Education support
Core
Provides routine support for teachers, assists with student routines, and offers basic physical care and wellbeing support for students in a classroom setting.
Role type
Education support class position (support staff)
Builds
Educational programs and student support services
Domain
Education / K-12
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Communication, teamwork, basic physical care, student supervision, coordination of support tasks, technical support knowledge
Preferred skills
Specialised communication support (AUSLAN, braille), medical intervention training
Responsibilities
Assisting teachers with planning student routines, supporting communication between teachers and parents, providing basic physical care (toileting, meals, lifting), supervising small groups of students, addressing immediate behavioural presentations, providing medical intervention support under specific conditions, coordinating educational programs and rostering support staff.