Teaching Assistant Skills

Support a class and a teacher so learning actually improves.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 What a teaching assistant is actually for
2. 1.2 Working to a teacher's plan
3. 1.3 Your boundaries, and when to defer
4. 1.4 Confidentiality about children and families
1. 2.1 Working with one child, a group, or the class
2. 2.2 Prompting without giving the answer
3. 2.3 Scaffolding, and withdrawing it gradually
4. 2.4 Telling a child who is stuck from a child who is thinking
1. 3.1 Giving instructions children can follow
2. 3.2 Questioning to check understanding
3. 3.3 Praise that means something
4. 3.4 The child who will not talk to you
1. 4.1 Recognising a child who is struggling
2. 4.2 Common additional needs in outline
3. 4.3 Adjustments you can make in the moment
4. 4.4 Working with specialist staff and their plans
1. 5.1 Preparing resources and the room
2. 5.2 Supporting transitions and routines
3. 5.3 Recording observations and progress
4. 5.4 Supervising outside the classroom
1. 6.1 The school's policy, and why consistency matters
2. 6.2 Prevention through routine and relationship
3. 6.3 Responding to low-level disruption
4. 6.4 When to hand over to the teacher
1. 7.1 The teacher and assistant partnership
2. 7.2 Feeding back what you noticed
3. 7.3 Talking to parents, and what not to say
4. 7.4 Working alongside other assistants
1. 8.1 Your safeguarding responsibilities in outline
2. 8.2 Health, safety and supervision
3. 8.3 Your own development and training
4. 8.4 Looking after yourself in a demanding role

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Job-ready from the first module Everything here is a task you will actually be asked to do at work, not theory you will never use.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Pre-degree / Foundation for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.