Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Northgate Primary School

Under the supervision of the class teacher and/or SENCO, to undertake a range of directed activities to support the educational and development needs of pupils. This will involve in assisting teachers with the organisation and maintenance of classroom resources and to contribute to the supervision and welfare of pupils throughout the school.

• Supervise and support pupils' ensuring their safety and access to learning.
• Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans.
• Establish constructive working relationships with pupils, setting high expectations and acting as a role model.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
• Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities.
• Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance.
• Provide feedback to teachers/pupils in relation to progress and achievement.
• Supervise majority of the class when the class teacher is working with a specific group of children
• Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment.
• Work with the teacher in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate.
• Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required to the teacher on pupil achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents with, or as directed
• Administer and assess routine tests and invigilate exams/tests
• Provide general administrative support e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities, classroom displays of work etc.
• Implement local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of relevant skills and feeding back to the teacher, as appropriate
• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use
• Determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils.
• Undertake planned supervision of pupils' out of normal lesson times, including lunchtimes.
• Supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities.