Teaching Assistant

**Teaching Assistant**with excellent interpersonal skills, who is patient and calm under pressure is required to join the Science Department of a well-established Academy Trust based in Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire.

**SALARY**:£23,703 per annum FTE / Actual Annual Salary £18,969

**LOCATION**:Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire

**JOB TYPE**:Full Time, Permanent (Term Time Only)

**WORKING HOURS**:33.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.15am - 4.00pm, Term Time Only (40 weeks)

**JOB OVERVIEW**

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Teaching Assistant with excellent interpersonal skills, who is patient and calm under pressure.

Working as a Teaching Assistant you will foster the participation of students in the social and academic processes of the school, enabling them to become more independent learners and help to raise the standards of achievement for all students.

Whether you are an ambitious and enthusiastic person with classroom experience, or are considering a career in teaching, the role of Teaching Assistant will work with the teaching staff within Science to identify students who are failing to make the appropriatelevels of progress and help devise programmes of study for them to 'catch up’.

**DUTIES**

Some of the duties and responsibilities as the Teaching Assistant will include:

- Liaise with class teachers and parents with regards to the progress made by identified groups of students
- Help manage after school clinics in Science, including devising and implementing appropriate activities
- Take the lead / teach a class when the teacher is working with individual students or small groups of students
- Attend and participate in Science curriculum meetings
- Teach early morning catch up / or intervention sessions with individual students and small groups
- Support staff in dealing with safeguarding issues as appropriate
- Assist with the induction of new staff
- Maintain student progress records
- Contribute to reviews of student’s progress
- Take into account the special needs of students, to aid the student to learn as effectively as possible both in group situations and on his/her own
- Assist with class teacher (and other professionals as appropriate), in the development of a suitable programme of support for students with special needs
- To assist in the line management of and undertake the IPP of other members of the Learning Support Department
- Attend relevant in-service training
- Attend Learning Support meetings and staff meetings when appropriate
- Develop methods of promoting/ reinforcing students’ self-esteem
- Help students organise themselves and their equipment. To explain tasks in class and help to record homework where appropriate

**CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS**
- Be Patient and Calm under pressure
- Work closely with the Science Director of Learning and teachers within the department
- Have Excellent interpersonal skills
- Have the ability to communicate effectively with adults and children alike
- Have a Good standard of numeracy and literacy

**BENEFITS**
- Opportunity to join an extremely competitive public sector pension schemes
- IT Leasing scheme and Cycle-to-Work scheme available through salary sacrifice
- A senior Leadership team that are invested in staff wellbeing
- Friendly and sociable colleagues
- A considerably low-rate membership of onsite Leisure Centre
- Free on-site car park or Good transport links

We reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

**APPLICATION PROCESS**

JOB REF: AWDO-P10172

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