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Learning Support Assistant Apprentice
Wallsend
£15.4k/yr
Posted 21 days ago
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Under the direction/instruction of the SENCo:
- Support learners to achieve academic and personal targets
- Promote independence, self-reliance and collaborative work
- Manage behaviour within an established behaviour policy
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Specifically, Learning Support Assistants will:
- Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model, promoting challenge and active participation in learning
- Be committed to supporting all students with social and emotional issues to restore participation and learning
- Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance and collaborative work
- Develop specialist knowledge of both the curriculum and students’ bespoke needs to work with teaching staff and ensure maximum progress
- Record progress and achievement in lessons and provide evidence of level of progress and attainment that can be shared with all stakeholders
- Work within an established behaviour policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self control and independence
- Be committed to continuous professional development and contribute knowledge and expertise in departmental and whole school training
- Be confident to develop, monitor and contribute to learning passports ensuring effective dissemination.
- Deliver out of school learning activities within guidelines established by the school
- Have a high level of literacy and numeracy and show confidence in support of school strategies that address underperformance e.g. bridging the gap for students not considered secondary ready
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Course contents:
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
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