Education Aides

Education Aides perform non-teaching duties to assist teaching staff in schools, provide care and supervision for children in preschools, and provide assistance to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori students and their teachers.

• Demonstrating, supervising and participating in activities which enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and preschool centres
• Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities
• Assisting children with intellectual, physical and behavioural difficulties with their academic studies
• Assisting children individually to learn social skills
• Assisting with preparing teaching aids, and copying and collating written and printed material
• Distributing and collecting lesson material
• Providing assistance to small groups of aboriginal, torres strait islander and maori students
• Providing home-school liaison and counselling for aboriginal, torres strait islander and maori students and their families