What skills and experience we're looking for• Provide in-class support for identified individual students or small groups of.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Provide in-class support for identified individual students or small groups of students including specialist subject support as appropriate
• Deliver interventions for students in mainstream and in the Enhanced Learning Provision
• Under the direction of the class teacher, assist in the management of the whole class through the overt modelling of effective behaviour management techniques
• Under the direction of a class teacher, SEND Co or Specialist SEN Teacher, develop and lead small group work for identified students in Direct Instruction (reading, writing, maths), social skills and to contribute to the appropriate documentation for these groups
• Be required to assist in the production of teaching and learning materials for students, including adapting materials
• Provide support, to include personal care for student(s) experiencing physical or medical difficulties (following training), and physio/transferring of students as appropriate
• Provide after school support for identified students as required
• Provide regular feedback to the class teacher and to the SEND Co or the relevant line manager
• Provide support with emotional literacy/mentoring within a small group (e.g. 4-5 students) or on an individual basis as directed by the SENDCo or relevant line manager, with appropriate training
What the school offers its staff
• Some of the benefits of working at Orchard Park High School:
• Well behaved students
• The behaviour at our school is excellent: our students are keen to learn and polite. They are used to concentrating, reading for extended periods of time, engaging in independent practice and producing developed pieces of writing.
• Outside of the classroom, students also behave well: transitions are orderly and calm and the playgrounds and social spaces are warm and welcoming.
• The behaviour system is centralised, meaning that teachers have time to teach.
• Sensible approach to marking and feedback
• We do not expect teachers to regularly mark books with lengthy comments: instead, we use whole class feedback processes which are much more efficient
• We are keen on live feedback in class which is much more efficient than lengthy written marking.
• Supportive, visible SLT
• Our SLT are highly visible and supportive: their main role is to ensure that teachers are able to teach as effectively as possible
• Our CPD offer is exceptional
• The majority of our CPD is department specific
• All staff receive instructional coaching once a fortnight to develop their teaching
• All our teaching methods are research informed
• We provide excellent training programmes for teachers, main scale teachers, lead practitioners and SLT
Further details about the role
We are looking for a Level 3 Teaching Assistant. This is an exciting opportunity to join Orchard Park High School and become an integral member of the SEN department.
The successful applicant must be high performing and passionate about education and the improvement of life changes for our children, and committed to continuing to develop the foundations we have already built here at Orchard Park High School. Our school will be disruption free every minute, of every lesson, of every day. We are relentless in our drive for high expectations. Our CPD provision is excellent. Beginning teachers (especially) develop rapidly in our school.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive, non-selective and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs with remote / hybrid working opportunities where appropriate. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
Please download the recruitment pack for further information.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5th November2024.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.
If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know. Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
