Graduate Teaching Assistant

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley; London Borough of Bromley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Harris Allowance

Loyalty Bonus

Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Cash Plan

Staff Training Programs

Job summary

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is seeking a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students, enabling access to learning and contributing to a nurturing learning environment.

The role includes supervising students, developing resources with teachers, evaluating progress, and providing regular feedback. A degree or equivalent is required, with experience in education and a commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent.
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours.
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace.
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students.
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels.
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and supporting identified students, in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning.
• Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified student's learning needs.
• Assisting in evaluating identified students' progress through agreed assessment activities.
• Providing detailed and regular feedback to teachers on students' achievement, progress and needs.
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate.
• Attending to the students' personal needs where required.
• Supporting with behaviour management, using appropriate strategies in line with academy policy.
• Contributing to creating a purposeful and supportive learning environment.
• Undertaking structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes as appropriate, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals.

Education

Qualifications to degree level or equivalent

Job description

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is looking for a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment. The actual salary for this role will be £21,942 -£22,255 (39 weeks per year, 33 hours 35 minutes per week)., Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership. We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education. In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, an Annual Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and supporting identified students, in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified student's learning needs
• Assisting in evaluating identified students' progress through agreed assessment activities
• Providing detailed and regular feedback to teachers on students' achievement, progress and needs
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate
• Attending to the students' personal needs where required
• Supporting with behaviour management, using appropriate strategies in line with academy policy
• Contributing to creating a purposeful and supportive learning environment
• Undertaking structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes as appropriate, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals

Qualifications

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace.
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students.
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels.
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload.

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is a thriving, diverse and academically successful school for girls in New Beckenham. Our GCSE results are amongst the best in the country with progress being amongst the most successful schools nationally. We passionately believe in educating young women for the future and with specialisms in Science and Enterprise we are working hard to create opportunities for girls to be successful in English and maths as well as more traditional subjects like Classics and Latin.