Educational requirements range from a high school diploma to some college training.
Strong demand for aides to assist and monitor students, to provide teachers with clerical assistance, and to help teachers meet the education needs of a growing special education population will contribute to much faster than average employment growth. Nature of the Work Teacher aides, also called instructional aides or paraeducators, provide instructional and clerical support for classroom teachers, allowing teachers more time for lesson planning and teaching. Teacher aides tutor and assist children in learning class material using the teacher's lesson plans, providing students with individualized attention. Aides also assist and supervise students in the cafeteria, schoolyard, school discipline center, or on field trips. They record grades, set up equipment, and help prepare materials for instruction.