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Primary school teaching assistant

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Elementary school teaching assistant Primary education teaching assistant Primary school ta Primary school assistant Primary school instructional assistant Primary school paraprofessional Primary school teaching aide Teaching assistant in primary schools

Primary school teaching assistants provide instructional and practical support to primary school teachers. They reinforce instruction with students in need of extra attention and prepare the materials the teacher needs in class. They also perform clerical work, monitor the students' learning progress and behaviour and supervise the students with and without the head teacher present.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Demonstrating, supervising and participating in activities that enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and pre-schools;
(b) Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities;
(c) Assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties with their studies;
(d) Assisting children individually to learn social skills;
(e) Assisting with preparing teaching materials, and copying and collating written and printed material;
(f) Operating audio-visual equipment, computers and other teaching aides;
(g) Distributing and collecting lesson material.

Knowledge

  • Education science
  • Teacher training without subject specialisation
  • Medicine
  • Nursing and midwifery
  • Care of the elderly and of disabled adults

Digital competencies

  • Teaching academic or vocational subjects
  • Caring for children
  • Teaching and training
  • Monitoring and evaluating the performance of individuals
  • Planning events and programmes

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Leading others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Dealing with problems
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Personal care workers

Child care workers and teachers' aides

Teachers' aides

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Teachers' aides

6.018

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

26,31%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

22,74% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

26,55%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

72,10%

Part-time contracts

1,76% Turnover index

1.110

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-4%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Personal care workers

25%

75%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Personal care workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Child care workers and teachers' aides

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Teachers' aides

No experience
21%
Less than 1 year
19%
Between 1 and 2 years
40%
Between 2 and 4 years
9%
Between 4 and 8 years
2%
More than 8 years
9%
Education
45%
Human health and social work activities
14%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Information and communication
9%
Others
14%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.