Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

**Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Wilton Primary School**

The post will be located at Wilton CE Primary school within the Resource Base which supports children with a range of SEND needs from across the primary age range.

The postholder will play an important role in supervising the activities of pupils during the teaching period and midday sessional break within the school, including both indoor and outdoor areas, ensuring a safe environment is maintained at all times.

To assist the Teacher/SENCO to promote pupils’ academic, social and emotional development through the development and implementation of programmes of pupil work and support (individual and group) and in the provision of a stable, caring and supportive learning environment; to enable pupils to achieve their full learning potential and facilitate their personal, academic, social and moral development.

There may be a Special Needs input to support pupils in activities. Support is both on a one to one basis and in groups, to pupils with disability, learning difficulties or behavioural problems. This may include pupils with a high learning ability (‘gifted/talented’).

**Apprenticeship summary**
- Annual wage - £8,236.80 a year
- Monday to Friday, 8.45 am to 3.30pm, Term-Time Only
- Total hours per week: 30 hours a week
- Expected duration: 16 Months
- Location: Burcombe Lane, Wilton, SP2 0ES

What will the apprentice be doing?

Main Duties:

- To support the teaching and learning processes.
- Promote pupils academic, social and emotional development and assist teaching staff in the development of learning strategies, with the provision of teaching and learning resources and in the preparation and maintenance of a safe, secure and suitable learning environment.
- Assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of work
- Assist teachers in timetabling of lessons and curriculum as required.
- Deliver teaching individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly: o Motivate and encourage pupils to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set.
- Undertake learning activities with pupils of varying abilities to ensure differentiation and access to the curriculum.
- 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.
- Supporting and directing literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions.
- Focus support in areas needing improvement both academic and social.
- Support the use of ICT in the classroom and work with and support pupils to ensure they are able to use ICT and other specialist equipment to enhance their learning
- Contribute to the implementation of the National and/or Foundation Curriculum and specific individual pupil targets and/or group targets
- Assist the Teacher/SENCO in developing, implementing and managing individual/group pupil learning strategies aimed at the o management of pupil behaviour
- Contribute to the assessment of pupils’ learning, in particular with regard to Literacy, Numeracy, Science and ICT skills.
- To observe and comment upon pupil performance, conduct, behaviour and interaction with peer group and parents.
- To contribute to the planning and evaluation by the teacher of individual (and group) pupil’s learning activities.
- To assist in the supervision of Standard Assessment Tasks and tests / assessments as directed