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

Penny Hesselgrove, who has worked as a teaching assistant in a mainstream primary school for over 22 years, says staff are currently "stretched beyond capacity".

From BBC

Penny has worked as a teaching assistant in a mainstream primary school for over 22 years, supporting children with SEND, mostly on a one-to-one basis.

From BBC

Ms Shellis, who was born in Tywyn, was a teaching assistant at Rhyl High School.

From BBC

Hardy put forward her best friend - a teaching assistant of children with additional educational needs - who she said "totally deserves it".

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal