teaching assistant

American  

noun

1. a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. TA

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teaching assistant British  

noun

1. another name for classroom assistant

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Other Word Forms

• teaching assistantship noun

Example Sentences

Prior to starting his journalism career, Dustin spent a year living in Indonesia as a Fulbright teaching assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal

I went to a mainstream primary school, with a teaching assistant who would stay with me all day, just in case I needed help.

From BBC

Kim Huntley, a teaching assistant in at a primary school in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, for 17 years said there were more children now that were not "school ready".

From BBC

"I do have concerns for other families with teaching assistant as their main job," she said.

From BBC

He excelled academically and served as a teaching assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal