Sports Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

Woodard Academies Trust (Polam Hall School) are looking for an enthusiastic and aspiring Sports teaching assistant to join their team. Your role would be to provide high quality sports coaching before, during and after school to help promote the importance of physical education, school sport and physical activity.

Annual wage: £16,546.40 a year
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Training course: Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday Term time only 8:00am- 4:00pm 37 hours per week total
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 6 December
Duration: 1 year 4 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 with delivery of resources for physical education and sport activities through preparing, maintaining and deploying resources to assist teaching
Assist in ensuring the sport inventory is kept up to date alongside the relevant staff
To assist in the teaching of physical education through leading activities with class teachers
Contribute to the planning of lessons and work programmes and devising of suitable activities
Support the teaching and learning of individuals or groups of pupils, using support strategies to the needs of the pupils and liaising with staff over any issues
Assist teachers in the evaluation and revision of lessons and work programmes
Promote fair play and good sporting behaviour and implement the school’s behaviour and any related policies
Continue to develop and promote physical activity outside of school
To provide high quality sports coaching before, during and after school to help promote the importance of physical education, school sport and physical activity
At times, you may be required to support across the school in other areas if necessary and to gain skills across curriculum
Contribute towards competitive sport provision and day-to-day sport within the PE department
Further develop links with local schools to help with competitive sport and physical activity provision
Increase physical activity levels before, during and after the school day
Assist with improvement of staff development within the area of
Physical Education and School Sport
To assist the school in its day-to-day duties
To contribute to the overall ethos, work & aims of the school
Develop an understanding of policies & procedures, complying with their contents and raising concerns in a timely manner

Where you’ll work

Grange Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL1 5PA

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

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

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 (sports pathway)

More training information

20% off the job training
Tutor support via online platform
Online sessions and one to ones regularly delivered

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (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
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

About this company

Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust. We have 790 pupils on roll, with one and a half forms of entry in our Primary Phase and four forms in our Second-ary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully com-prehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, de-veloping leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Ac-ademic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every mem-ber of our school community.

https://www.woodardacademies.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Possible permanent position considered on completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Louise

louise.mcmeechan@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285837.

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Closes in 13 days (Thursday 5 December at 11:59pm)

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