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Teaching Assistants

Description

Teaching assistants assist teachers with their day-to-day classroom work and with routine administrative tasks.

Tasks

  • Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom
  • Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons
  • Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories
  • Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities
  • Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work
  • Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.

Entry Requirements

Academic qualifications may be required by some employers, although entry is possible with relevant experience (possibly on a voluntary basis) alone. An NVQ Level 2 qualification is available. CRB clearance is mandatory.

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