Sport and Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

Do you enjoy working with children? Mayflower Primary School are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, hardworking individual who would like train as an apprentice sports teaching assistant in a Primary School, supporting learning in the classroom and PE lessons as well as leading sports activities at lunchtimes and after school.

Annual wage

£9,984 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Actual Wage - £10,757.00 Pro rata wage.

Training course

Community activator coach (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday (exact times to be confirmed at interview).

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Saturday 4 January

Duration

1 year 3 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

You must be a good team player, committed to inclusion and willing to go the extra mile for our children, significantly contributing to the quality education provision we strive to achieve.

Support and challenge children under the direction of the teacher
Contribute to progress in learning; encourage the children to develop learning skills (together, trying, tools, thinking) using the school’s systems as demonstrated by the class teacher
Support children with additional social and/or emotional needs
Support the teacher with management of the classroom
Prepare and maintain resources and displays
Work with children during some play/lunchtime and provide assistance with pupil well care
Undertake other duties appropriate to apprenticeship

Where you’ll work

Mayflower Primary School

41 Ham Drive

Plymouth

PL2 2NJ

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

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST

Your training course

Community activator coach (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Planning and adapting sessions and activities that respond to customer feedback and encourage customers to develop a lifelong activity habit.
Coaching or leading pre-planned sport or physical activity sessions that are attractive to the target audience(s) and develop motivational relationships with customers.
Promoting a physical activity offer, (including but not exclusively) organised play and sport in the community which supports individuals on their behaviour change journey.
Working collaboratively with sports clubs and other community assets – including volunteers, public services, youth workers, the police and community champions.
Supporting customers to co-produce rewarding volunteering opportunities.
Supporting families to participate together in sport and physical activity.
Working effectively with customer insight to overcome individual, community and societal barriers to participation in physical activity and sport.
Contributing to the employer’s design of activities and services and practising the employer’s organisation’s values, policies and procedures.
Contributing to teams that deliver community events and festivals.
Supporting organisations to evaluate, develop and promote sessions and other opportunities such as outdoor group exercise and informal social play.
Maintaining personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of customers.
Managing disruptive behaviours from individuals within the group setting.
Encouraging customers to be regularly active – both formally and informally – within sports clubs or leisure facilities including open-space.
Effectively using social media and technology, appropriately, to deliver targeted messages to identified customer groups for example children, teenagers, adults and older adults.
Effectively monitor and evaluate activities, sessions and projects using technology platforms to maintain accurate records and produce timely reports.

Your training plan

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST.

Apprenticeship standard Community Activator coach Level 2 (GCSE).

Training to be once a month at Plymouth Argyle.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4-9 (A*-C))
Math (grade 4-9 (A*-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
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

Everyone has school memories, especially from the important Primary years. Certain learning points endure in the mind, where they will have lifelong value. Foremost in our memory will be the school trips, the discos, the play, and the inevitable emotional encounters along the way. But what about the memory of the learning linked to knowledge and skills? Knowledge of subject content, the knowledge gained from repetition of tasks, finding the love in the learning, the crafting and drafting to achieve the most creative and high quality outcomes, products. Our vision supports pupils so that they can capture points in learning and then use these points to organise their thinking. By this method, pupils will be enabled to form coherent, informed opinions, which they can then present with clarity and confidence. We encourage pupils to connect with others and share ideas beyond our postcode. Staff work with pupils, to enable them to move through a process of selecting, organising and integrating learning experiences in order for them to engage with the learning process. Staff teach pupils how to see links from within and across subjects. Pupils learn to spot where concepts overlap and how, by expanding their vocabulary, their memory is more effective. Creating learning that we will remember forever includes exciting and fun learning experiences for the pupils, but it is goes further. Teachers also use the latest cognitive and neuroscience findings, to ensure that pupils receive a systematic approach to retaining knowledge. Our vision is to create meaningful learning, which impacts not only on the learner, but also on how they can impact on the wider world. We have a broad, but focused vision, we have an ambitious, but grounded vision. Together, we are signed up to this ongoing task.

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

After this apprenticeship

There may be the potential for full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, for the right candidate.

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