Teaching Assistant

TA Classroom Support

• Providing direct support as agreed with the teacher and subject lead. This may

include pre-tutoring support to ensure students have the necessary knowledge

and familiarity with the resources, skills and concepts to be used in the lesson.

• Adapting resources and teaching materials as necessary so that students are

able to access the key points of a lesson and achieve the objectives set for them.

• Supporting the student(s) in participating in class teaching activities, providing

support to groups as appropriate to encourage independence and social

interaction.

• Supporting the student(s)’ understanding of any follow up tasks set by the

teacher.

• Overseeing the student’s work in practical activities where safety is a

consideration.

• Establish good working relationships with students, acting as a role model and

being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.

• Implementing specific strategies for managing the progress of identified students.
• Ensuring students are aware of their target levels/grades, and any individual

targets they are set.

• Ensuring students have a record of any homework set.
• Supporting the use of ICT in learning activities and develop students’

competence and independence in its use.

• Providing constructive feedback to the teacher on how students have

responded to the lesson; work they find relatively easy and work they find more

difficult.

• Supporting the teacher in establishing and maintaining an orderly learning

environment, reporting difficulties as appropriate.

• Provide occasion support to teaching staff by undertaking the role of cover

supervisor and covering lessons when staff are absent. There is an increased

hourly rate for this.

TA Outside the classroom

• Delivering the agreed programmes under the guidance of the teacher, SENCO

focussing on areas of communication and interaction, supporting with functional

vision, language and literacy skills, personal, social and emotional development

as required.

• Contributing to “target setting” for individual students, when requested.
• Encouraging students to evaluate their own progress and to take an active part

in reviews of their progress, when appropriate.

• Encouraging other students to evaluate their own progress and to take an active

part in reviews of their progress, when appropriate.

• Maintaining logs of identified students’ daily progress.
• Supporting the use of technology to promote student’s learning.
• Checking that any equipment used by the students is functioning properly.
• Developing skill in the use of specialist equipment used by students, including

software applications.

• Taking steps to ensure any problems with equipment are dealt with as quickly as

possible by informing the teacher/technician if there are any problems.

• Supporting the student(s) and staff in the use of technology, encouraging

students to use the equipment independently.

• Providing support to enable the student(s) to have the opportunities to

participate in all school activities, to make choices and take decisions for

themselves.

• Observing new students express their feelings and emotions; relaying to others

and feedback to the teacher and/or SENCo, recording any findings accurately.

• Attend professional development days and “twilight” training sessions.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings (during school day).
• Attend and contribute to, when asked, meetings related to individual students.
• Supervise and assist with lunch time clubs.
• Actively support the pastoral role of Form Tutor as a Co-Tutor, as delegated
• Undertake training for exam invigilation to support SEND students during

assessment and examination periods