Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Work with others to support students with additional needs
- Support individual students with additional needs
- Show respect, empathy and acceptance for individual differences in dealings with students
- Encourage students in ways which promote their positive self-concept and self-esteem
- Use language, equipment, materials and strategies suited to the student
- Apply simple task analysis as necessary to assist students with additional needs
- Identify the role, purposes and content of individual education programs to address additional needs
- Follow individual education programs planned by teachers for particular students, and recommend amendments as appropriate
- Assist with classroom programs to support students with additional needs
- Identify and follow classroom strategies and programs used to support particular students
- Assist with the modification of general activities to meet particular needs where necessary
- Help with whole class activities as directed by teacher
- Use behaviour management strategies and techniques appropriate to the students and as directed by teacher and others
- Take appropriate steps to maintain personal safety of self and others
- Contribute to learning opportunities
- Identify strategies used by teachers to encourage problem-solving by students and support strategies appropriately, as required of teacher aide
- Identify strategies used by teachers to assist development of independence and social skills in students and support strategies appropriately, as required of teacher aide
- Notice and take opportunities to encourage and support incidental learning by students
- Provide constructive advice and feedback to students
- Where appropriate, provide suggestions to teachers or other members to improve learning opportunities of students