primary teacher

Elementary school instructor

A primary teacher instructs children in the early years of formal education, typically ages five to eleven.

The term is standard in British, Irish, and Australian English, corresponding roughly to American "elementary school teacher." Primary teachers usually handle multiple subjects for one class rather than specializing: She's been a primary teacher for fifteen years.

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educational level

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Higher education instructor

professor · college professor · university lecturer · high school teacher · doctoral advisor

role in education

primary teacherpupil

Learner or eye opening

schoolchild · kindergartener · primary school student · learner · first grader

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primary, teacher, prime, primal, primarily, primacy, primer, primitive, primordial

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