A professional who performs any combination of following instructional tasks in classroom to assist teaching staff of public or private elementary or secondary school. Responsibilities include:

• Discusses assigned teaching area with classroom teacher to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Prepares lesson outline and plan in assigned area and submits outline to teacher for review.
• Plans, prepares, and develops various teaching aids, such as bibliographies, charts, and graphs.
• Presents subject matter to students, utilizing variety of methods and techniques, such as lecture, discussion, and supervised role playing.
• Prepares, administers, and grades examinations.
• Assists students, individually or in groups, with lesson assignments to present or reinforce learning concepts.
• Confers with parents on progress of students.
• May specialize in single subject area.
• May be required to have completed specified number of college education credits.