Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support for the pupils

• Establish good working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model.
• Be aware of and respond appropriately to individual pupil needs, ensuring effective interaction.
• Provide specific support to pupils dependent upon their individual needs, ensuring their safety whilst supporting access to learning activities.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
  Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Promote self-esteem and independence.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance and direction of the teacher.
• To provide one to one support in either a care/special needs capacity for individual pupils, as directed by the teacher.

Support for the teacher

• Provide clerical/administration support (e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, data input, collecting money etc.).
• Assist with the display of children’s work.
• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans.
• In liaison with the teacher, utilise strategies to support pupils in achieving learning goals.
• Report pupil achievement, progress and issues as appropriate in agreed format.
• Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.
• Administer routine primary tests and invigilate exams.
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing with conflict and incidents and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour in line with established school policy.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers and communicate information as required.

After the apprenticeship

After completing the Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship, the apprentice can progress into a Teaching Assistant role, with opportunities to take on more responsibility and potentially progress towards roles such as Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) or teacher training in the future.