Education Aides

What the job involves

• 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