Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) - St Wulfram's

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School; Grantham; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School in Grantham invites applications for a teaching assistant role to complement teachers in delivering the national curriculum and supporting student progress.

Applicants will assist on planning cycles, prepare resources, support inclusion and learner welfare, and contribute to safeguarding and partnership with parents to promote attendance and achievement.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare lessons with teachers, participating in all stages of the planning cycle.
• Develop and prepare resources for learning activities.
• Support the planning of opportunities for students to learn in out-of-school contexts.

Job description

Tocomplement the teachers’ delivery of the national curriculum and contribute tothe development of other students, school policies and strategies.

Toprovide support for students, the teacher and the school to raise standards ofachievement for all, by utilising advanced knowledge of planning, monitoring,assessing and managing classes.

Towork collaboratively with teaching staff and assist on the whole planning cycleand the management and preparation of resources.

Toprovide support for the student’s welfare and support the inclusion of studentsin all aspects of school life.

Tosupervise whole classes during short-term absence of teachers.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Planand prepare lesson with teachers, participating in all stages of the planningcycle, including evaluating and adjusting lesson plans.

Developand prepare resources for learning activities.

Contributeto the planning of opportunities for students to learn in out-of-schoolcontexts in line with school policies and procedures.

Withinan agreed system of supervision and within lesson framework, teach wholeclasses covering PPA.

Providedetailed verbal and written feedback on lesson content, student responses tolearning and student behaviour, to teachers and students.

Motivateand progress students’ learning by using clearly structured interestingteaching and learning activities.

Befamiliar with lesson plans, IEP targets and learning objectives.

Usebehaviour management strategies, in line with the schools’ policy andprocedures, to contribute to a purposeful learning environment and encouragestudents to interact and work cooperativelywith others.

Supportthe role of parents in students’ learning and contribute to/lead meetings withparents to provide constructive feedback on student progress, achievement andbehaviour, maintaining sensitivity andconfidentially at all times.

Assistteachers in evaluating progress through a range of assessment activities.

Assistin maintain and analysing records of students’ progress.

Supportand guide other less experienced teaching assistants work in the classroom whenrequired and lead training for other support staff.

Recognise and challenge any incidentwhich forms abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevantschool policies.

Understand and implement school childprotection policies and comply with legal responsibilities.

Foster and maintain constructive andsupportive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging appropriateinformation, facilitating their support for their child’s attendance, accessand learning, and supporting home to school and community links.

Other

The duties and responsibilities in thisjob description are not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertakeother duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope ofthe post. Any such duties should not substantially change the general characterof the post. Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of thisgrade of post will be with the consent of the postholder.

The postholder is required to carry outthe duties in accordance with LAAT Equal Opportunities policies.

The postholder is required to carry outthe duties in accordance with the LAAT Health and Safety policies andprocedures.

All employees need to be aware of thepossible abuse of children and vulnerable adults and if you are concerned youneed to follow the Academies’ Safeguarding Policy. In addition, employeesworking with children have a responsibility to safeguard and promote thewelfare of during their work.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers toshare this commitment. We will require the successful applicant to undertake anenhanced criminal record check via the DBS.