Secondary Teaching Assistant

Are you a qualified TA or HLTA looking for a new role in Newcastle upon Tyne? 

Teaching Personnel is currently looking for qualified HLTA's and TA's to work in our partnership secondary schools in the new academic year. we have a number of potential roles, with many giving opportunities for permanent work. 

We at Teaching Personnel offer a personalised tutoring service to help schools increase pupil attainment. We call these our intervention programmes and each of these has been designed to help pupils reach their full potential. As a Teaching Assistant, you will have the opportunity to work with a number of different groups in a number of different roles, providing help and support to children who have behavioural difficulties.

With the current lockdown, this will have a significant knock on effect on pupils within secondary schools going forward. Support in the new year will be required more than ever and we expect a variety of roles for you to choose from.

Main responsibilities include:

• Working alongside staff/classroom teachers and SM to reduce levels of unauthorised absence and improve levels of attendance and behaviour
• Motivating students with behavioural difficulties
• Undertaking structured and agreed Individualised education programmes, including small group work
• Providing teacher’s with feedback on the children’s development
• Potentially covering in-house teachers lessons where required, managing the classroom briefly

The benefits of this role include:

• The chance to improve pupils learning experience and give them increased self-esteem and confidence
• A chance to develop your own relationship skills working with teachers and pupils
• Opportunity for full-time work and permanent employment
• Pay to scale after 12 weeks, with an agreed rate for the initial 12

For the chance to kick start a new role, please send your CV and brief covering letter now!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

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