Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants
Job description
These individuals provide support to students, teachers, and counsellors. They assist them in carrying out their teaching and other non-teaching duties.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Help students integrate into the classroom and school environment.
- Help students complete their assignments by reinforcing the concepts of learning and retention.
- Help students with special needs by using a variety of techniques (sign language, Braille, remediation, etc.).
- Monitor student progress and report back to the teacher.
- Accompany and supervise students in various locations (gym, library, field trips, etc.).
- Assist teachers with the operation of projectors, VCRs, and audiovisual or electronic equipment as required.
- Assist other school staff as needed.
- Supervise students during recess, lunch hour, and throughout the day.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to positions in child care and adolescent intervention.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $19.00
- Median
- $22.00
- Maximum
- $29.77
Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
20,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 85.9% Female
- 14.1% Male
Not available.
- 85.9% Female
- 14.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$40,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 61100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11520% of jobs
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NAICS 3390% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 530% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 61100% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11520% of jobs
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NAICS 3390% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 530% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
Secondary school diploma
College
DCS in special Care Counselling 
Code : 351A0
Placement rate: 80%
17.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Specialized training and experience may be required to assist students with special needs.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Teaching
- Social perception
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Data collection
- Learning strategies
- Active learning
- Result evaluation
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Written comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Capacity to adapt
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Creativity
- Capacity for synthesis
- Sense of observation
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Capacity to facilitate a group
- Open-mindedness
Interests
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 4413
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
Job titles
- Instructional assistant - primary and secondary school
- Homework assistant
- Remedial education aide
- Elementary school teacher's aide
- Secondary school teacher's assistant
- Special programs aide - education
- Teacher's helper
- Student support assistant
- Program assistant - education
- Teaching staff assistant - primary and secondary school
- Educational assistant
- Special needs educational assistant
- Educational resources assistant
- Classroom assistant - primary and secondary school
- Child care attendant - elementary school
- Lunchtime supervisor - primary and secondary school
- School lunchroom supervisor
- Student monitor
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: April 28, 2023
