MENU Home Staff Resources TA Resources TA Resources Quick Links NPS District Home NES Home NIS Home CPS Home NHS Home Teaching Assistant Resources Teacher assistants provide instructional and clerical support for classroom teachers, allowing teachers more time for lesson planning and teaching. They support and assist children in learning class material using the teacher's lesson plans, providing students with individualized attention. Teacher assistants also supervise students in the cafeteria, schoolyard, and hallways, or on field trips; they record grades, set up equipment, and help prepare materials for instruction. Teacher assistants also are called teacher aides or instructional aides. Some assistants refer to themselves as paraeducators or paraprofessionals. Collective Bargaining Agreement Nantucket Public Schools 10 Surfside Road (Mailing address) Central Business/Superintendent Office 32 First Way, Nantucket , MA 02554 508-228-7285 508-325-5318 Stay Connected SITE MAP BACK TO TOP Questions or Feedback? Terms of Use Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Nantucket Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, homelessness, or disability in programs, activities or employment © 2004 - 2017 Nantucket Public School District. All Rights Reserved.