teaching assistant

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teaching assistant (plural teaching assistants)

(education) An individual who assists a teacher with instructional responsibilities, often by helping the main teacher by supporting students with learning disabilities or physical disabilities.
Synonyms: education assistant, teacher's aide, team teacher

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A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of the murder of a teaching assistant who was found buried in a shallow grave at the back of a cemetery after going on an afternoon walk. Source: Internet

Born on June 24, 1835, she was named Elizabeth Peabody Alcott in honor of the teaching assistant at the Temple School. Source: Internet

In the previous year she had worked with Martin Heidegger in editing Husserl's papers for publication, and Heidegger succeeded her as a teaching assistant to Husserl in 1919. Source: Internet

Barbara Crespo is a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Sololá, Guatemala, working in the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Altiplano. Source: Internet

By: Zachary Rankin “I wish they had this when I was going here,” said Lydia Peever, an Algonquin teaching assistant and 2011 Algonquin graduate, while admiring the TVs, video gaming systems, and specially-designed vibrating gaming chairs. Source: Internet

I finished my MFA in fiction in May, but am a teaching assistant for an undergrad class for the fall semester. Source: Internet

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