Job prospects Elementary School Teacher's Aide in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (NOC 43100) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Employers may prefer candidates who have completed a teaching/educational assistant program or related post-secondary education. Teacher assistants working with special needs students may require post-secondary education in a relevant field and may need to demonstrate additional skills such as knowledge of sign language, braille, augmentative and alternative communication methods, assistive/adaptive devices, and special education techniques.

Here are some key facts about Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 3,300 people work in this occupation.
• Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 83% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 10% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants work all year, while 90% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 37 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of elementary and secondary school teacher assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 6% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 94% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 14% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 47% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

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