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classroom assistant

British

noun

Also called: learning support assistant. a person whose job is to help a schoolteacher in the classroom

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They said they would have hoped for advance warning from the EA on whether they would get a classroom assistant so they could "plan accordingly" for either staying in school or giving it up.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

A review of Toni's SEN statement on 2 March included a request for them to get support from a classroom assistant full-time to enable them to study for their GCSEs in Year 12.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

"It has to be an appropriate classroom assistant that has the skills and experience of working with children with Down's syndrome," she added.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

Marguerite Ruff is a special education classroom assistant at an elementary school in Philadelphia.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

The classroom assistant and single mother describes it as a "circle I can't get out of".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2022

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