Special Education Aide Jobs in South Carolina
Special Education Aide jobs in South Carolina are concentrated in Columbia, Greenville, and Charleston, where Richland School District Two, Greenville County Schools, and Charleston County School District maintain large special education programs across their campuses. Demand is steady at every experience level, from classroom paraprofessional to specialized behavioral support aide, with particularly active hiring in autism spectrum support, developmental disabilities, and early intervention programs. South Carolina's growth in inclusive classroom models has kept openings consistent across both urban districts and rural counties. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Top employerAiken County Public Schools
Top cityHorry County, SC
Cities hiring6
Work type100% On-site
Top credentialHigh school diploma or GED
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Horry County Schools
Special Education Aide
Horry County, SC
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Special Education Aide (Paraprofessional) for Moderate and Severe Needs Classroom (2026-2027)
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Horry County Schools
Special Education Aide (Paraprofessional) for Moderate and Severe Needs Classroom (2026-2027)
Horry County, SC
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Special Education Aide 2026-2027 School Year
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Horry County, SC
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Special Education Aide
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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF OCONEE COUNTY
Special Education Aide
Ravenel, South Carolina
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Educational Aide (Special Education)
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Special Education Aide
Horry County Schools·Horry County, SC
Job functions:
Associate's degree
1,001-5,000 employees
Job Description
- Assists with the implementation of Individualized Education Programs for students with disabilities under the direction of the classroom teacher(s) and/or service provider(s).
- Assists with individual or small group instruction developed and supervised by the teacher in the assigned class(es) including but not limited to teaching, re-teaching and reviewing lessons, asking questions and prompting students and/or guiding independent work.
- Attends to the needs of students with disabilities that may include personal hygiene, lifting, feeding, toileting, monitoring supportive medical equipment, i.e., walkers, wheelchairs, etc. and/or facilitating the use of assistive technology.
- Escorts and supervises students not limited to daily arrival and school departure, transitions between classes, the playground, cafeteria, transporting to and/or from school and/or off-site learning activities.
- Collects, charts and reports student performance data to teachers and/or other service providers.
- Performs general clerical tasks for assigned classroom, including maintaining student records (i.e., data books, portfolios, assignment folders).
- Distributes and collects instructional materials and reports.
- Assists with behavioral management programs in the classroom and implements behavior intervention plans and/or plans for independence for individual students.
- Successfully participates in designated staff development needed to fulfill job duties. Paraprofessionals who may be required to physically restrain students to ensure their safety and the safety of others will be provided appropriate staff development.
- Maintains bulletin boards and classroom supply inventories, as appropriate.
- Provides intensive behavioral supports, as appropriate. Paraprofessionals who provide this IEP required service are required to participate in ongoing, supplemental staff development.
- Communicates with parents only under the direction and supervision of a teacher.
- Serves as an educational team member who collaborates and supports the efforts of school staff and the needs of all students with disabilities.
- 60 college credit hours from an accredited college
- Associate degree
- Passing score on the Work Keys or ParaPro
- read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals;
- write routine reports and correspondence;
- communicate effectively;
- apply common sense in the delivery, understanding and following instructions in written, oral, or diagram form;
- add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; and
- compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs.
- physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 40 pounds;
- sufficiently mobile to ensure the well-being and safety of students, including but not limited to positioning, transferring and restraining;
- specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
- ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
- manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
- read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
- hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
- speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
JobID: 18344
Position Type:
Special Education/Aide - Special Education
Special Education/Aide - Special Education
Date Posted:
7/8/2026
7/8/2026
Location:
Myrtle Beach Elementary
Myrtle Beach Elementary
Closing Date:
07/15/2026
07/15/2026
Job Title: Special Education Aide
Supervisor: Reports to Building Principal
Terms of Employment: 185 days
Job Summary
Position provides assistance to teachers or other district personnel in the daily instruction and care of eligible students with disabilities. As a paraprofessional, the employee works under the direction of the teacher to monitor and address the instructional, personal, and behavioral needs of students. Although responsible to the teacher(s) to whose classrooms he/she is assigned, the individual's overall performance is evaluated by the principal or designee. This job description describes in general terms the normal duties that the special education paraprofessional will be expected to undertake. However, the job or responsibilities and/or the location may vary or be amended without changing the level of responsibility associated with the job. Duties will vary depending upon the age of the students served as well as the nature and severity of the student's disabilities. Although responsible to the teacher(s) to whose classrooms he/she is assigned, the individual's overall performance is evaluated by the principal or designee. Employees are subject to reassignment at any time by the District Office or the building principal in consultation with the District Special Education Office to meet the changing needs of students with disabilities within the school or District.
Hours
The required number of paid work hours is contingent upon position type (i.e., 7.5 or 7 hours).
The employee's school day or work schedule is established by the building principal in consideration of the employee's required paid work hours.
Essential Duties
Other Duties
Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.
Job Specifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)
Candidate must meet the requirements for a Paraprofessional: You must have one of the following:
Knowledge, skills and abilities of this job include the following:
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl. Duties may involve risk resulting from attending to students' behavioral, physical or sanitation/hygiene needs.
Physical requirements also include the following:
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or performed while the student is transported to and from school and/or on study trips away from the school.
Pay Grade: Support Staff 103-104
Please click here for salary scales.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by classroom teacher and approved by the Principal or other appropriate administrator. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or performed while the student is transported to and from school and/or on study trips away from the school.
Pay Grade: Support Staff 103-104
Please click here for salary scales.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by classroom teacher and approved by the Principal or other appropriate administrator. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.
Horry County Schools
Special Education Aide
Horry County, SC
Added 2d ago1,001-5,000 employees
Job functions:
Associate's degree
Job Description
- Assists with the implementation of Individualized Education Programs for students with disabilities under the direction of the classroom teacher(s) and/or service provider(s).
- Assists with individual or small group instruction developed and supervised by the teacher in the assigned class(es) including but not limited to teaching, re-teaching and reviewing lessons, asking questions and prompting students and/or guiding independent work.
- Attends to the needs of students with disabilities that may include personal hygiene, lifting, feeding, toileting, monitoring supportive medical equipment, i.e., walkers, wheelchairs, etc. and/or facilitating the use of assistive technology.
- Escorts and supervises students not limited to daily arrival and school departure, transitions between classes, the playground, cafeteria, transporting to and/or from school and/or off-site learning activities.
- Collects, charts and reports student performance data to teachers and/or other service providers.
- Performs general clerical tasks for assigned classroom, including maintaining student records (i.e., data books, portfolios, assignment folders).
- Distributes and collects instructional materials and reports.
- Assists with behavioral management programs in the classroom and implements behavior intervention plans and/or plans for independence for individual students.
- Successfully participates in designated staff development needed to fulfill job duties. Paraprofessionals who may be required to physically restrain students to ensure their safety and the safety of others will be provided appropriate staff development.
- Maintains bulletin boards and classroom supply inventories, as appropriate.
- Provides intensive behavioral supports, as appropriate. Paraprofessionals who provide this IEP required service are required to participate in ongoing, supplemental staff development.
- Communicates with parents only under the direction and supervision of a teacher.
- Serves as an educational team member who collaborates and supports the efforts of school staff and the needs of all students with disabilities.
- 60 college credit hours from an accredited college
- Associate degree
- Passing score on the Work Keys or ParaPro
- read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals;
- write routine reports and correspondence;
- communicate effectively;
- apply common sense in the delivery, understanding and following instructions in written, oral, or diagram form;
- add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; and
- compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs.
- physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 40 pounds;
- sufficiently mobile to ensure the well-being and safety of students, including but not limited to positioning, transferring and restraining;
- specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
- ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
- manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
- read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
- hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
- speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
JobID: 18344
Position Type:
Special Education/Aide - Special Education
Special Education/Aide - Special Education
Date Posted:
7/8/2026
7/8/2026
Location:
Myrtle Beach Elementary
Myrtle Beach Elementary
Closing Date:
07/15/2026
07/15/2026
Job Title: Special Education Aide
Supervisor: Reports to Building Principal
Terms of Employment: 185 days
Job Summary
Position provides assistance to teachers or other district personnel in the daily instruction and care of eligible students with disabilities. As a paraprofessional, the employee works under the direction of the teacher to monitor and address the instructional, personal, and behavioral needs of students. Although responsible to the teacher(s) to whose classrooms he/she is assigned, the individual's overall performance is evaluated by the principal or designee. This job description describes in general terms the normal duties that the special education paraprofessional will be expected to undertake. However, the job or responsibilities and/or the location may vary or be amended without changing the level of responsibility associated with the job. Duties will vary depending upon the age of the students served as well as the nature and severity of the student's disabilities. Although responsible to the teacher(s) to whose classrooms he/she is assigned, the individual's overall performance is evaluated by the principal or designee. Employees are subject to reassignment at any time by the District Office or the building principal in consultation with the District Special Education Office to meet the changing needs of students with disabilities within the school or District.
Hours
The required number of paid work hours is contingent upon position type (i.e., 7.5 or 7 hours).
The employee's school day or work schedule is established by the building principal in consideration of the employee's required paid work hours.
Essential Duties
Other Duties
Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.
Job Specifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)
Candidate must meet the requirements for a Paraprofessional: You must have one of the following:
Knowledge, skills and abilities of this job include the following:
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl. Duties may involve risk resulting from attending to students' behavioral, physical or sanitation/hygiene needs.
Physical requirements also include the following:
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or performed while the student is transported to and from school and/or on study trips away from the school.
Pay Grade: Support Staff 103-104
Please click here for salary scales.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by classroom teacher and approved by the Principal or other appropriate administrator. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or performed while the student is transported to and from school and/or on study trips away from the school.
Pay Grade: Support Staff 103-104
Please click here for salary scales.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by classroom teacher and approved by the Principal or other appropriate administrator. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.
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A snapshot from current South Carolina openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
What South Carolina Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in special education aide jobs across South Carolina.
- Active South Carolina paraprofessional authorization or district-issued credential recognized by the state
- High school diploma or GED required, associate degree preferred by many districts
- Experience supporting students with IEPs, autism, or developmental disabilities in a classroom
- Ability to pass a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division background check
- Familiarity with positive behavioral intervention and support strategies
- Willingness to obtain CPR and first aid certification before or shortly after hire
Special Education Aide Jobs in South Carolina: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a special education aide in South Carolina?
Most South Carolina public school districts require special education aides to hold or obtain a paraprofessional authorization, issued or recognized through the South Carolina Department of Education. A high school diploma or GED is the minimum education requirement, though districts in the Midlands and Upstate increasingly prefer candidates with some college coursework in education, child development, or psychology. Completing a paraprofessional certificate program at a technical college such as Midlands Technical College or Greenville Technical College strengthens your application.
Which companies hire special education aides in South Carolina?
South Carolina special education aide roles are posted by Aiken County Public Schools, Horry County Schools, and SCHOOL DISTRICT OF OCONEE COUNTY and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Beyond traditional public school districts, South Carolina also sees hiring from private therapeutic day schools and disability services agencies that support students who require specialized settings outside the general classroom.
Which South Carolina cities have the most special education aide jobs?
Horry County, Aiken, and Ravenel consistently show the highest concentration of special education aide openings in South Carolina. Columbia dominates as the state capital and home to some of the largest school districts, while Greenville's rapid population growth has expanded its school system significantly, and Charleston's mix of public district campuses and private therapeutic programs keeps demand strong across the metro.
Are there remote special education aide jobs in South Carolina?
Yes, but they're rare. About 0% of special education aide openings tied to South Carolina are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting that most of the role requires in-person support for students in the classroom, therapy room, or community setting. The portions of the work most likely to be done remotely include progress documentation, virtual family consultation, and some behavioral data review roles at the supervisory level.
How can I get hired as a special education aide in South Carolina with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying directly to a South Carolina public school district as a general classroom paraprofessional, then transitioning into a dedicated special education support role after demonstrating classroom skills. Richland School District Two and Charleston County School District regularly post entry-level paraprofessional openings that require no prior special education background. Completing a short paraprofessional certificate at Trident Technical College or Midlands Technical College, or volunteering through a district's inclusion program, gives candidates a concrete edge.
Where can I find and apply to special education aide jobs in South Carolina?
You can find and apply to special education aide jobs in South Carolina on Migrate Mate, which lists current South Carolina openings updated regularly. Search for roles that fit your experience level, location, and preferred school setting, then apply directly to the ones that match. No profile creation is required to view and apply to listings.
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