Level 3 Teaching Assistant - part time

Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School invites applications for a dedicated teaching assistant to support children across early years and key stage 1. You will support English and mathematics programmes, record progress and provide constructive feedback to teachers, helping to maintain high standards of learning and safety.

You will promote positive behaviour, adapt to different teaching approaches, and communicate effectively with pupils, parents, and staff.

Qualifications

• General understanding of the national curriculum and basic learning programmes/techniques.
• Ability to support English/Mathematics programmes, record achievements and progress and provide feedback to the teacher.
• Understanding of child development and learning.
• Promote good pupil behaviour and deal promptly with conflict and incidents.
• Excellent command of Literacy and Numeracy.
• Have high expectations of progress and behaviour.
• Ability to support pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to relate well to children.
• Ability to use a range of teaching approaches and strategies that enthuse, motivate and actively engage learners.

Skills

Curriculum knowledge

Feedback to teacher

Child development

Behaviour management

Literacy & Numeracy

Expectations

SEND support

Time management

Communication

Interpersonal with children

Teaching strategies

Job description

• Generalunderstanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/techniques
• Understandingof how to support English/Mathematics programmes,record achievements and progress and providing appropriate feedback to theteacher
• Basicunderstanding of child development and learning
• Promotegood pupil behaviourand deal promptly with conflict and incidents
• Excellentcommand of Literacy and Numeracy
• Havehigh expectations of progress and behaviour
• Abilityto provide support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuringtheir safety and access to learning activities
• Goodorganizational and time management skills
• Goodcommunication skills
• Abilityto relate well to children
• Abilityto use a range of teaching approaches and strategies that enthuse, motivate andactively engage learners