How to become a teacher aide

Official title: Teacher aide

Also called: Allied educator, Assistant early years educator, Assistant infant educator, Assistant preschool educator, Classroom support teacher, Teacher's assistant, Teacher's helper, Ÿ Allied educator, Ÿ Assistant early years educator, Ÿ Assistant infant educator, Ÿ Assistant preschool educator, Ÿ Classroom support teacher

Teacher aide performs non-teaching duties to assist teaching staff, and provides care and supervision for children in schools and preschools. He/she performs duties that are instructional in nature, works closely with teachers to support the teaching and learning of preschool children, primary and secondary school students in both academic and non-academic areas.

Main tasks

• Demonstrating, supervising and participating in activities that enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and preschools
• Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities
• Assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties with their studies
• Assisting children individually to learn social skills
• Assisting with preparing teaching materials, and copying and collating written and printed material
• Operating audio-visual equipment, computers and other teaching aides
• Distributing and collecting lesson material
• Collaborating with external partners to support activities related to students’ learning

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $30,000 a year. The middle half earn $26,400 to $37,560 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Babysitter/Infant care-giver
• Confinement nanny
• Child/After school care centre worker
• Child/Youth residential care assistant

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Questions people ask

How much does a teacher aide earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $30,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $26,400 to $37,560.

Will AI change the work of a teacher aide?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026