Career - Education Aide

Education Aides will assist and participate in activities that improve the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and preschool centres. They will prepare indoor or outdoor areas for learning or recreational activities and will assist children with intellectual, physical and behavioural difficulties with their academic studies. They will assist students with physical challenges by lifting, positioning and exercising, and transferring them to or from transportation and will assist with personal hygiene, toileting and feeding requirements as required by each individual student. They will undertake specific therapy tasks with individual students under the guidance of the teacher or nominated professional and will assist students with intellectual disabilities with the use of learning aids and also assist children individually to learn social skills. They will assist with the preparation of teaching materials, copying and collating written or printed material and also distribute and collect lesson material.