Teacher Assistants
Also called:
Teacher Assistant, Paraprofessional, Instructional Assistant, Special Education Teaching Assistant
What they do:
Perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
On the job, you would:
- Provide extra assistance to students with special needs, such as non-English-speaking students or those with physical and mental disabilities.
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
Business
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Social Orientation
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Student information systems SIS
Computer based training software
- Children's educational software
- Text to speech software
Device drivers or system software
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
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some college or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$23,640
per year, on average
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