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Literacy Intervention Teaching Assistant

Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset

Literacy Intervention Teaching Assistant

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Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

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job Ref: df0ef231fd5e474ba80bf1936d0287e9

Full Job Description

  • To assist the Subject Leader for English, and English teachers in the development and implementation of a programme of work to support targeted pupils to achieve their full learning potential and target grades in English.
  • To work closely with the Subject Leader for English to undertake a range of activities to support targeted students.
  • There is a Special Needs input to support pupils. Support is both on a one to one basis, in groups and in class in English and other lessons around the school.
    • Main Responsibilities and Duties:
  • Support the teaching and learning processes.
  • Under the guidance and direction of teaching staff:
  • To identify students that need additional help with English.
  • To deliver to these students in-class support and small group extraction work.
  • Develop, maintain, and apply knowledge and understanding of pupils' general and specific learning needs to ensure that support is given to them at an appropriate level.
  • Learning support is delivered individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly:
  • Helping students understand key texts and poems.
  • Motivate and encourage pupils to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set.
  • Seek to ensure the promotion and reinforcement of pupils' self esteem, appropriate levels of effort and behaviour, and to guide pupils to become independent learners.
  • Undertake literacy assessment on behalf of the department when students join at times throughout the year.
  • To work with SENCO and Subject Leader for English to develop extraction group folders for students to work on.
  • To deliver 1:1 tutoring programme in English where possible and when appropriate.
  • To promote opportunities for reading in KS3 through organising/distributing 'book boxes' via academic mentors.
  • To upkeep intervention data files.

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