Job Title: Senior Teaching Assistant - MAL
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Hourly rate: £22.35
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Part Time
Term Time only post: Yes
Advert Closing Date: 09/06/2025
Job Overview
Mont a l'Abbe School wish to recruit motivated and enthusiastic Senior Teaching Assistants to work at the school.
Ideally you will have a level 3 or equivalent qualification and experience of working in a school or caring environment.
This position is graded at TAF07 and working 31 hours per week.
If you would like further information, please contact the School Business Manager, Tina Hutchison (t.hutchison@montalabbe.sch.je)
Mont a l'Abbe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment.
Job Purpose
- To provide the teaching staff with appropriate support by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. This may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals / groups or short term, for whole classes. Monitor students and assess, record and report on student's achievement, progress and development.
- Be responsible for the supervision and development of a specialist area within the school and / or management of other teaching assistants, including allocation, monitoring of work and training.
- Can be required to supervise and teach students in small groups or in 1:1 situations in liaison with teachers. To encourage children to treat each other with respect and to follow the school's behaviour policy at all times.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Contribute to the management of a team working within a specialist area in school to effectively deploy resources as required.
- Plan and implement agreed work programmes / practical lessons under the general guidance of the teacher to whom assigned. Observe and monitor the development of specific students, recording appropriately.
- Supervise and provide particular support for students.
- Monitor and evaluate students responses to learning activities through planned observation and recording of achievements against pre-determined targets. To advise class teachers and teaching assistants on approaches and strategies to use with students in a special needs area. Deliver 1:1 support session to pre-teach and reinforce teacher delivered sessions.
Person specification
- Good literacy / numeracy skills to Level 3 standard
- Diploma in childcare or health and social qualification or CACHE / NVQ Level 3
- Experience of working with or caring for children
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