What skills and experience we're looking for
Duties include:
• Work in partnership with teachers and other professionals to provide effective support for learning activities tailoring it to the needs of individual children if necessary.
• Contribute to the planning, preparation, maintenance and evaluation of learning activities and environment, identifying areas of improvement and new developments as necessary.
• Prepare activities, with clear learning outcomes, to support children to achieve objectives, in conjunction with the class teacher.
• Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activities and assist children in their use.
• Work with small groups of children and individuals within the classroom and/or externally to the main class as required (e.g. phonics, focused activities, etc.).
• Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Monitor children’s responses to learning activities/interventions and accurately record achievement/progress and feed back to the teacher.
• Assist in the display and presentation of learning materials and children’s work inside and outside of the classroom environment as required.
• Maintain a high level of pastoral care to children within the class and throughout the school.
• Provide appropriate help throughout the day, including break and lunchtime monitoring as necessary.
• Accompany teaching staff and children on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.
What the school offers its staff
Please see attached documents
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.