Post Title: Level 2 Teaching Assistant
Reporting to: Headteacher/Class Teacher
Scale: Level 2 Teaching Assistant Salary
Disclosure Level: Child Workforce - Enhanced, Childs Barred list
PURPOSE OF THE POST:
Purpose:
• Working under the direct instruction of teaching staff.
• Provide one to one pupil support as required.
• Provide specific support to the teacher in the care of pupils and management of the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
• Impact on the quality of teaching and learning for individuals/groups through classroom support and the delivery of intervention.
• Implement the school’s improvement priorities, policies and procedures and by demonstrating the professional responsibilities of a whole school team member
Main Duties
Support to Pupils
• Provide pastoral support to pupils within the school environment.
• Support and contribute to the school’s responsibility for safeguarding children.
• Support in providing a welcoming, positive, well organised, safe learning environment conducive to learning.
• Set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, their learning, fostering positive relationships and implementing the school’s behaviour policy.
• Deliver programmes and monitor the children’s response to the learning.
• Plan and develop differentiated learning activities, using understanding of child development, pedagogy and techniques which support and develop pupil’s learning.
• Support in planning tasks that are well matched and practical.
• Develop a variety of teaching styles and delivery to meet the needs of the pupils.
• Use assessment for learning and assessment of learning to assess, track and report progress including the marking of work.
• Accurately record and report on the development, progress and attainment of children.
• Co-operate and liaise with other school colleagues.
• Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters.
• Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers.
• Contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are promoted for pupils.
• Involvement in the implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring plans.
• Provide general support to pupils, ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice.
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher/early years lead.
Support to Teacher
• Act as Cover Supervisor during teacher lead absence under the direction of a teacher/designated member of staff. Cover will be in accordance with the nationally agreed protocols and as provided for in the Education Act 2002. (The role of Cover Supervisor will be to supervise and take sole responsibility, for short term cover only, for a class/group who are undertaking pre-planned work or where pupils are able to undertake effective, self directed learning 1 [1].)
• Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers.
• Support the teacher in the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans.
• Assist in maintaining classroom discipline through the implementation of the school’s behaviour management strategies.
• Provide support to pupils to achieve learning goals and improve outcomes.
• Supervise pupils for a particular curriculum activity under the supervision and guidance of a qualified teacher.
• Assist the teacher with the planning of learning activities.
• Assist the teacher in monitoring pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
• Co-ordinate and organise pupils attending extracurricular activities/work experience or other out of school activities under guidance of teacher.
• Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.
• Provide general admin support, for classroom activities e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities etc.