Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship

ADVANCED EDUCTION CENTER LONDON

PARK ROYAL, NW10 7TR

Closes in 7 days (Friday 27 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 September 2024


Summary

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant Apprentice to work in the school classroom, helping the students achieve the requirements of the curriculum.

Annual wage
£8,320 a year

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You will earn an apprentice salary for the first 12 months of your apprenticeship, after which you will move onto National Minimal Wage, for your age.

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
8.50am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday.

25 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 7 October

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

Positions available

1

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

  • Support students and the teacher in the classroom
  • Various administrative duties to support the school and teachers including photocopying
  • Ensure students are fully engaged in the classroom activities by providing support to lower ability students
  • Supervision of students during breaks in the school day

Where you’ll work

UNIT 5

UNIMIX HOUSE

ABBEY ROAD

PARK ROYAL

NW10 7TR

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

EALING, HAMMERSMITH & WEST LONDON COLLEGE

Your training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
  • Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
  • Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
  • Adapt resources to support all learners.
  • Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
  • Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
  • Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
  • Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
  • Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
  • Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
  • Apply methods of formative assessment.
  • Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
  • Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
  • Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
  • Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
  • Provide feedback to learners.
  • Your training plan

    This is a Teaching Assistant Level 3 qualification (A Level Standard) which is delivered in conjunction with ESFA rules, by West London College at our Hammersmith & Fulham campus, located in Barons Court, West London.

    You will attend college one day a week (day and start date to be defined) from September 2024 and complete 18 months of study to achieve this qualification. 

    The course will consist of one day per week in college (theory) and four days per week practical experience at the Advance Education Centre. 

    The first 15 months of this qualification will require the successful candidate to gather a portfolio of evidence, which is presented to an independent adjudicator called an End Point Assessment. This is a pass/fail. 

    The successful student will be required to either have GCSE maths and English Grade C/4 or achieve these grades before completion of the course through Functional Skills to Level 2, if required   

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade C/4)
    • maths (grade C/4)

    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
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    Why do you want to work with students and why do you want to be a Teaching Assistant?

    About this company

    About Us Opportunities and benefits: Advance Education has an inclusive approach towards every member of the community. It offers broader academic opportunities such as free Numeracy and Literacy functional skills sessions for adults with English as additional language free of charge, homework club for less able children, advance classes for gifted and talented children along with a range of extracurricular activities to help all learners achieve the maximum expectations in the areas they are most interested in e.g Art, Public Speaking, dance, drama and sport activities. To encourage an inclusive curriculum for children from various socio-economic background, Advance Education offers: Support for orphans such as free afterschool club and tuition fees exemption) – (3 orphans on roll). Criteria must be met through screening Literacy and Numeracy classes for adults – Free of Charge (12 on roll) Promoting healthy food and healthy living classes for children and adults Organising regular sport activities by encouraging young children and adult to participate in variety of sports e.g cross-country/basketball/table tennis. Arranging community get together such as regular family fun day and bazar. Availability: Every child in the community has access to the same educational opportunities regardless of their social economic background. Advance Education promotes an inclusive curriculum design approach that takes into account the learner’s educational, cultural and social background and experience. This holistic approach provides equality for both learning and teaching and benefits all parties involved. Equal Opportunity: Advance Education caters for all members in the community irrespective of their background. Children are likely to recognise each other differences such that everyone is different and unique in their own ways. Children are encouraged to learn and share their experience with one another through respect and tolerance. Advance Education is a budget friendly organisation in comparison to other private tuitions. Advance Education is an organisation where the community profits and funds are re-invested directly in the establishment to provide for the needs of children and staff and effectively utilising resources to meet the objectives of the mission and objective of the organisation. Pupils not discriminated in any form and especially because of their academic abilities, economic or cultural background, or disability. This ensures that everyone within the community has an equal access to the range of educational opportunities. Teachers: Advance Education has a greater value in safeguarding children, therefore teachers are recruited through DFE affiliated apprenticeship boding, and are trained to a high level standard. This guarantees the required knowledge and skills in safeguarding and helping promote British values and preventing radicalisation and extremism. Advance Education is a registered charity and Ofsted regulated. It offers full time education. In order to maintain a very high standard of education, our pupils are assessed on a weekly basis to monitor progress in each topic. We adhere to the ofsted regulations and framework for independent schools. Advance Education is situated in Brent and is widely known in the community due to its standard spread by word of mouth.

    https://advanceeducationcentre-london.co.uk/about-us/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    Whilst a permanent position cannot be guaranteed, you have an opportunity here to make an impression and, if you do well, there is every likelihood that a full-time role will be available in 18 months' time or, a strong recommendation/reference, which you can use, along with the experience and qualification gained, to find a school who does have a full-time opportunity.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    EALING, HAMMERSMITH & WEST LONDON COLLEGE

    Anthony Lowe

    a.lowe@wlc.ac.uk

    0788 1922192

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275926.

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