Teaching Assistant Apprentice
DORRINGTON ACADEMY · BIRMINGHAM, B42 1QR
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Dorrington Academy is excited to provide the opportunity to work within an outstanding school environment. Earn while you learn and gain a recognised qualification that will enhance your skills and set you on a successful career pathway with great employment opportunities. You will be supervising classroom activities and assisting with activities.
The work
Duties will include:
- Supervising classroom activities
- Assisting with young people’s learning experience
- Helping students who might need extra support
- Learning classroom-based skills and behaviour techniques
- Learning how to plan sessions and think about learning objectives
- Working alongside the teacher to support all classroom activities
Support for the teacher:
- Assist with the planning of learning activities
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals
- Prepare the classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards
- Assist with the display of pupil’s work
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement / progress as directed
- Establish constructive relationships with parents / carers
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupil’s achievement, progress, problems etc.
- Maintain records as requested
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- Provide general clerical / administrative support e.g. administer coursework, produce worksheets for agreed activities, photocopying, typing, filing etc.
Support for the curriculum:
- Support pupils in understanding instructions
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities / teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
- Support pupils in using ICT and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
- Prepare, maintain, and use equipment / resources required to meet the lesson plans / relevant learning activities, and assist pupils in their use
- Monitor and manage stock and supplies, cataloguing as required
Training
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification
- Keeping children safe in education
- Safeguarding
- Prevent training
Training provider: RIVERSIDE TRAINING LIMITED
What you come out with
Potential for ongoing role within the school on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Qualifications
- Essential · GCSE English Grade 4
- Essential · GCSE Maths Grade 4
The employer
The Academy is committed to high achievement for all through the creation of a happy, organised and stimulating working environment enabling the children to realise their potential for learning and their capacity for enjoyment.
Workplace
- DORRINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1QR