Teacher
Aide
Education
Degree
and
Certificate
Programs
About
as
a
Teacher's
Aide
or
Teaching
Assistant:
Teaching
Assistants
and
Teacher's
Aides
are
support
staff
for
full-time
teachers,
assisting
with
preparing
lessons,
grading
papers,
supervision,
taking
roll
and
aiding
in
attendance
and
health
issues,
one-on-one
teaching/coaching/tutoring
with
children.
Teacher's
Aides/Assistants
may
provide
support
predominately
in
supervisory
or
other
non-instructional
roles
allowing
teachers
more
time
to
practice
teaching.
Some
teaching
assistant
work
is
done
in
kindergarten
and
pre-school,
but
the
vast
majority
of
assistant/aide
work
is
done
in
primary
and
secondary
schools.
Many
teaching
assistants
and
teacher's
aides
work
in
special
education
environments,
with
toddlers
or
infants,
or
with
students
who
speak
English
as
a
second
language.
Those
working
with
special
education
students
may
find
the
physical
demands
more
strenuous
than
those
in
other
teaching
assistant
positions,
as
students
in
these
environments
may
require
more
physical
assistance.
Around
60%
of
teaching
assistants
are
employed
full-time,
and
work
the
same
abbreviated
calendar
year
as
full-time
teachers.
The
job
outlook
for
teaching
assistants
and
teacher's
aides
is
good,
with
as
much
as
17%
growth
projected
through
the
year
2014.
Teacher
Aide
Training:
Through
Penn
Foster
Distance
Learning,
you
can
acquire
the
skills
central
to
becoming
a
Teacher's
Aide,
on
your
schedule
and
from
the
comfort
of
your
own
home.
Penn
Foster's
Teacher
Aide
Training
will
teach
you
primary
teaching
techniques,
communicating
in
a
classroom
environment,
using
technology
in
a
learning
envirnment,
and
the
additional
skills
required
to
help
special
needs
pupils.
And
you'll
learn
it
all
at
home
-
no
classroom
needed!
Why
train
at
home
to
be
a
Teacher
Aide?
With
the
right
skills,
you
can:
- Earn
up
$28,000
per
year*
- Work
a
flexible
part-
or
full-time
schedule
- Work
a
9-10
month
calendar
year
- Have
a
positive
impact
in
the
lives
of
young
people
Remember
–
This
is
a
growing
profession
expected
to
grow
by
as
much
as
17%
through
the
year
2014.
As
teachers
continue
to
be
in
high
demand,
so
will
Teacher's
Aides.
- Teacher
Aide
-
Certificate
