early years teaching assistant
Code 5312.1
Early years teaching assistants support the early years teacher in an early years or nursery school. They assist in class instruction, in classroom supervision in absence of the head teacher, and in organising, developing and putting into practice of the daily schedule. Early years teaching assistants monitor and help students in group as well as individually, and tend to focus on the students in need of extra care and attention the early years teacher cannot provide.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- monitor children's physical development
- workplace sanitation
- kindergarten school procedures
Skills and competences
- support children's wellbeing
- assist children in developing personal skills
- support the positiveness of youths
- assist students with equipment
- implement care programmes for children
- assess the development of youth
- guarantee students' safety
- maintain students' discipline
- observar progresos de estudiantes
- attend to children's basic physical needs
- provide teacher support
- assist students in their learning
- perform playground surveillance
Transversal competences
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- handle children's problems
- provide lesson materials
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