Principle Accountabilities

Support for Pupils

• Attend to pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters, as appropriate
• Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support pupils
• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model by being aware of and responding appropriately to needs
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs
• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate
• Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities
• Employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement

Support for Teacher

• Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment
• Assist with working walls and display work of pupils
• Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Undertake pupil record keeping as required
• Promote positive values, attitudes, and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents with, or as directed
• Administer and assess routine tests
• Provide general administrative support e.g. produce or adapt worksheets and resources for agreed activities etc.

Support for the School

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work/aims of the school
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
• Attend relevant meetings as required, within normal contractual hours
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times
• Promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity
• Recognise health and safety as a responsibility of every employee by taking responsibility for the care of self and others by complying with the academy’s H&S policy and any academy specific procedures/rules that apply to this role

Other adhoc duties as required