Locations: Penfield Village Nursery School & Kindergarten

Work with under the direction of class teachers by:

·       Working in partnership with class teachers to support learning, in groups or on a one-to-one basis, under the direction of teaching staff

·       Providing structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers

·       Contributing to the assessment of children’s learning and development through careful observation and objective and accurate reporting

·       Assisting the class teacher in maintaining and managing a high quality indoor and outdoor learning environment

·       Preparing and maintaining teaching resources 

Assist in ensuring a high quality of provision for the welfare of all Children:

·       Assisting with playground duty

·       Undertaking supervisory duties at dismissal

·       Assisting children in changing and attend to their needs

·       Assisting with children who are unwell 

To attend and participate in school development activities, promote fundraising and participation:

·       School Staff meetings

·       Participate or volunteer in two school wide events

·       Staff training and development activities

Person Specification for Teaching Assistant

The person appointed to the post of Teaching Assistant at Penfield Village and Nursery School & Kindergarten would exhibit the following characteristics:

-       Be enthusiastic and flexible

-       Committed to help children

-       Hard working with a strong desire and ability to collaborate with Lead Teacher as well as colleagues and the director.

-       Team player is the goal of all of our hires as we work to create the best possible school environment for all of our children

-       Positive role model to promote a love for learning for each child

-       Problem solver so that they can model problem solving behaviour throughout their work with children

-       Good communicator so that you can share feed back with others in a manner that creates comfortable conversations and builds a collaborative relationship

-       Creative in the areas of activities but also in ways to reach students that struggle with participating or separating from parents.

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