Teaching Assistant / Associate Tutor

Unique opportunity to join a new school in North London:

• Do you want to play a key role in the founding of an exciting, new, and innovative school?

• Do you want to move your career forward in an environment which nurtures talent and has scope for career progression?

• Do you want to be part of an exciting new venture that aims to transform the lives of children?

One Degree Academy has been given a rare opportunity to raise standards of education in North London.

Our school opened in September 2016. We moved to our brand new building and state of the art facilities in August – come and help us grow!

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Associate Tutor to help develop our new school. We are looking for someone with a positive and professional attitude, who will thrive serving the needs of our visitors, staff, children and parents. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to help shape One Degree Academy from its beginnings, and to be part of something profound and special.

Specific duties:

Supporting Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• To work with teachers to assess the needs of individual students and take action to support their learning needs.

• To observe, record and feedback information on pupil progress.

• To assist with whole class teaching

• To support as required in the design, implementation and review of individual Education plans for specific pupils

• Support, both as directed and through own initiative, groups of or individual pupils.

• To develop and set up motivating provision and activities for pupils inside and outside.

Pastoral Care

• To help promote and safeguard the welfare of all students.

• To promote self-discipline, high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes on the part of all students and to implement policies and procedures to foster them.

• To ensure that a high standard of care and good order for all students is maintained through the implementation of behaviour systems.

• To feedback to parents regularly on children's development.

Communication and Community Links

• To fully support the life and work of the school.

• To develop and maintain positive and effective professional relationships with colleagues, parents, the local community.

• To ensure that parents and pupils are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and are able to understand and contribute to targets for improvement.

Other

• Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal.

• Plan and lead after school clubs or additional activities on a regular basis.

Culture

• Support the school’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.

• Help to create a strong school community, characterised by consistent orderly behaviour and caring respectful relationships.

• Help to develop a school culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement.

• To be active in issues of student welfare and support.

• Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professionals in and beyond the school, covering lessons and providing other support, as required.