Teaching Assistant

Arab International Academy (AIA) - Doha

The teaching assistant responsibilities are to:

• check learning objectives and goals.
• refocus pupils on their learning.
• ensure relevant learning materials and equipment are out/available.
• scaffold support from self-scaffolding to prompting, clueing, modelling and finally correcting (if needed).
• provide the right amount of support at the right time.
• ask open-ended questions and use effective questioning; answer a question with another question.
• encourage learners to take risks with their learning.
• model or role-play expected learning with teacher. Model the processes of finding out and experimenting with possibilities.
• ensure pupils refer to/ understand success criteria. Explicitly, check learners understand what they need to do, what they will learn and what outcome is expected by the end of the engagement.
• observe and note learning difficulties, achievements, and feed back to the teacher.
• provide prompts on group objectives and roles required and give time checks.
• note issues, mistakes, misconceptions, and difficulties for follow-up by teacher.
• encourage interaction among learners.
• encourage students to reflect on their learning. Prompt recall and use of relevant strategies if necessary
• monitor and record responses of learners (note difficulties and achievements)
• clarify next steps in students learning.
• ensure students understand homework (where applicable) and are clear about any follow-up required.
• provide feedback on any misconceptions, difficulties, etc., issues with behavior for learning to the teacher.
• Actively engage in professional inquiry (PLC, action research, workshops, study groups, critical friends, data teams ) with the aim of continually reflecting upon practices and improving learning for all students.
• Reflect by examining beliefs about professional duties in order to conduct self with integrity and transparency, connect and build learning communities, and respect and promote organizational, local, and global cultures.