DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
25-9041 Teacher Assistants
Occupational Description:
Perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services. Excludes “Graduate Teaching Assistants” (25-1191).| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| EDR 8 - Southwest | 940 | 76 | $24,574/yr | $860/yr | $18,581/yr | $21,538/yr | $25,227/yr | $28,350/yr | $30,218/yr |
| Minnesota | 30,520 | 1,221 | $27,790/yr | $528/yr | $17,583/yr | $21,047/yr | $27,402/yr | $33,920/yr | $39,060/yr |
| U S | 1,214,090 | 7,285 | $25,818/yr | $129/yr | $17,461/yr | $19,576/yr | $24,092/yr | $30,436/yr | $37,353/yr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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Tasks for Teacher Assistants
- Presents subject matter to students, using lecture, discussion, or supervised role playing methods.
- Helps students, individually or in groups, with lesson assignments to present or reinforce learning concepts.
- Plans, prepares, and develops various teaching aids, such as bibliographies, charts, and graphs.
- Prepares, administers, and grades examinations.
- Confers with parents on progress of students.
- Discusses assigned teaching area with classroom teacher to coordinate instructional efforts.
- Prepares lesson outline and plan in assigned area and submits outline to teacher for review.