Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

You must be CURRENTLY employed within an education setting and will need to discuss the qualification with your employer.  

Knowledge 

• Understand the need to provide feedback to support and facilitate an appropriate level of independence. 
• Comprehend appropriate levels of learning resources to identify and help address weaknesses, consolidate strengths and develop individualised expectations. 
• Recognise different stages of child development through school, eg: the transition between key stages. 
• Recognise the importance of using appropriate technology to support learning. 
• Understand the need to accurately observe, record and report on pupils’ participation, conceptual understanding and progress to improve practice and assessment for different groups of pupils. 
• Understand the school’s assessment procedures and materials for benchmarking against targets set by the class teacher. 
• Appropriate knowledge of the curriculum and context you are working in. 
• Understand current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education Part 1, safeguarding policies, and Prevent Strategy. 
• Understand the importance of sharing relevant information, in a timely manner with the designated Safeguarding lead. 

Skills 

• Develop strategies to support and encourage pupils to move towards independent learning. 
• Use appropriately varied vocabulary to ensure pupils’ understanding. 
• Embed effective behaviour management strategies using discipline appropriately and fairly in line with the school’s policy. 
• Deliver interventions in accordance with training given (RAG rating). 
• Foster and encourage positive, effective, nurturing and safe learning environments inspiring pupils to take pride in and learn from their individual achievements. 
• Recognise, adapt and respond to all pupils encompassing SEN/emotional vulnerabilities, for example, use Makaton, and visual timetables. 
• Work closely with teachers to ensure their own contribution aligns with the teaching and ensure regular communications to provide clarity and consistency of role within lessons. 
• Deliver/lead small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters using initiative, sensitivity and understanding. 

Behaviours 

• Building relationships/embracing change 
• Adding value to education 
• Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion Professional sta