Job Description

Here are some key responsibilities you would typically have as a Teaching Assistant:
As a Teaching Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across various subject areas. Your responsibilities will include:
Classroom Support: As a Teaching Assistant, you will assist teachers in delivering engaging and interactive lessons, providing one-on-one support to students, and facilitating small group activities.
Individualised Learning: As a Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with students who require additional support, adapting teaching materials and providing targeted interventions to ensure all students reach their full potential.
Behaviour Management: Assisting in maintaining a positive and inclusive classroom environment, promoting respectful behaviour, and implementing behaviour management strategies.
Assessments and Progress Monitoring: Supporting teachers in assessing student progress, providing feedback, and recording student data to inform teaching strategies and interventions.
Extra-Curricular Involvement: Contributing to the wider school community by assisting in extracurricular activities, such as clubs, sports events, and school trips, fostering student engagement and personal development.
The successful candidate for Teaching Assistant will have:

• A degree in any subject area showcases your commitment to academic excellence. Holding a degree at 2:2 or higher is preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, allowing you to build positive relationships with students, teachers, and parents.
• An enthusiastic and proactive approach, demonstrating your passion for education and your willingness to go above and beyond to support student learning.
• Flexibility and adaptability, as you will be working across various subjects and supporting different teaching styles.
• The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, contributing to a collaborative and supportive school environment.
• Enhanced DBS registered to the update service.

Teaching Personnel offers: * Diverse Opportunities: Teaching Personnel provides access to a variety of roles in different types of educational settings, from mainstream schools to special education and alternative provisions.

• Support and Guidance: We will support you throughout the recruitment process, helping you refine your CV, prepare for interviews, and navigate compliance procedures.
• Flexibility: Many positions offered through Teaching Personnel can be flexible, including part-time, full-time, and temporary roles, which can suit various personal circumstances.
• Commitment to Quality and Safeguarding: As an ethical, inclusive, and independent recruitment agency, Teaching Personnel is committed to providing quality teaching and support staff in schools throughout Croydon.
• Professional Development: Teaching Personnel may provide access to training and development opportunities, helping you to enhance your skills and advance your career in education.
• Dedicated Consultant: Teaching Personnel provides a dedicated consultant who will support you in sourcing your desirable role with the best pay rate.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ's on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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