What does a Teaching Assistant earn?
Teaching Assistants in the U.S. can expect to earn an average of $36,430 per year. Their role is to assist a classroom teacher or professor with day-to-day operations as well as helping students understand and learn the subject material. Teaching Assistants may decide to focus on a particular area such as curriculum development, laboratory instruction, or student counselling.
How to earn more as a Teaching Assistant
"To become a teaching assistant, you will need qualifications in childcare or education. Alternatively, you can go through an apprenticeship route and gain qualifications on the job. To earn more as a teaching assistant, you can look into specialised fields such as SEN (Special Educational Needs), become a head TA, or work in a higher capacity such as a Lead TA role. You could also look into tutoring outside the school environment, or even set up your own tuition business."
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