What Does a Teachers Assistant Do?
A teacher’s assistant (TA), is sometimes called an instructional assistant. These may either be volunteer or paid workers who help to assist teachers in accomplishing daily goals for each class. At minimum, the teacher’s assistant usually has a high school diploma, but this is not always the case. Some assistants, especially in high school and junior high settings, are volunteers, and work to assist a teacher as an elective. They usually receive units for these jobs, which can last for a semester or a school year, and they tend to have demonstrated proficiency in the subject being taught, perhaps having taken the class the year prior and from the teacher they’d like to assist. A volunteer teacher’s assistant may also be a parent, or a college student. As funding has reduced the number of paid teaching assistant positions in particularly grammar schools, many parents have stepped in to help the teacher with all matters needed to run a class. These assistants may perform a variety of fun
