Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Staff work in schools alongside teachers, providing valuable support for teaching and learning activities. This is a very rewarding role as it allows more time to each child to help them develop their potential.
The day-to-day tasks of teaching assistants include:
- Helping pupils who need extra support to complete tasks
- Planning, delivering and evaluating teaching and learning activities
- Preparing the classroom for lessons
- Observing pupil performance and reporting to the teacher.
If a teaching assistant has achieved higher level teaching assistant (HLTA) status they may be expected to take classes as part of their routine duties.
The education skills needed to be a teaching assistant:
- Enjoy working with children
- Ability to manage groups of pupils and deal with challenging behaviour
- An ability to build good relationships with pupils and adults
- Good organisational skills
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
This role is a great way of expanding your knowledge and learning new techniques as to how you teach and is a great route into a teaching job. At the Education Network we aim to place you in education jobs that suit your preferences.
If this role sounds like it would suit you and you seek top rates of pay and a personalised education recruitment service then register with us now.