Teaching assistant (Onderwijsassistent)
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A teaching assistant is responsible for supporting activities to relieve teachers of their work. As a teaching assistant you can be active in various forms of education, such as primary education, secondary education and special education. In addition, a teaching assistant can work within adult education. The vast majority of teaching assistants work within primary education. The work of a teaching assistant is mainly supportive, such as learning to dress up, helping to clean up, maintaining order, guiding students and compiling teaching materials. The position of teaching assistant has become increasingly popular in recent years and is now found in many schools. Administrative work can also be part of the tasks of a teaching assistant. A teaching assistant receives his or her tasks from the teachers and then performs these tasks independently. In general, these various activities should be regarded as simple and routine. Another name for teaching assistant can also be class assistant, depending on the school in which the teaching assistant works. It is the teaching assistants who support teachers by taking various activities off their hands. A teaching assistant is not only responsible for caring tasks, because a teaching assistant can also give students extra explanations if they do not understand certain subject matter. An important difference between a teaching assistant and teacher is that the teaching assistant does not have a teaching qualification. If a teaching assistant wants to teach himself, he must follow and complete a teacher training. As a teaching assistant, you are therefore an important support for teachers in various areas, but you do not teach yourself.
A teaching assistant is therefore responsible for supporting work to relieve teachers. In general, a teaching assistant will work within primary schools and therefore work a lot with different primary school teachers. In general, a teaching assistant will be deployed where necessary. In most cases, you do not have a fixed class or group as a teaching assistant. Just like teachers, a teaching assistant also receives lessons in pedagogy, didactics and developmental psychology. As described earlier, it is not the case that a teaching assistant is only responsible for facility work. For example, a teaching assistant is also responsible for holding circle discussions and keeping track of the progress of the various students. In addition, most teaching assistants are responsible for organizing group activities. Think, for example, of visiting a zoo or organizing various games. In addition, you are responsible for extra explaining learning material to students, if they have difficulty with certain learning material. This usually relates to arithmetic, Dutch, English or citizenship.
TASKS OF A TEACHING ASSISTANT:
- Guiding students
- Setting up classrooms
- Cleaning up classrooms
- Observing students
- Helping students get dressed
- Maintaining student administration
- Supervising assignments or homework
- Supervising activities
WHAT DOES A TEACHING ASSISTANT DO:
TRAINING TO BECOME A TEACHING ASSISTANT
For the position of teaching assistant, there is currently an MBO training teaching assistant at level four of about three years and a hbo-education associate degree to teacher supporter of about two years. The title associate degree also gives opportunities for a full-fledged teacher training. To be admitted for the Hbo associate degree, you must have at least an MBO diploma level four. In addition, there are also plenty of external training institutes where you can follow a course. Accounting is also important as an entrepreneur.
COMPANIES WHERE A TEACHING ASSISTANT CAN BE EMPLOYED
As a teaching assistant you mainly work for primary schools, but you can certainly also work in adult education. With a completed hbo education to become a teacher supporter, you are generally more employable than just with an MBO education assistant.
COMPETENCES TEACHING ASSISTANT
As a teaching assistant, you should first of all enjoy working with children. In addition, as a teaching assistant you must have a great sense of responsibility and be able to communicate well. But empathy and flexibility are also important competencies. Just like being able to work well with colleagues, such as teachers. Generally important words are passion, energy, social, creativity, listening, motivating, inspiring, monitoring, controlling, planning, organizing and coaching. Despite the fact that a teaching assistant does not have a teaching qualification, it is important that you have didactic skills.
LABOUR MARKET PERSPECTIVE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS A TEACHING ASSISTANT
The labour market perspective of a teaching assistant is good because in recent years teaching assistants have increasingly been used within education. However, it is important to have the right courses, such as the MBO teaching assistant programme. The career opportunities of a teaching assistant should be seen in following the Hbo-education associate degree to become a teacher supporter and possibly following a full-fledged teacher training, so that you can teach yourself. Within education, it is generally not possible to grow without the right papers.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SALARY TEACHING ASSISTANT
As a teaching assistant, your terms of employment are well regulated and laid down in the collective labour agreement. Education has various advocates who are committed to education, such as the general education union. The salary as a teaching assistant is determined on the basis of fixed scales. But also the experience and years of service are an important factor for determining the salary. The salary as a teaching assistant will usually be between 2000 and 3000 euros gross per month, depending on diplomas, age, experience and responsibilities.
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