
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Monitor student grades, attendance, and assessment performance
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Monitor student use of I-Ready learning platform in Math & Reading
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Collaborate with grade level colleagues to provide support for Math and ELA
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Maintain contact with parents to create a partnership between home and school.
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Maintain a safe and orderly learning environment that is conducive to student learning and overall development
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Treat all students in a fair and equitable manner; interacts effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and community
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Carry out non-instructional duties as assigned and/or as need is perceived; adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations; follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth.
MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10
SALARY: NC Teachers Salary Schedule with Local Supplement
EVALUATION: NCEES Evaluation Instrument
ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Performs other related work as required.
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Degree in education or in a related area that will qualify for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Physical Requirements: Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs, etc. Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work.
Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.
Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal and counseling terminology.
Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
Ability to motivate students.
Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment. Ability to perform general clerical duties.
Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom. Ability to operate common office machines.
Ability to maintain basic files and records.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
DISCLAIMER
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
