East Site - L3 Teaching Assistant for Year R

ASPIRE BELIEVE CELEBRATE At St. Andrew’s School we develop aspiration, strength and self-belief by supporting each other and living our values. WEST SITE Brunts Lane Biggleswade Beds SG18 0LY EAST SITE Bantock Way Biggleswade Beds SG18 8UQ 01767 312311/312212 office@standrews.beds.sch.uk www.standrewsprimaryschool.org East Site - Year R Teaching Assistant NJC L3 - term time only 08:45 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. plus a 1hr/week meeting (31 hours) To start as soon as possible. Responsible To: Classroom teacher/Reception Lead/Headteacher/SENCO. Job Purpose: Under the instruction and guidance of teaching staff/managers, to undertake educational activities and attend to the educational, personal, and social needs of pupils in order to support their learning and development and to ensure their safety. Main duties and responsibilities: Support for Pupils Under the guidance of the class teacher/Reception Lead to use a range of supporting techniques to present learning tasks and curriculum content in a clear and stimulating manner in order to maintain pupils’ interest and motivation and to help pupils to learn effectively through guiding, advising and feedback. This will include the effective use of ICT to support pupils’ learning. To assist with the pastoral care of pupils, attending to their personal and social needs as necessary and building and maintaining successful relationships with them. To promote and support the inclusion of all pupils in the learning activities in which they are involved. Under agreed school procedures to give first aid/medicine where necessary; or assist with programmes of special care such as physiotherapy, hydrotherapy or speech therapy under the direction of the appropriate specialist. To assist with preparation for school visits and the supervision of pupils on such visits, in liaison with the Educational Visits Coordinator. Support for Teachers Under the guidance of the class teacher to deliver learning activities to individual and groups of pupils and, on occasion, to the whole class. To assist the class teacher in planning, devising and extending appropriate educational activities. This may include contributing to the development of IEPs and Personal and Pastoral Support Plans. To support and work with the teacher to identify and respond appropriately to individual differences between pupils so that demanding expectations may be set and to contribute to decisions about the most appropriate learning goals and strategies. To help assess and systematically record pupils’ progress using the results of this monitoring to inform further support work and to give oral and written feedback on attainment and progress to both pupils and the teacher. To support expectations of pupil behaviour and assist in securing appropriate standards of discipline to create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment for pupils’ learning. To efficiently prepare, maintain and use appropr