32.5 hours per week
Do you love supporting children to learn? We have an amazing opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our school. West Moors Middle School is a fantastic environment to work in, set in extensive grounds, with friendly and helpful colleagues. In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain experience of the breadth of engagement in young people’s lives and receive comprehensive training and support.
Essential Functions
* Establish productive relationships with pupils, responding to the needs of each individual child, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
* To have challenging expectations that encourages the child being supported on a one to one basis to develop the act independently and build self-esteem
* Provide feedback in relation to progress and achievement
* Encourage children to play and interact with one another
* Support children consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
The Successful Candidate Will Be Able To Demonstrate
* a passion for seeing pupils learn and the determination to aim for positive outcomes
* an intuitive understanding how to provide pastoral support
* a willingness to further develop their own professional skills
* a commitment to pupil learning in and outside of the classroom
* experience of teaching phonics/ early reading is desirable
Working Weeks per year is 38.
You will be expected to promote the ethos and vision of the school, participate in training and development, and activities that contribute to the management of performance. You will also be asked to assist with the management of pupils outside the classroom e.g. lunch times and outside the school e.g. school trips as directed by the class teacher and member of the school’s management, and attend meetings as required. #J-18808-Ljbffr