Teaching assistants
Teaching assistants assist teachers with their day-to-day classroom work and with routine administrative tasks.
£20,696
Median Salary
New workers start around £17,538. Normal pay is £20,696 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £28,284.
Daily Tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children.
- 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 asking for
- Learning Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Mathematics
- Science
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