Teaching Assistant

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Responsible To: SENDco
Responsible for: Supporting learning across the whole school.

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Essential Qualifications & Skills

• Good degree

• A good pass at English Literature and Language GCSE or equivalent

• Good English reading and writing skills

• Computer literacy

Desirable Qualifications & Skills

• Teaching qualification – PGCE & QTS

• Evidence of further education e.g. MA

Essential Experience

• Working with students with additional learning needs in a secondary setting

Desirable Experience

• Teaching experience in secondary setting

• Use of SIMS

Essential Personal Qualities

• A passion for lifelong learning

• Ability to inspire students

• Ability to motivate and inspire students to realise their potential academically and personally

• Ability to work in a team

• Able to empathise

• Able to use initiative

• Committed to learning in and outside of the classroom

• Committed to maintaining the caring and supportive ethos of the school

• Committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Flexible and adaptable, able to cope with change

• Honest and trustworthy

• Organised and able to meet deadlines

• Resilient

• Willing to contribute to co-curricular activities

• Willing to go the extra mile

• Willing to contribute to the wider community

• Willing to learn and develop within the role

• Willing to take on new roles and responsibilities

Job Description – Core Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Head of Learning Support assist subject teachers with promoting the learning of identified students

• Liaise with Head of Learning Support (SENCO) to set individual targets for students

• Liaise with other teachers and non-teaching staff to enable you to support key students

• Assist teachers with lesson arrangements to support students with additional learning needs

• Support subject teachers in the development of differentiated materials

• Design and deliver one to one and small group intervention sessions

• Engage in team teaching where appropriate

• Cover lessons when work is set by an absent Teaching Assistant

• Mark students work and give appropriate feedback to students in intervention groups

• Implement interventions and record accurately

• Attend to key students’ personal needs and provide advice to assist in students’ social, health and personal development

• Assist with the testing of pupils e.g. reading age tests and CATs

• Act as a scribe/reader for students who require access arrangements during exams/assessments

• Invigilate as and when required during examinations

• Track progress and recommend interventions for assigned key students and report this via school systems

• Help maintain up to date records for key students and report on their progress

• Ensure clear discipline in and out of the classroom and use the school B4L system consistently

• Assist teachers in signing out books to students and keep records up to date. Facilitate the collection of books in line with school policy

• Ensure photocopying and other resources are completed correctly and in time for key lessons and support groups

• Carry out general admin duties as directed by SENDco

• Maintain display for learning support rooms and staff room board

• Produce and maintain resources to support learning

• Attend and participate in regular meetings

• Attend parents’ evenings and other community events to promote community cohesion

• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with teachers, to support achievement and progress of students

• Keep up to date with educational developments and apply this knowledge to teaching and learning

• Ensure safeguarding training is up to date

• Ensure a safe working environment and properly assess risk

Pastoral Responsibilities

• Partake in team building activities, including annual residential supporting key students

• Take part in whole school events such as swimming gala and sports day

• Run targeted clubs to support students with additional learning needs

• Participate in Club and House activities when directed by SENDco