Job Description
You will be supporting the delivery of Maths and English, vocational Qualifications, and enrichment elements to help our students prepare for independence, and work experience.
We expect every member of the team to work collaboratively and flexibly, but you will have specific accountabilities, which include:
1. Supporting our Tutor to deliver English, Maths and ICT Functional Skills, GCSE English and Maths resits, and a vocational subject (currently BTEC Work skills) over four teaching days.
2. Supporting the Placement and Progression Officer to plan and deliver employability workshops, supporting guest speakers and providing enrichment activities
3. Providing support to learners on a one-to-one basis and in small groups, and all the while with empathy, respect and patience, appreciating that our students have faced, and continue to face many challenges in their lives which can make them harder to engage.
4. Contributing to regular student reviews, using this and any other opportunity to build up our students’ self-belief and confidence,
5. Supporting the tutor address any poor behaviour in a way that’s appropriate to the situation and to the learner.
6. Promoting a culture of expectation and aspiration at the school – a genuine sense, shared by our students, that they are here to learn, grow and succeed, not just pass the time of day.
Qualifications
7. A Teaching Assistant qualification at Level 2 or above, or a commitment to obtaining this qualification
8. Level 2 qualifications in English and maths, or a commitment to obtaining this qualification
Essential Skills and Experience
9. High expectations of pupils’ behaviour and clear strategies for working with challenging pupils.
10. Ability to motivate and encourage children appropriately.
11. Have experience of teaching children with EAL, SEN, Speech and language difficulties and other complex needs.
12. Capability to work independently, supported by the teacher, with groups of or individual pupils
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
13. Have experience of teaching in an alternative provision environment
14. Have an understanding of curriculum, particularly literacy and numeracy requirements
15. Evidence of successful work with disaffected and emotionally vulnerable pupils