Apprentice Teaching Assistant - Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

Would you like to take on a new opportunity and make a difference to our young people? We are looking for someone who loves working with children of all abilities; being able to forge positive relationships quickly and can lead by example.

Wages and Hours

£236.80 and 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday 8.30 am – 4.30pm. Role is term time only.

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE:

To advance pupils’ learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individual pupils or groups and whole classes. Activities involve planning, preparing and delivering learning lessons as well as monitoring pupils, assessing, recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development, under the direction of the class/subject teacher.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Supporting Learning & Development

• Communicate pupil work as planned by the classroom teacher and manage pupil behaviour. • Within an agreed system of supervision, plan teaching and learning objectives, prepare and deliver learning activities and evaluate and adjust lessons/work plans according to pupil responses/needs. • Monitor, record and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies against pre-determined learning objectives. • Interact with pupils in ways that support the development of their ability to think and learn and work independently. • Support the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies, to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence. • Support pupils in their social and emotional wellbeing and develop and implement related social, health and physical programmes. • Encourage and motivate pupils to promote independence and resilience and increase self-esteem. • Participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration e.g. registration, truancy, pastoral systems etc. • Accompany educational visits, with the class teacher, and other activities outside of the classroom, supervising the pupils. • Provide supervision during breaks and lunchtimes.

Communication

• Establish constructive and respectful relationships with parents/carers, exchange appropriate information, facilitate their support for their child’s attendance, access to learning and support home to school and community links. • Play an appropriate part in establishing effective relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils.

Sharing Information

• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports on pupil attainment, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence. • Participate in meetings with other staff, external professionals, and parents, regarding pupils, in a support capacity to the teacher, who will normally lead on such matters. • Pay due regard to professional boundaries, maintaining appropriate levels of confidentiality. • Share information about pupils with teachers and other professionals as required.

Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children/Young People

• Assist pupils with personal hygiene and welfare, including physical and medical needs, whilst encouraging independence. • Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of pupils that you are responsible for and come into contact with, reporting concerns as appropriate.

Administration/Other

• Organise and manage an appropriate learning environment and resources. • Support the use of ICT to advance pupils’ learning and use common ICT tools for own and pupils’ learning. • Assist with administrative support e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation/ analysis, reporting on attendance, exclusions etc., making phone calls. • Supervise and provide access arrangements for pupils sitting internal and external examinations, ensuring that examinations comply DFE requirements. • Under the guidance and supervision of a class teacher be responsible for marking the register when covering classes.

Data Protection

• To comply with Lingfield Education Trust’s policies and supporting documentation in relation to GDPR - this includes Data Protection, Information Security and Confidentiality.

Person Specification

• GCSE English and maths at grade 9-4 or A*-C or Level 2
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Number skills
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non-judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

To apply for this apprenticeship email us your CV stating the reference "1431" at apprenticeships@bacoll.ac.uk.