Year 1 Teaching Assistant - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Wyton on the Hill Primary School

Description

Name:


Job Title:
Year 1 Teaching Assistant (Level 2)


Working times:
Monday to Friday - 12:20-15:20


Main Functions:

• To support the Early Years Teacher to facilitate the active participation of children in the academic and social activities of the school/nursery setting.
• Contribute to raising standards of achievement for all students.
• Create an environment that is safe, clean and welcoming, with wellkept educational resources.

Supporting the Children

• In conjunction with the classroom teacher, adapt lessons to meet the needs of individual children and small groups.
• Take responsibility for delivering learning activities with small groups who would benefit from a different learning approach as agreed.
• Establish and maintain supportive relationships with individual pupils, small groups and parents/carers to ensure they understand and can achieve the tasks.
• Provide learning support to children with significant care needs, or where English is not their first language.
• Support children with significant development needs, e.g. cognitive ability, EBD, learning skills, etc. as directed.
• Encourage and promote inclusion in the classroom, ensuring all pupils feel involved with tasks and activities.

Supporting the curriculum

• Support the school curriculum, including literacy and numeracy activities.
• Suggest areas where ICT might be used to enrich pupil learning
• Provide targeted support to enhance learning and improve attainment.

Support for the teacher

• Assist in maintaining class records and contribute to reports on pupil progress and development as directed.
• Monitor and track progress and provide feedback to assist in developing IEPs for children with special needs.
• Contribute to the planning and evaluation of work programmes for individual pupils and groups.
• Organise the learning environment and develop classroom resources as required.
• Undertake support activities for the teacher as required, e.g. photocopying, preparation of materials, mounting displays.
• Contribute to the management of pupil behaviour, including anticipating and taking action to prevent potential problems arising.

Support for the school

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and parents or carers.
• Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and healthy environment.
• Attend and actively participate in staff meetings.
• Participate in and support the professional development of other teaching assistants as required.
• Assist in facilitating school events, e.g. school plays, events.

This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up.

The post holder may be required from time to time to undertake other duties within the school as may be reasonable expected, without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed.

This is a common occurrence and would not justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.


Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 15 per week


Salary:
From £11,022.00 per year


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

• Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification or higher (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 18/08/2023


Reference ID:
Y1-TA-L2

Expected start date: 01/09/2023