Training to become a classroom assistant is definitely useful for working in homework help or homework supervision. This is because it teaches the relevant methodological and didactic skills. In addition, knowledge of conversation and individual support is taught, which is helpful in helping with homework.

Continuing education, further training in the field of classroom and school assistance can be aimed at people who would like to work in this function in the future and therefore want to familiarize themselves with the topic, or at people who are already working as classroom assistants and would like to develop professional foundations and strategies for action. Socio-educational staff in schools and employees in school facilities, such as after-school care, can also be a target group.

The scope of classroom assistant training varies depending on the training provider. For example, 10 days (Curaviva continuing education, further training) spread over almost 8 months is possible.

As each continuing education, further training course for classroom assistants has a different structure and focus, the structure of these courses can only be shown here by way of example using the educational offerings of one teaching institution. For example, Curiaviva's continuing education, further training in classroom assistance for 2018 focuses on the topics of role clarification, delimitation of functions, the system surrounding one's own function and awareness of areas of tension. There are also specialist courses on freely selectable topics, such as socio-educational group work, discussion management and individual support, dealing with conflicts and violence prevention, self-management, burn-out prevention and the integration of children with disabilities. The relevant training center will inform you about the exact content via the contact form.

Knowledge of one's own professional role and the associated tasks and limitations is particularly important for a classroom assistant. The perception of the field of action of one's own function between the child or young person, the school and the teacher are also important skills that are taught during training as a classroom assistant, as well as the development of action skills in connection with action skills and knowledge of care, developmental support, accompaniment or animation approaches for children or groups, depending on the individual focus. The individual training institutions will provide you with detailed information on the skills to be acquired during such continuing education, further training.