Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant

Location: Chiswick, West London

Position: Teaching Assistant

Start Date: ASAP

Pay: £1,900 - £2,400 per month

A welcoming, caring and inclusive primary school in Chiswick is offering an exciting opportunity for a teaching assistant to join its mainstream setting from September.

As a teaching assistant you will be joining a highly talented team of staff, governors and families at the school who ensure that it is a very special place to be. As a teaching assistant, your responsibility is simple, to deliver the school vision each day. The vision is simple; to learn, create and grow together is this ethos is characterised by their focus on learning, their creative spirit and their commitment to health and well being for the community. Teaching assistants with experience will be considered or recent graduates that would like to gain experience in education as a teaching assistant.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TEACHING ASSISTANT

Teaching Assistant support for Pupils:

Support pupils to make good academic progress, under the direction of the teacher and Inclusion leader

Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence

Implement group or 1:1 interventions to support pupils who have emotional or social barriers to learning

Establish constructive relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils

Teaching Assistant Support for Teachers:

Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupil's work

Use strategies, under the direction of the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals

Discuss with the teacher how learning activities are to be organised and what their own support role will be

Qualifications needs as a Teaching Assistant:

Essential:

Good literacy skills - GCSE Grade C or above in English Language; Level 2 English or above; or equivalent

Good numeracy skill's GCSE Grade C or above in Maths; Level 2 Maths or above; or equivalent</...