Teaching Assistants
Teaching assistants assist teachers with their day-to-day classroom work and with routine administrative tasks.
More about this Career
Average Salary
£16752
New workers start around £8641. Normal pay is £16752 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £23759.
Jobs
4550
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
Skills Employers are looking for
Soft Skills
Soft skills are non-technical skills that include how you interact with colleagues, solve problems, and manage your work
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Learning Strategies
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Critical Thinking
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Monitoring
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Reading Comprehension
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Writing
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Active Listening
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Speaking
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Active Learning
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Mathematics
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Science
