Teaching Assistant Apprentice
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Berkshire, SL5 7AD
Closes on Wednesday 20 August
Posted on 20 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Supporting the PE teacher with PE lessons. Helping to collect and organise equipment ready for the lesson, work with various sized groups.
- Annual wage
- £17,760 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, days to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Wednesday 3 September
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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 PE teacher with after school sporting clubs.
- When working in class, under the direction of the teacher, provide support to individual children/small groups of children in the completion of a wide range of learning activities including reading, writing, mathematics etc, so that they achieve/complete the task for that session.
- Provide support in such a way as to facilitate the child’s/children’s independent learning, by explanation, encouragement etc.
- Influence the behaviour of children in the group by reinforci standards set by the teacher and within the school’s behaviour policy.
- In line with the requirements set by the teacher assist in the preparation the teaching room/area for the session activities including setting up furniture and resources ensuring that the teacher has all the resources specified a that the environment is safe for children to use.
- Assist the teacher by undertaking duties such as photocopying, setting up/replacing displays in the classroom etc.
- Undertake First Aid duties in line with qualification/training received and act in line with the schools accident/incident policy.
- Perform duties in line with Health & Safety rules and to take remedial action where hazards are identified. Whe hazards are serious report to line manager immediately.
Where you’ll work
Sunninghall
Berkshire
SL5 7AD
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
ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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
Training will take place at home, the workplace or Twickenham Training Centre. This will be one day a week.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 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
About this company
Primary school in Sunninghill
After this apprenticeship
Full-time teaching assistant, learning support assistant or teacher in the future.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
way2work@achievingforchildren.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000297253.
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Closes on Wednesday 20 August
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