primary school teaching assistant
Primary school teaching assistants provide instructional and practical support to primary school teachers. They reinforce instruction with students in need of extra attention and prepare the materials the teacher needs in class. They also perform clerical work, monitor the students' learning progress and behaviour and supervise the students with and without the head teacher present.
Also called: elementary school teaching assistant, teaching assistant in primary schools, primary school paraprofessional, primary school assistant, primary school teaching aide, primary school TA, primary education teaching assistant, primary school instructional assistant
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- essential skills
- 24
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
18- assist children in developing personal skills
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- implement care programmes for children
- maintain students' discipline
- manage student relationships
- perform playground surveillance
- prepare youths for adulthood
- primary school procedures
- provide lesson materials
- provide teacher support
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
Optional skills
24- advise on lesson plans
- assess students
- assess the development of youth
- common children's diseases
- consult students on learning content
- curriculum objectives
- disability types
- escort students on a field trip
- facilitate teamwork between students
- first aid
- instructional strategies
- learning difficulties
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain relations with children's parents
- organise creative performance
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- provide after school care
- social development
- teach primary education class content
- teamwork principles
- work with virtual learning environments
- workplace sanitation
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