Job Title - SEN Teaching Assistant - Secondary
Location - Eastbourne
Hours - 8:30 until 3:30
Start Date - ASAP
Your newpany
You will be working across different settings in our partnership schools, supporting pupils with their learning. The role will be based across KS3 and KS4, supporting pupils with their learning, including working 1:1 with pupils with SEN. You will be a weing team who are supportive in working together to get the best learning support to enable pupils to fully access learning and accelerate progress where there are specific barriers, including the provision of specialist equipment.
Your new role
You will work through key stage 3 to key stage 4; your role would be to assist the teacher and follow directions from the teacher to help re-engage these students. You will have to distribute learning aids and help break down the lesson to ensure that all students are learning and focused on the task at hand. You will be working in both a 1:1 capacity as well within the classroom. You will be expected to adapt and tailor lessons to students with different educational needs and backgrounds when there is the absence of a teacher. You will also need to help manage the behaviour of the pupils as well as run breakout sessions when needed. Furthermore, you will liaise with colleagues and peers to receive and deliver instructions and provide feedback.
What you'll need to succeed
It is essential that you have SEN experience, and you can back it up with examples and references. Passion for the role is vital and a desire to improve education and develop students' learning will make you the ideal candidate for this role. Experience of team teaching would be ideal and managing behaviour is essential. You are there to help drive these students' performance and support them in gaining the life skills needed to integrate into society.
What you'll get in return
You will be supported with opportunities for career development and course studies. You will have the opportunity to work in a high-achieving school, within a strong staff team. Throughout, you will be supported by a specialist education consultant and offered free up-to-date professional development. If you know of other education professionals looking for work, you can also receive £250 worth of vouchers every time you rmend a colleague or friend to Hays Education.* *Terms and Conditions apply.*