Teaching Assistant

Teachers and support staff at Mulberry Academy Bexhill make the education of their pupils their first concern. They seek to achieve the highest possible standards in work and conduct, act with integrity and have strong subject knowledge. Through endeavour, they keep their knowledge and skills as current as possible, remaining at the forefront of pedagogy and educational research.

Principal Accountabilities: to deliver targeted support to students with SEND to maximise their progress across the curriculum.

What do you have to achieve?

• create an ethos of high aspirations that fits with the academy values.

• maximise the achievement and progress of vulnerable students

• maintain confidentiality on all academy matters.

• promote and reinforce good student engagement and attendance

• help to remove barriers to learning by ensuring that all students are able to access the curriculum.

• promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom

What do you have to do – based on our TA Mantras? Know your Students:

• to work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment

• to work with teaching staff in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate including the personalisation of individual resources

• to monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against predetermined learning objectives

• to implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to students' responses/needs

• to be responsible for keeping and updating records as directed and contribute to the review of systems/records as requested

• to contribute to the formative assessment of student progress

• to support the administration of assessments and external exams as directed

• to be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding

• to provide support for homework club

• to act as a mentor for identified students as directed

Promote Independence:

• to promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement and self-reliance

• to support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop students' competence and independence in its use

• to promote the use of the schools rewards system to promote student achievement and self-esteem

Model the Behaviour that you want to see:

• to establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

• to promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts and incidents in line with established policy and encourage students to take responsibility for their own behaviour choices

Circulate the Room

• to support students in the classroom, recognising and responding to their individual needs

Green Pen Galore (support with live marking)

• to provide feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement

Other

• to supervise students on visits and trips as required

• to attend and participate in department and whole academy meetings as requested

• to be punctual to all supported lessons

• to contribute to the peer observation cycle for teaching assistant colleagues

• keep up to date data files, collate resources; maintain inventories, photocopy, use of I.T. systems for administration and educational purposes, and to support other TAs and teachers in accessing the relevant data and resources

• by request and if agreed, carry out tasks associated with pupils’ personal hygiene, (including personal intimate care) and welfare, including physical and medical needs, whilst encouraging independence.

Please see our website under ‘about us’ and then ‘recruitment’ for more details and to access the application form.

Please note that we do not accept CVs or approaches from agencies. Completed Mulberry Academy Bexhill application forms should be sent to recruitment@bexhillacademy.org

Mulberry Academy Bexhill is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young children, therefore all positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).