Teaching Assistant
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The challenging and varied role of a Teaching Assistant is ideal for anyone hoping to make a positive impact on the lives of children and step in to the education sector.
As a Teaching Assistant, your role may vary from day to day, and can included 1-2-1 support for pupils with Special Education Needs, delivering Maths and English booster sessions for small groups or general classroom duties, assisting the teacher in setting up activities and general admin tasks.
Job titles vary and you may also be known as a:
- Learning Support Assistant
- SEN Specialist
- Behaviour Mentor
- GTA / General Teaching Assistant
- Classroom Assistant
- HLTA / Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Skills needed:
- Good communication and listening skills
- The ability to build and maintain rapport with adults and children
- Calmness under pressure and when dealing with challenging or confrontational behaviour
- Flexibility and adaptability
- You may also need relevant language skills depending on the service users and communities you support.
What will a working day look like?
Your duties will depend on your experience and training. Generally, your duties may include (but not be limited to):
- Delivering tailored teaching activities to pupils on either a one-to-one basis or in small groups.
- Ensuring that the pupils you support are able to engage in learning and stay on task during the lesson or activity.
- Supporting the social and emotional development of pupils, reporting any issues when required.
- Supporting the teacher in managing challenging pupil behaviour and promoting positive behaviour.
- Listening to pupils read and read to pupils as a class, group or one-to-one.
- Helping with the planning of some lessons.
- Carrying out administrative duties, such as preparing classroom resources.
- Creating art displays of pupils' artwork.
- With experience, you might be able to take on a specialism such as literacy, numeracy or SEN.
Qualifications
Typically, employers seek one of the following however confident individuals with other experience with children will be considered:
- BA Special Educational Needs, Disability & Inclusion
- BA Early Childhood Studies
- BA Education Studies
- CACHE Level 2 / 3 Teaching Assistant
- Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
- Level 2 / 3 Childcare
If you are looking for a new role as a Teaching Assistant on a part time or full time basis and you are local to Portsmouth, please send your CV using the link below for more information.
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
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