Apprentice Teaching Assistant - SEN

EBOR ACADEMY TRUST

York, YO30 4YL

Closes in 30 days (Friday 29 November)

Posted on 23 October 2024

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Summary

As an apprentice you will be supported to increasingly develop your knowledge and understanding, skills and professional behaviours. You will learn both on and off-the-job to achieve a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification. Within in this apprenticeship you will be required to support children both within and outside of the classroom.

Annual wage
£11,641.90 a year

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Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

Duration

2 years

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

  • You may take children in small groups or on a one to basis, this will be under the guidance and supported by the Class Teacher
  • You will help the Teacher with the daily running of the classroom, providing assistance as needed
  • You will be supporting children with their learning and personal and social needs

Where you’ll work

Lakeside Primary Academy

Oakdale Road

York

YO30 4YL

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

EBOR ACADEMY TRUST

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

    • At the end of this apprenticeship, you will achieve a professional Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification
    • Your training will be done online, this is a mixture of workshop-based activities with a tutor and independent learning and coursework
    • This will take place one afternoon a week, this does have a degree of flexibility
    • Functional skills, if required

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade 4 or above)
    • Maths (grade 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
    • Physical fitness

    About this company

    Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures. We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

    After this apprenticeship

    • We hope after your apprenticeship you will be armed with the knowledge and experience to embark on a successful career within an educational setting

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    EBOR ACADEMY TRUST

    Sarah Tunstall

    s.tunstall@ebor.academy

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283775.

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    Closes in 30 days (Friday 29 November)

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