Job Purpose

To work under the guidance/instruction of designated teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils 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 under the guidance of teaching staff. To develop the provision for children who do not have English as their first language.

Key Tasks

Support for Pupils

• Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs and EAL, ensuring their access to learning resources.
• Ensure pupils’ safety, welfare, and personal hygiene. (Basic First aid to be included where appropriate).
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom by encouraging them to interact with each other and to engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Support the implementation of IEPs, Behaviour Plans, EHC plans, personal care programmes, curriculum planning, and assessment.
• Promote self-esteem and independence amongst pupils.
• Provide feedback to pupils on their progress and achievement under the guidance of a teacher, in line with school policy. Evaluate learning and provide feedback to the teacher/parent/agency as needed.
• Be able and willing to undertake cover supervision for the teacher occasionally.
• Monitor, assess, record, and report achievements, progress, and development.
• Support other members of staff by sharing EAL strategies to improve progress and understanding.
• Forge relationships with home and support parents in understanding the progress and development of their child.

Support for Teachers

• Promote excellent pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts in line with school behaviour policies.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents and carers, promoting the School’s home/school liaison policy.
• Assist the teacher with the preparation of teaching and learning materials and resources.
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/programmes, being aware of pupil learning styles. Adjust activities according to pupil responses/needs.
• Work with pupils on programmes linked to local and national curriculum and learning strategies, e.g., literacy, numeracy, early years, recording achievement, progress, and feeding back to the teacher.
• Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and achievement as directed.
• Provide detailed feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems, etc., as requested.
• Undertake pupil record-keeping as requested.
• Assist with the collation of pupil reports as requested by the teacher. This may involve data input.
• Support the effective use of IT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
• Maintain a purposeful, orderly, and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans.
• Assist with the display of pupils’ work in the classroom and around school.
• Prepare, maintain, and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
• Administer and mark routine tests.
• Provide clerical support for teachers, e.g., photocopying, filing, collecting money, checking deliveries, placing goods in stock, maintaining records of stock, administering coursework, production of worksheets for agreed activities.
• Provide ad-hoc cover in the absence of the class teacher.