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Teaching Assistants, Special Education
Helps teachers support students in the classroom.
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Teacher assistants work with small groups and individual students, help students with disabilities, supervise lunch and recess, and prepare materials. Many use it as a step toward becoming a teacher.
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The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Health and Wellness · Health and PE
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Teaching Assistants, Special Education on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.