Job description
Key Stage 2 Teaching Assistant - Gateshead
Are you an enthusiastic and qualified teaching assistant who is looking for an opportunity to join a successful establishment?
Teaching Personnel, in conjunction with one of our client schools, are seeking a talented primary teaching assistant to join our team to work across KS2 within schools in the Gateshead area. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified teaching assistant to change the lives of young learners within Gateshead and to work within a supportive, caring school environment where staff welfare is a key focus.
This role will include:
- Working across all KS2 classes
- A mixture of work focusing on individual, small group and whole class interaction
- Assisting with the development of children on a social, emotional and intellectual level
- Provide support for all children throughout the school where necessary
- Communicate with the class teachers and SENCO to create specific strategies to help individual students
- Help all learners to meet the national standards levels for numeracy and literacy
- Help to create a positive, supportive learning environment for the children
Candidate Requirements:
The successful candidate will have experience working within a primary school environment, preferably as a teaching assistant working across KS2. In addition to this, the successful candidate should:
- Highly motivated to help every pupil achieve their full potential
- Willing to develop unique strategies to encourage and care for individual students
- Passionate about the care and development of every child
- Have experience with different phonics or numeracy schemes
- Experience dealing with challenging behaviour from young children
- Up to date knowledge of issues within the Primary National Curriculum and current issues faced by Primary school
Benefits/Reimbursement:
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within the teaching assistant role. Alongside this, you will receive:
- Opportunity to work within a highly reputable establishment
- Potential earnings of up to £350 per week
- Genuinely make an impact on the lives of young learners
- Continued Professional Development (CPD) through Teaching Personnel and potentially the school themselves.
- A positive working environment where the school is mindful about workload and staff wellbeing
Closing Date: 19/07/2019