Inclusion Support Assistant
What the work is
Assists and supports children with specific developmental needs, under the direction of teaching staff, to integrate with the class and develop their social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Supports the inclusion of students with developmental needs into the class framework
- Supports teachers in the delivery of educational programs to students with developmental needs by adapting activities to meet their needs
- Supports teachers in the development of individualised or personalised plans that address specific learning and support needs of the student
- Monitors, records and evaluates students' learning and experience in class activities
- Provides feedback about students' difficulties and progress to the class teacher, and prepares progress reports as requested
- Builds and maintains relationships with students, parents and teaching staff
- Undertakes relevant administrative duties assigned by the class teacher to ensure a cohesive flow of information
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a primary school classroom where you support one student alongside the class teacher. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student who has avoided writing for weeks puts down a whole sentence and looks up at you
- The teacher says the lesson worked because of the way you set it up
- A parent at the gate says their child talked all evening about school
Hard days
- A day when everything overwhelms the student and nothing you try helps
- Being asked by three people to do three different things at once
- A comment from another child that stings, and a student who heard it
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 432131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.