Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
SHINE ACADEMIES
Bilston (WV14 6EH)
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 25 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 April 2025
Contents
Summary
A fantastic opportunity to join this brilliant school as a Teaching Assistant apprentice. You will learn and develop your skills where will interact with students and Teaching staff. You will complete a level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£12,170.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 31 hours. Term time only. Times to be confirmed.
31 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 29 May 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
- Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher and other professionals.
- Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.
- Be sensitive to individual learners’ disabilities and show empathy for their changing needs.
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly, and supportive learning environment in accordance with lesson plans, Learning Passports, Positive Behaviour Support Plans and assist with the display of pupils' work.
- Use differentiated strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
- Assist with the planning and deliver the programme as requested by the teacher.
- Be aware of pupil needs and targets, their progress and achievements and concerns and report these to the teacher.
- Undertake pupil record keeping including assessments using iPads, toileting charts, behaviour logs, accident and incident report's, safeguarding logs.
- Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour by following Positive Behaviour Support plans (PBSP's), reporting difficulties as appropriate and praising children for their effort and achievements.
- Support physical therapy programmes and use resources to support individual pupils e.g. moving and handling aids, specialist feeding aids, mobility aids.
- Gather/report (written/verbal) information from/to parents and carers and multi-professionals as directed including daily diaries
- Provide clerical/admin support to develop pupil's records. photocopying, typing, filing, money, administer coursework, collate reports, letters etc.
- Undertake routine marking of pupils' work.
- Use a variety of strategies to establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
- Prepare and maintain equipment/resources as directed by the teacher to met the lesson plans/ relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use: specialist physical therapy equipment, classroom resources for lessons, specialist resources and playtime equipment.
- Support pupils to access learning opportunities in their Education Health and Care plans.
- Use appropriate strategies and resources to promote learning such as Makaton signing, PECS communication systems, Tassels on body signing, Intensive interaction.
Where you’ll work
Green Park Avenue
Bilston
WV14 6EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WALSALL 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.
- 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.
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.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 or above)
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
About this company
Green Park aims to provide access to high quality education and learning experiences, both in school and in the community and seeks to maximise each pupil’s achievement as part of his or her lifelong learning. It is the school’s aim to be a centre of Educational Excellence in the heart of the community.
After this apprenticeship
At the end of your apprenticeship you will achieve the nationally recognised Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification, as well as valuable work experience, that will provide you with the best chance possible of being offered a full-time position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALSALL COLLEGE
Eleana Ewins
eewins@walsallcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317704.
Apply now
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 25 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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