How do they match: Teaching Assistants, Special Education

  • Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
  • Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
  • Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use.
  • Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
  • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

  • Maintain computer equipment or software.