Overview
Salary: £24,851 pro rata per annum
37 Hours Per Week and Full Time
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7SA
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant specialising in Early Years, you will play a crucial role in supporting the academic development of students on degree level programmes within this subject area, as well as students aspiring to join Childcare degree programmes in the future.
Your primary responsibilities will be to assist and collaborate with the teaching staff in delivering effective and engaging learning experiences. Your role will involve working closely with both lecturers and students, providing support though 1-1 and group working. You will also have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and expertise in Early Years to enhance students' understanding, skills, and practical competence in this subject area.
In addition, you will be responsible for promoting the higher technical education offer of the curriculum area both internally and externally. This includes progression events, providing Information, Advice, and Guidance (IAG) to prospective students, and establishing collaborative partnerships with local schools and sixth forms to help raise the profile of Higher Technical Education and our HTQ offer.
Key Tasks:
Work in the classroom and online environment to support student progress and achievement on their higher education programme
Direction by teaching team on deployment within sessions
Targeted work with individual learner and small groups
Feedback to teachers on progress and concerns
Referral to support teams where required
Work with small group to develop their academic resilience and key skills
Understanding barriers to individual student progress and setting of informal action plans
Discussion with teaching and support teams on individual student’s and provision of ongoing support
Ongoing assessment of student progress and feedback
Support the transition of students into an HE environment and encourage the development of independent learning skills
Helping students develop the tools necessary to succeed
Develop strong professional relationship with students in the provision giving them a sense of belonging within the HE environment
Support students in overcoming any practical barriers to their progress, i.e. basic literacy support
To work with teaching teams and support teams to develop a proactive approach to supporting ‘at risk’ learners
Regular discussion with team around students of concern
Collaboration where necessary with DST, Pastoral and LEC
To work with relevant internal entities to develop research and study skills support to improve learner utilisation of College resources across the campuses
Lead some digital and some sensory garden sessions
To develop a range of workshops that develop academic skills in diverse curriculum areas
To liaise with cross-college teams to secure good participation rates
To monitor engagement rates and impact in securing improved achievement rates and marks profiles
To promote the higher technical education offer of the curriculum area both internally and externally. This includes progression events, providing (IAG) to prospective students, and establishing collaborative partnerships with local schools and sixth forms to help raise the profile of Higher Technical Education and the HTQ offer.
