Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Southam College is looking to recruit an ambitious, nurturing, and dedicated Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join their school family.

• Are you passionate, nurturing and enthusiastic?

• Would you like to make a difference in the lives of young children?

Day-to-day duties may involve:

• Supervise and support the teaching activities of individuals or groups of children/young people to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development.

• Monitor individual pupil’s progress, achievements, problems, condition and development needs reporting to the responsible teacher as appropriate.

• Assist the teacher in the development, delivery and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care Programmes for individuals or groups of children.

• Prepare and deliver programmes to support Special Needs e.g. one-to-one tuition, interventions etc following the guidelines and training given under the teacher's guidance.

• Assist the teacher with the planning of learning activities in the classroom or designated areas, preparing or modifying work for individuals or groups of pupils as directed.

• Use strategies in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.

• Provide support for local and national learning strategies e.g. English, Mathematics, and Early Years.

• Assist with the implementation of programmes designed by other professionals such as Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language therapists.

• Assist the teacher with the administration of baseline/tests and other assessments.

• Support the use of computing in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence.

• To prepare and maintain equipment and teaching resources for lessons and activities including the control of stock within the classroom.

• Prepare/clear classroom as directed before and after lessons, including the preparation of visual aids, and the display and presentation of pupil’s work.

• Participate in personal and professional development activities to meet the changing demands of the job and encourage and support other staff in their development and training.

Benefits Provided by Employer:

• A happy school with a welcoming and supportive team.

• Opportunities to work with experts from a range of disciplines.

Future Prospect: Possibility of a substantive position on completion of apprenticeship.

Benefits Provided by Training Provider:

• Bespoke work-based tuition and additional learning support where necessary.

• Access to TOTUM student discount.

• Access to Life and Progress employee support programme which includes: Health and wellbeing support, Around-the-clock support, and Confidential counselling.

Training to be provided: Training for this qualification will be provided by ourselves at SCCU Group, an Ofsted good training provider. Our tuition is all delivered in the workplace and bespoke to your particular role.

• Support in Teaching & Learning Level 3 Standard, 18 months practical with an additional 2 months End Point Assessment period.

• Functional Skills in Maths, and English (if required).

Working Week and Hours: Term Time only; 39 weeks in total. 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

or

Working Week and Hours: Full year and 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)

Salary: Apprenticeship Wage; from £240 per week

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Start date: Immediately.