How do they match: Teaching Assistants, Special Education

  • Basic Skills Improvement Program Instructional Aide
  • Special Programs Instructional Assistant
  • Specialized Programs Teacher Assistant

  • Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

  • Assist librarians in school libraries.
  • Carry out therapeutic regimens, such as behavior modification and personal development programs, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists.
  • Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills.
  • Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.

  • Clean facilities or work areas.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
  • Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
  • Display student work.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Implement therapeutic programs to improve patient functioning.
  • Maintain clean work areas.
  • Supervise school or student activities.