Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
ENDEAVOUR MAT
Tamworth, B77 2HJ
Closes tomorrow (Sunday 22 September at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 June 2024
Contents
Summary
The Teaching Assistant Apprentice at Two River School will work under the direct instruction of specialist needs teaching staff, primarily within the classroom alongside teachers. The role focuses on providing targeted support to pupils facing barriers to learning, helping them overcome challenges and succeed academically and socially.
- Annual wage
- £9,984 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:50am - 3:20pm. (Term Time only)
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Thursday 26 September
- Duration
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1 Year 6 Months
- Positions available
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2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
To work under direct instruction of specialist needs teaching staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher. Provide specific support in addressing the needs of pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning. Assist specialist needs teachers in the following:
Supporting Pupils
- Provide pastoral support to pupils within the school environment
- Receive and supervise pupils excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable.
- Attend to pupils’ personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, health and hygiene development on a daily basis.
- Care for pupils who are critically or terminally ill.
- Participate in the comprehensive assessment of pupils to determine those in need of particular help.
- In conjunction with the teacher the development and implementation of Individual
Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring plans.
- Support provision for pupils with additional needs.
- Develop 1:1 mentoring arrangements with pupils and provide support for distressed pupils.
- Use specialist knowledge/experience to provide appropriate support to pupils in relation to their individual needs (e.g. daily exercise programme).
- Provide feedback to pupils and teachers in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance etc.
Support for the Curriculum
- Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes under direction of teacher.
- To be aware of and appreciate a range of activities, courses, organisations and individuals to provide support for pupils.
- Under direction of teacher determine the need for, prepare and use specialist equipment, plans and resources to support pupils.
Support for the Teacher
- To act as Cover Supervisor during teacher absence under the direction of a teacher/designated member of staff.
- Support pupils’ access to learning using appropriate strategies, resources etc.
- Work with other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate.
- Monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses and progress against action plans through observation and planned recording under the supervision of a teacher.
- Support the teacher in providing objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to other staff on pupils’ achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
- Assist in keeping and updating records as agreed with other staff, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested.
- Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, access and learning and supporting home to school and community links.
- Assist the teacher in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration.
- Clerical/admin support relating to classroom activity e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation/analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions etc, and making phone calls etc.
- Co-ordinate and organise pupils attending extra curricular activities/work experience or other out of school activities under guidance of teacher.
Where you’ll work
Two Rivers School
Silver Link Road
Tamworth
B77 2HJ
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Your training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- Work towards your Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. (All learning is delivered online/remote).
- Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 8th best UK training provider)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Two Rivers School is a generic co-educational special school for pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The High School caters for students aged between 11 and 19 years of age. Pupils have wide ranging abilities with some exhibiting learning difficulties and/or delay in their learning. Whilst it is impossible to generalise on the nature of these needs, they can necessitate creative approaches to teaching styles and delivery, classroom management and climate. At Two Rivers we believe in the concept of lifelong learning and the idea that both adults and children learn new things every day. We maintain that learning should be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for everyone; it should be fun. Through our teaching we equip pupils with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to be able to make informed choices about the important things in their lives. We believe that appropriate teaching and learning experiences help pupils to lead happy and rewarding lives. Since 2007 and every inspection since Ofsted has rated our school as Outstanding, most recently January 2019. Our students drive our curriculum development and planning ensuring we give our students the best opportunities to succeed. Students are divided into 5 different pathways. The population of the different strands is divided as follows: Discoverers – 20%; Navigators - 6%, Explorers – 30%; Adventurers - 24%; Pioneers – 20%. To support the local and national demand for special school places, between 2019 and 2023, Two Rivers has increased the student population from 190 to 255. The county has supported this by helping us to create additional classrooms. As the school has grown in size, leaders have developed a provision which provides appropriate pathways to meet the wide-ranging needs of our students. This means we provide independent living skills and accreditation at all levels including GCSEs for students where appropriate. To support our growing school the team has expanded, welcoming more passionate and dedicated staff. Our staff are led by an experienced middle and senior leadership team. We continue to have supportive relationships with all our parents, carers and outside agencies. There is a wealth of information on our website, but if you require further information, please contact the school.
After this apprenticeship
- Full time job to be considered upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Owen MacKinnon
owen.mackinnon@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000259672.
Apply now
Closes tomorrow (Sunday 22 September at 11:59pm)
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