From primary school teaching assistant to early years teaching assistant
15 of the 19 essential skills of a early years teaching assistant are already essential for a primary school teaching assistant — about 79% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 4
- would be new
- 79%
- of the target job covered
- 19
- essential skills of a early years teaching assistant
What a early years teaching assistant does
Early years teaching assistants support the early years teacher in an early years or nursery school. They assist in class instruction, in classroom supervision in absence of the head teacher, and in organising, developing and putting into practice of the daily schedule. Early years teaching assistants monitor and help students in group as well as individually, and tend to focus on the students in need of extra care and attention the early years teacher cannot provide.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- 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
- perform playground surveillance
- provide lesson materials
- provide teacher support
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
What would be new
4 skillsEssential for a early years teaching assistant and not for a primary school teaching assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from primary school teaching assistant
2 roles- special educational needs assistant15 skills in common
- Montessori school teacher14 skills in common
← primary school teaching assistantearly years teaching assistant →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a early years teaching assistant?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.