Skills Elementary School Teacher's Aide in Ontario

National Occupational Classification update

We have updated this page to reflect the transition to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This means that the occupation "elementary school teacher's aide" was moved from the group Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 4413) to the group Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100).

Find out what skills you typically need to work as an elementary school teacher's aide in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100).

Tasks

  • Help students individually or in small groups with assignments and reinforce learning and retention concepts under the supervision of classroom teacher
  • Monitor students during recess and lunch hour
  • Assist students with integration into the classroom and school setting
  • Assist with classroom inventory
  • Accompany and supervise students during activities in school gymnasiums, laboratories, libraries, resource centres and on field trips
  • Monitor and report student progress to classroom teacher
  • Assist in school library or office and perform other duties assigned by school principal
  • Assist teacher in the operation of projectors, tape recorders and other audio-visual or electronic equipment
  • Assist students with special needs using techniques such as sign language, braille and remedial programs

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

    Skills

  • Analysis Help -
    • Analyzing Information

    Analysis

    Examining and evaluating information.
    • Analyzing Information

      Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

  • Service and Care Help -
    • Protecting and Enforcing
    • Serving Others
    • Tending to Daily Needs

    Service and Care

    Taking care of the needs of people and animals.
    • Protecting and Enforcing

      Responding to public safety and security needs and ensuring compliance to rules, standards or laws.

    • Serving Others

      Assisting the public by answering questions, making recommendations, and providing information or support in response to requests.

    • Tending to Daily Needs

      Responding to the personal care needs of people or animals.

    Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

    Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

    Management

    Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.
  • Communication Help -
    • Teaching and Training

    Communication

    Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.
    • Teaching and Training

      Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

  • Information Handling Help -
    • Processing Information

    Information Handling

    Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.
    • Processing Information

      Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.

    Handling Goods and Materials

    Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

    Creative Expression

    Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

    Building

    Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

    Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

    Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

    Knowledge

  • Social Sciences and Arts Help -
    • Languages Foreign
    • Psychology

    Social Sciences and Arts

    Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.
    • Languages Foreign

      Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of grammar and composition and pronunciation.

    • Psychology

      Knowledge of principles, methods and practices for studying mental processes and behaviour and their underlying physiology and neurology, and for assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.

    Mathematics and Science

    Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

    Manufacturing and Production

    Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

    Law and Public Safety

    Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

    Business, Finance and Management

    Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

    Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.
  • Education and Training Help -
    • Teaching and Instruction

    Education and Training

    Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.
    • Teaching and Instruction

      Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum design, teaching and instructional methods for training individuals and groups.

    Communications and Transportation

    Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.
  • Health Services Help -
    • Therapy and Counselling

    Health Services

    Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.
    • Therapy and Counselling

      Knowledge of principles and practices for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and counselling.

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