Learning Support Assistant
Greater Peterborough UTC
Peterborough
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £12,000-£14,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Ongoing Requirement
- Apply by:
- 28 March 2019
Job overview
The Learning Support Assistant’s (LSA) main role is to provide support for students with special educational needs. The LSA will ensure that students can integrate as fully as possible in all activities generally undertaken by other students in the class and to make progress.
Duties will include running core learning programmes and activities to assist the students’ individual learning and / or social needs. The LSA will be responsible for implementing the targets on the students support plan in liaison with the class teacher and the Director of Student Support (DSS)
Further responsibilities of an LSA include;
Supporting the Student:-
To provide learning support for the student in class or in withdrawal situations, either 1:1 or small groups.
To develop knowledge of the particular needs of the student and seek advice from the class teacher and DSS when required.
To aid access to the full range of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom and provide modified materials as required e.g. worksheets, games, visual prompt cards etc.
To make or modify resources as suggested and advised by the DSS
To be involved in the planning and preparation of the day to day class activities.
To organise and maintain an inclusive learning environment both in the classroom and outside.
Motivate and encourage students to ‘have a go’ at activities they may be unsure of.
Provide positive reinforcements, praise and rewards.
Facilitate small group activities with peers and support interaction between them.
To attend in-service training and relevant meetings relevant to the post in order to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special educational needs.
Provide support and facilitate interaction with peers in the classroom and around school.
To co-ordinate the paper work for identified students as directed by the DSS
Supporting the Class Teacher and DSS:-
To work as part of the team to ensure that the well being and personal development of students enhances their learning opportunities and life skills.
To attend planning meetings with the DSS and class teacher to develop learning programmes and to assist in the delivery of the individual learning programmes on a daily basis to promote learning, behaviour and communication skills.
To provide regular feedback to the class teacher, DSS about students’ difficulties and progress.
To contribute to identified students’ annual reviews
Supporting the School:-
To participate in relevant professional development appropriate for the needs of students.
To understand and apply the school policies on learning and behaviour, and the statutory
guidelines relating to disability discrimination and special educational needs.
To maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to student needs but have regard to the
safeguarding procedures of the GPUTC.
To carry out duties as directed by the Director of Student Support
Attached documents
About Greater Peterborough UTC
- Greater Peterborough UTC
- Park Crescent
- Peterborough
- PE1 4DZ
- United Kingdom
About Greater Peterborough UTC
‘Creating the Workforce of Tomorrow’
’Greater Peterborough University Technical College (GPUTC) is a STEM specialist school currently for students aged 11 to 19. Located in Peterborough city centre, the £12 million school opened in September 2016 to help create the city’s future scientists, engineers, designers, architects and construction specialists of the future. UTC’s are secondary schools for young people that are sponsored by a university and local employers. They were set up by the government to encourage young people to study technical subjects and to give them the opportunity to learn the skills that employers are looking for.
GPUTC is a valued member of the Meridian Trust and as such benefits from a supportive network of leadership at senior and subject level and is fully integrated and accessing all support services such as HR and financial support. In 2022, the first year of year 7 students, GPUTC was oversubscribed with many parents wanting not only a smaller school for their child but also one which specialises in a STEM curriculum. In Key Stage 4, which from 2023 will start in year 9, students can study separate sciences, engineering and the built environment (made up of architecture, design, surveying and construction) along with their core GCSE subjects. Students are also given the opportunity to pick from computer science, art and design and some humanities subjects all of which augment a STEM rich curriculum. In year 12 students may commit themselves to, from 2023, T ’Levels in ‘Engineering and Manufacturing’ and ‘Health Care Science’ there will also be a traditional route of A Levels in such subjects as Maths, Science and Product Design.
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