ISCO Occupation Group 5312.1 Early Years Teaching Assistant
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Early Years Teaching Assistant: 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
- Attend To Children'S Basic Physical Needs
- Assist Students With Equipment
- Observe Student'S Progress
- Support The Positiveness Of Youths
- Maintain Students' Discipline
- Guarantee Students' Safety
- Encourage Students To Acknowledge Their Achievements
- Provide Lesson Materials
- Assess The Development Of Youth
- Provide Teacher Support
- Implement Care Programmes For Children
- Manage Children'S Problems
- Workplace Sanitation
- Perform Playground Surveillance
- Children'S Physical Development
- Kindergarten School Procedures
- Assist In Children'S Development Of Basic Personal Skills
- Assist Students In Their Learning
- Give Constructive Feedback
- Support Children'S Wellbeing
Optional Skills
- Facilitate Teamwork Between Students
- Learning Difficulties
- Escort Students On A Field Trip
- Teach Kindergarten Class Content
- Liaise With Educational Support Staff
- Promote The Safeguarding Of Young People
- Perform Classroom Management
- Maintain Relations With Children'S Parents
- Common Children'S Diseases
- Curriculum Objectives
- First Aid
- Prepare Lesson Content
- Provide After School Care
- Organise Creative Performance
- Teamwork Principles
Alternative Names
- Assistant In Early Years Teaching
- Preschool Teaching Assistant
- Preschool Teaching Aide
- Early Years Ta
- Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
- Early Childhood Teaching Assistant
- Assistant In Early Years Education
- Early Childhood Teaching Aide
- Reception Teaching Assistant
- Nursery Teaching Assistant
- Nursery Teaching Aide
- Early Years Education Assistant
