Teaching Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

Pupil Support

• Assess the needs of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupils’ learning.
• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Promote the inclusion of all pupils within the school.
• Respond skilfully to individual needs.
• Promote independence and holistic development.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement.

Working in the Teaching team:

• Organise and contribute to well-planned learning environments and resources.
• Within an agreed system of delegation, prepare engaging learning opportunities to support pupils’ development and progress.
• Evaluate pupil responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies. Contribute systematically to the assessment of pupils, the recording of progress and planning for next steps as part of the assessment cycle.
• Promote positive relationships and behaviour.
• Deploy specialist support where required.
• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils.

Working in the school team

• Fully adhere to and contribute to the development of school policies and procedures including the safe and effective running of the school, child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.
• Deliver out of school learning activities to enrich pupils’ experience.
• Contribute fully to the life of the school.
• Be a point of contact for parents, developing positive relationships.

Other

• Maintain a commitment to professional development and training; keeping up-to-date with developments in curriculum and teaching and learning
• Act as an ambassador for the school, promoting the ethos, aims and provision at St Gabriel’s Church of England Academy.
• Any other duties required by the Headteacher, which are within the scope of this post.