Part-time Teaching Assistant

Qualifications

Essential

• Min A* - C grade in GCSE English & Maths or equivalent
• Successful relevant experience of working with children within a learning environment.

Desirable

• Experience of working as a teaching assistant in a school environment
• Evidence of continuing or further professional development or other relevant national or professional qualifications
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Ability /willingness to support learning across a variety of key stages and/ or EYFS
• Excellent literacy skills
• Recognise that each child has specific needs that need to be nurtured and developed through careful and sensitive support and intervention and understand the pressure and requirement that this entails
• Ability to work 1 to 1 with a child on in an individual, small group or whole class environment, making accurate observations, communicating these with feedback to the teacher
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly in relating well to children and adults
• Ability to motivate and encourage in order to establish a supportive relationship with the child, giving praise and positive recognition to help build self esteem
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team demonstrating initiative, tact and diplomacy
• Ability to work collaboratively and constructively as part of a highly motivated staff team understanding roles and responsibilities and your own position within these

Desirable

• Experience of teaching and supporting children with additional needs
• Knowledge and understanding of
• curriculum and assessment
• Ability to meet the child's needs as required whilst encouraging independence/ autonomy of the child
• Ability to use own initiative to develop resources in order to support small groups of children
• Experience of using Information Technology to support learning and/or communication

Personal

• Enjoy working with children
• Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible
• Understand the need for confidentiality
• High level of resilience
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• The ability to learn about and use a range of strategies to reduce barriers to learning
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity in day-to-day working practices
• Have ability to adapt to a variety of situations /Be able to work calmly with the ability to adapt quickly and effectively to changing circumstance/situations
• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
• Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
• Have a calm approach, and an empathic nature
• Ability to manage time effectively
• The ability to seek advice and assistance to meet the child's learning, and social and emotional needs

• Desire and determination to be a lifelong learner and improve personal effectiveness