secondary school teaching assistant

Code 5312.3

Secondary school teaching assistants provide various support services to secondary school teachers such as instructional and practical support. They help with the preparation of lesson materials needed in class and reinforce instructions with students in need of extra attention. They also perform basic clerical duties, monitor the students' learning progress and behaviour and supervise the students with and without the teacher present.

Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • apply teaching strategies
  • support children's wellbeing
  • support the positiveness of youths
  • teach secondary education class content
  • assess the development of youth
  • guarantee students' safety
  • manage student relationships
  • maintain students' discipline
  • observar progresos de estudiantes
  • provide teacher support
  • assist students in their learning
  • secondary school procedures
  • compile course material
  • monitor student's behaviour
  • perform playground surveillance

Transversal competences

  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
  • give constructive feedback
  • handle children's problems
  • provide lesson materials

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences