Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Etruscan Primary School
Stoke on Trent, ST1 4BS
Closes in 12 days (Sunday 8 December at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 November 2024
Contents
Summary
We are seeking to appoint two Key Stage 1 Teaching Assistant Apprentices to join the team. You will need to enjoy working with children and to be committed to ensuring that every child receives the best care and education. This role is term time only.
- Annual wage
- £12,313.60 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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37 hours, Monday - Friday. Term time only. Exact hours to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 6 January
- 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
- You will be welcoming the children into school each day, liaising with our parents and carers and working as part of a great team
- Contribute to the planning for and delivery of the early years curriculum within the seven areas of learning in “Foundation Stage”
- Help to the creating of an attractive/ stimulating, safe/secure class/school environment through display and classroom organisation
- Support the maintenance of positive links between home and school by making parents feel welcome and develop links with other agencies
- Contribute to the assessment of pupils, particularly those in your particular group through observations, records and discussions with other team members, parents and the Head Teacher
Where you’ll work
Etruscan Primary School
Dundee Street
Etruria
Stoke on Trent
ST1 4BS
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
NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP
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.
- 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
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 - https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/teaching-assistant-v1-1
- 20% off the job training at Newcastle College (ST5 2GB)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this company
We are proud to be one of the seven primary and special schools which make up the Orchard Community Trust. The trust shares the same ethos and values as ourselves, with children being at the heart of everything we do. Our aim is to give our children a wide range of opportunities and secure the best possible outcomes for them by working in close partnership with our family of schools and with our parents and carers.
https://www.etruscan.stoke.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Access to confidential wellbeing services. Access to discounted membership.
After this apprenticeship
Could lead to a permanent position for the right person.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP
The Apprenticeship Hub
apprenticeships@nscg.ac.uk
01782 254287
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288463.
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Closes in 12 days (Sunday 8 December at 11:59pm)
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