Teacher aides need to:

Communicate

• Understand spoken information.
• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
• Read and understand work-related materials.
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• Understand written information.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
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• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
• Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Check how well one is learning or doing something.

Work with People

• Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
• Teach others how to do something.
• Change behavior in relation to others’ actions.
• Use several methods to learn or teach new things.
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• Look for ways to help people.