Teaching Assistant in Gillingham

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our exceptional SEN department at Rainham School for Girls. This post is for 29.75 hours per week, term time only. This post will be paid on Scale 4 of the NJC Scale £26,403 – £28,142 FTE. This equates to £17,690 - £18,855 for this particular post.

Core Purpose: To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. This will involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities when required for small groups and individuals and monitoring, assessing, recording and reporting students’ achievement, progress and development.

General Accountabilities:

• To plan and deliver challenging learning activities to students adjusting activities as necessary according to student responses/needs.
• Deliver local and national learning strategies, eg literacy, numeracy and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of students’ skills.
• Use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop students’ competence and independence in its use.
• Assess the needs of students and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students’ learning.
• Select and prepare resources necessary to lead learning activities, taking account of students’ interests and language and culture backgrounds.
• Organise and manage appropriate resources as necessary.
• Monitor and evaluate student responses to learning activities through a range of assessment and monitoring strategies.
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required on student achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
• Record the progress and achievement in lessons/activities systematically and provide evidence of range and level of progress and attainment.
• Provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement.
• Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom.
• Encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage students in activities as appropriate.
• Work within the school’s Behaviour Policy to anticipate and manage behaviour constructively, promoting self-control and independence.
• Administer and assess/mark tests and invigilate exams/tests.
• To supervise lessons, including the entry and dismissal of classes, during the short term absence of a teacher when necessary or by prior arrangement.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of applications. If you have not had any communication within 10 days of the closing date please take this as confirmation that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Safeguarding: TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full safer recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Access to interview: Be Who You Are at TKAT - should you be selected and invited to interview please let us know if you require us to adapt the recruitment process to enable you to participate as your authentic self. We want applicants to be able to engage with us in ways that support who they are and we are committed to making adjustments within the recruitment process and within the workplace.

Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse: TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Flexible working: TKAT recognises the value of enabling our employees to develop their career and balance this with their commitments and interests outside of work. In TKAT we promote flexible working practices and opportunities to promote a positive work life balance.