calling all teaching assistants

[ivet83]

hello there,i was wondering if there are any teaching assistants out there do you have to be good in maths?i am talking about primary education.i've been interested in teaching positions but i was very bad in maths i don't know anything about maths but i believe i will be a good teacher.i love teaching.before i was thinking about nursery nursering or childminding but i realised that teaching is what i want to do so please help.can i be a teacher if i am bad in maths?

[Pixiefish]

you need a gcse c grade or equivalent to be a teacher

[MumRum]

how about doing a course to improve your maths... you could always volunteer at your local school to get some experience while you are doing your course.
Good luck

[ivet83]

i know basic things but really struggled at school.

[ivet83]

another thing is that i live in london but i am moving to derbyshire in december and i don't know if there will be any jobs of this kind there

[Pixiefish]

To be a teaching assistant you are following guidelines given by the teacher and would be working with one child or a small group of children. You'd listen to the teacher and then present those ideas to the kids. You would be working at their level but obviously need to understand how it works to explain tot he kids.

I don't know what formal quals you need in maths but should imagine that you need gcse.

To be a primary teacher you need to understand the maths to present it to the kids.

Secondary teachers need the maths but we don't use it in our teaching but we do in day to day stuff like target setting and grading and stuff

[juuule]

This might help . Shows requirements and other details.

[ivet83]

thank you juuule it was very helpful