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Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Redcar
£13.5k/yr
Posted about 1 month ago
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Job Description
Role Overview
To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff, to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils, including those with SEN, and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
Responsibilities
Support for the Student
- Provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
- Be aware of and assist with the implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes
- Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- Assist with the setting of challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance of the teacher
- Provide assistance with the student’s feeding, hygiene and personal needs, including toileting
- Provide assistance with the moving, lifting and handling of students, paying particular attention to the student’s physical needs
- Assist with the supervision of students during break and lunch times
Support for the Teacher
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils' work
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers under teacher guidance
- Assist with clerical/administrative support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, money, administering coursework etc.
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Support for the Curriculum
- Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use
Support for the School
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to Child Protection, health, safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, and report all concerns to an appropriate person
- Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required
- Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
- Show a duty of care and take appropriate action to comply with health & safety requirements at all times
- Demonstrate and promote commitment to Equal Opportunities and to the elimination of behaviour and practices that could be discriminatory
- Any other duties deemed appropriate by the Chief Executive and commensurate with the grade of the post
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Additional Information
- Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
- Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
- Our academies provide high quality educational and learning experiences which aim to develop:
- Confident individuals who are positive about who they are and what they can achieve
- Successful, enthusiastic and motivated learners
- Positive participants in their local and wider communities
- We have close working relationships with local schools which enable our students to form relationships and links with other children and young people around them.
- Established partnerships with post 16 education and vocational learning providers help to prepare our students for adulthood.
- We value our close partnership with parents and carers and we actively seek to realise the hopes and aspirations they have for their children and young people.
- Each academy has its own website which I would encourage you to visit where you will hear more from the Principals about what they do and what their students achieve.
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
- An opportunity for a full-time position at the end of the apprenticeship.
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