1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role.
As a volunteer Teaching Assistant/Classroom helper I have worked hard to establish professional relationships with the Teachers and permanent TA’s which in turn has resulted in me being treated and respected as one of the team by them and the pupils I work with.
Within my role I help provide support to the teachers by preparing effective learning environments, assisting the pupils to reach their full potential by ensuring the environment is kept clean, tidy and safe. My main duties and responsibilities are to select and prepare learning resources appropriate to the lesson and where needed adapt the resources to meet the individual or group’s needs. During the lessons I clarify the objectives and check the required amount of support to be given along with the task differentiation to meet all abilities and monitor/record pupil response and progress throughout the task.
It is important as a Teaching Assistant to listen carefully to the pupils and encourage their ideas and opinions to help them become strong independent learners by responding to them appropriately, encouraging them and keeping them on the right track to achieve the leaning objective. Within the role of Teaching Assistant/Classroom helper I carry out observations on behaviour and help the pupils to make the right choices in their actions while also reporting any relevant concerns to the appropriate person.
As a Teaching Assistant you play an integral part in the day to day running of the classroom by carrying out administrative duties as required by the teacher including collecting, collating information, filing and photocopying allowing the teacher to spend more time actively teaching.
As a Teaching Assistant/Classroom helper you also play a key role in providing comfort and immediate care for minor accidents, upsets and ailments as well as escorting and supervising in out of school activities such as working to the