Teaching Assistant - Special Educational Needs

Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset

Teaching Assistant - Special Educational Needs

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Preston School, Yeovil, Somerset

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 5 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

  • To facilitate learning and progress of students with SEND.
  • To support staff in ensuring high quality teaching and provision of students with SEND.
  • To support subject staff in differentiation and meeting the needs of students with SEND both within and outside of the classroom
  • To deliver programmes of study to small groups or individuals to support learning and SEND needs.
  • You will need to have a flexible approach to supporting students.
  • Main Responsibilities and Duties:
  • To undertake as directed individual and small group work.
  • To support leaders and subject staff in ensuring students with SEND consistently make at least good progress across the curriculum.
  • To ensure all appropriate pupil records are maintained to a high standard under the guidance of leaders.
  • Be familiar with and incorporate Team Development and Action Plans into work practices.
  • To liaise with the subject staff, Subject Leaders, Learning Managers, parents, SEND leaders as appropriate to ensure students make good progress.
  • To provide support to classroom teachers in ensuring their high-quality teaching meets the needs of SEND students.
  • To ensure the relevant health and safety regulations are observed at all times.
  • Where relevant to support students on 1:1 basis personal / medical care as needed.
  • Specific Tasks
  • To work with students with SEND providing in-class support through resources, scribing, aiding completion of tasks, enabling use of IT or other specific duties as directed.
  • To plan and deliver interventions.
  • To work on a one-to-one basis or a small group situation supporting students learning and progress across the curriculum,
  • To provide reports to inform Annual SEN Audit Annual reviews, Annual Reviews and parents evening as directed.
  • To write, monitor and review IEP's (Individual Education Plans) and their implementation, ensuring staff awareness and appropriateness of targets.
  • To be a key worker for named students and liaise with class teachers, academic mentors and SEND Leaders as appropriate to facilitate student progress in all aspects of education, social and emotional development.
  • To attend training courses as needed to help with your own personal continuing professional development.
  • To act as a reader and/or scribe as required in both internal and external examinations.
  • To be a champion for SEND.
  • To support students with SEND on educational visits to facilitate their inclusion.
  • To participate in and attend meetings as directed.
  • To share good practice in differentiation and catering for students with SEND.
  • To listen to students read and develop their reading skills and interest in and love of reading.
  • Seek to ensure the promotion and facilitation of student's self-esteem, effort and behaviour.
  • To support and promote the development of all students in becoming independent learners.
  • Contribute to the assessment of pupils learning by providing feedback on learning outcomes and progress of learning within a lesson to class teachers.
  • Contribute to the implementation of the curriculum and monitoring specific individual targets for students