Occupation Atlassecondary school teaching assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/79c2e54e-26e8-4cdc-a7f1-908e000bfb83
secondary school teaching assistant
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.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
SCASocial · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.73
- C Conventional3.65
- A Artistic3.43
- I Investigative2.52
- E Enterprising2.45
- R Realistic2.19
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Substitute Teachers, Short-Term (25-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess the development of youth
- assist students in their learning
- compile course material
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- handle children's problems
- maintain students' discipline
- manage student relationships
- monitor student's behaviour
- perform playground surveillance
- provide lesson materials
- provide teacher support
- secondary school procedures
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
- teach secondary education class content
Optional (28)
- adolescent socialisation behaviour
- advise on lesson plans
- arrange parent teacher meeting
- assess students
- assist in the organisation of school events
- assist students with equipment
- consult student's support system
- consult students on learning content
- curriculum objectives
- disability types
- escort students on a field trip
- first aid
- identify learning disorders
- instructional strategies
- keep records of attendance
- learning difficulties
- liaise with educational staff
- maintain relations with children's parents
- monitor educational developments
- pedagogy
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- recognise indicators of gifted student
- social development
- teamwork principles
- work with virtual learning environments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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