Teaching Assistant and Midday Meals Supervisor

Qualifications

The

Teaching Assistant should have:

good basic education to GCSE level in

literacy and numeracy, or the equivalent

In

addition, the Teaching Assistant might have experience of:

A relevant qualification in

Childcare and/or Education

Experience

The

Teaching Assistant should have:

Experience with young children, perhaps

as a parent or voluntary worker (e.g. as a Brownie or Cub leader)

In addition, the Teaching Assistant might have experience:

of being a paid worker in play schemes,

crèches, midday supervision, after-school clubs or similar

Knowledge and Understanding

The

Teaching Assistant should have knowledge and understanding of:

the needs of young children; child development and the ways in which

children learn; the roles played by various adults in a

child’s education; behaviour management strategies;

equal opportunities

safeguarding

Skills

The Teaching Assistant will be able to:

help professional staff to achieve

their objectives; assist children on an individual basis,

in small group and whole class work; explain tasks simply and clearly and

foster independence; supervise children, and adhere to

defined

behaviour management

policies;

accept and respond to authority and

supervision; work with guidance, but under limited

supervision; liaise and communicate effectively with

others; demonstrate good organisational skills; reflect on and develop professional

practice; display work effectively, and make and

maintain basic teaching resources.

In addition, the Teaching Assistant might also be able to:

monitor, record and make basic

assessments about individual progress suggest alternative ways of helping

children if they are unable to understand; describe, in simple terms, the process

of behaviour management with children; identify gaps in their own experience

that they need help in filling; demonstrate the ability to learn and

adapt from past experience.