Classroom Management

• An Educator Assistant should assist in classroom management by marking the class register on daily basis.
• An Educator Assistant should assist in keeping records/register of subject attendance, intervention and remediation classes.
• They should also assist in the distribution and record keeping of LTSM resources (textbooks, maps, globes, wall charts) provided to learners at the beginning of the year. At the end of their employment term, an Educator Assistant should hand over these records to the responsible subject educator for retrieval purposes at the end of the year.

Assistance Before the Lesson starts:

• All the teaching aids to be used during the lesson by the educator should be assembled and made ready (e.g. white or black board is cleaned, chalk or white board pens are available, smart board & electric gadgets are connected, etc.).
• Ensure that learners have taken out their work books or classwork books or note books or textbooks; to prepare them for teaching and learning.

Assistance During the Lesson:

• Distribute worksheets, topographic maps or any other relevant material to be used by the subject educator.
• Help learners to orientate maps during mapwork periods.
• Help with formulas for calculations and tracing papers for GIS layering
• To observe and note those learners that might be struggling during the lesson and bring them to the attention of the educator.
• Assist learners during class discussions and group work by providing clarification where necessary.
• Provide alternative answers regarding theory, mapwork and GIS questions
• Assist in consolidating a glossary of terms to assist learners understand difficult concepts in Geography.

Assistance After the Lesson:

• Assist to write notes on the board or electronically as received from the subject educator to help learners summarise the lesson where necessary.
• Assistants should help learners to apply/use the notes provided when doing informal and formal tasks
• Help the subject educator to identify the learners with content gaps for assistance during intervention classes.
• Help with the supervision of informal tasks/ remedial work/ home work/ for reinforcement as provided by the subject educator.
• Assistants should assist with the drilling of content
• Assistants should consolidate the skills needed for informal/formal tasks
• Collect learners’ books for control and signature by the subject educator.(The educator and assistants need to meet regularly to reflect on the progress of learners’ content knowledge and skills acquired in preparation for the formal tasks.)