NKPD code: 5312
Teachers' aides perform non-teaching duties to assist teaching staff and provide care and supervision for children in schools and pre-school settings. Teachers' aides perform the following main tasks: • demonstrating, observing and participating in activities that support the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and pre-school settings; • preparing indoor and outdoor areas where learning and recreational activities take place; • assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties in their learning; • providing individual assistance to children in acquiring social skills; • assisting in preparing teaching materials and copying and collating written and printed materials; • operating audiovisual equipment, computers and other teaching aids; • distributing and collecting lesson materials. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Teacher's assistant – Assistant educator