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Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Level 3
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About the Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic, caring, and hardworking individual to work across various areas of the high school. This will include support in classrooms, working with small groups, and providing care over the lunchtime period.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assisting with the general pastoral care of students during both before and after school clubs and the school day
- Developing an understanding of the learning needs of students and using this knowledge to support them to become independent learners in the classroom
- To take into account a student’s learning needs and ensure their access to the lesson and its content through appropriate clarification, explanations, and use of equipment and materials
- To monitor students’ responses to learning activities and progress towards targets, record achievement, and provide feedback to teachers
- To assist in the implementation and tracking of student targets
- To provide support for students’ emotional and social needs by encouraging and modelling positive behaviour and demonstrating high expectations, in line with the school's Behaviour Policy
- To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
Where you'll work
Silverlink Road,
Tamworth,
Staffordshire.
B77 2HJ
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
What you'll learn
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.
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Training schedule
Teaching Assistant Level 3
- Day release at Tamworth campus during term-time only
- Apprentices without English and maths at Level 2 must achieve these prior to taking the End-Point Assessment
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English and Maths (grade GCSE Grades 9 - 4 or A* - C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other requirements
- A clear DBS check will be essential within this role.
- Candidates will be required to attend day release at either Cannock or Tamworth Campus.
- Applicants must be aware that they will be required to attend an Information, Advice, and Guidance session at one of our Campuses in order to progress further in this vacancy.
- During the session, candidates must complete baseline assessments and will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding the qualification.
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About this employer
Two Rivers High School is a generic co-educational special school for pupils with a statement of special educational needs. The High School caters for students aged between 11 and 19 years of age. Pupils have wide-ranging abilities with some exhibiting learning difficulties and/or delay in their learning. While it is impossible to generalise on the nature of these problems, they can necessitate creative approaches to teaching styles and delivery, classroom management, and climate.
At Two Rivers, we believe in the concept of lifelong learning and the idea that both adults and children learn new things every day. We maintain that learning should be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for everyone; it should be fun. Through our teaching, we equip pupils with the skills, knowledge, and understanding necessary to be able to make informed choices about the important things in their lives. We believe that appropriate teaching and learning experiences help pupils to lead happy and rewarding lives.
Company benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- My Staff Shop - employee benefits scheme
- Health & wellbeing support
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in a new tab).
Possibility of a full-time job when the apprenticeship is completed.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
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apprenticeships@southstaffs.ac.uk
0300 456 2424
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046029.
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