Graduate Teaching Assistant

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Graduate Teaching Assistant – Maidstone

If you are a confident Graduate Teaching Assistant who would thrive in a focused, well-managed team, then this popular secondary school in Maidstone has your ideal role!

Are you a Graduate who is looking for a fun and rewarding year as a Secondary School Teaching Assistant post before you embark on your Secondary PGCE/School Direct in 2017?

Might a varied and challenging Teaching Assistant and Cover Supervisor role in a GOOD Maidstone Secondary be of interest?

*** Graduate Teaching Assistant position
*** GOOD Ofsted graded Maidstone Secondary School
*** Inclusive secondary school
*** Teaching Assistant and Cover Supervision duties
*** Teaching Assistant post – Starting September/October 2016 and interviewing in September 2016
*** £60-£65 per day

Person Specification – Graduate Teaching Assistant

To be successful in your Teaching Assistant application, you will be an inventive graduate who has already spent time in a role where you worked closely with children and will possess an impressive academic record with a 2:1 or better in your degree. This Teaching Assistant post requires a graduate who has the skills to demonstrate their commitment, drive and ambition to become a teacher. The school wants to recruit a Graduate Teaching who has the ability to present and communicate their ideas clearly and effectively to both students and staff alike.

About the Teaching Assistant role

Your Teaching Assistant duties will include coordinating groups of struggling or gifted pupils, working together with the class teachers to identify potential pupils who would benefit from extra-class support. The SLT place each Teaching Assistant under the charge of a designated mentor, in your case this will be an Outstanding Teacher who is one of the most caring and effective teachers I have come across. To equip you with further skills and confidence, the school are offering you a place on their bespoke CPD programme and your progress will be monitored throughout the year and if you work-hard you are likely to be offered a place on the exceptional School Direct scheme. The Teaching Assistant role will see you in a supportive capacity in the classes which best reflect your degree specialism and there will also be the occasional class where you will need to act in a Cover Supervisor capacity.

The School

This school is an accessible secondary found in Maidstone and is located within a short walk from the town centre and there is good parking on site. Considered to have one of the best learning environments in the area, this school can also declare a “Good” grade from Ofsted. The excellent ties this school has with the local community allows the students to build on their social awareness skills and understand the environment around them. This school offers trainee teachers an ideal platform from which to launch a successful teaching career due to the established training scheme it has in place.

This is the perfect opportunity for a driven and ambitious individual to really make a difference as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Join this secondary school in Maidstone by sending your CV to John Cobb at EduStaff!

Please note: due to the volume of applications, only successful applicants will be contacted.