Graduate Teaching Assistant - Canterbury

Location: Canterbury, Kent

Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Start Date: ASAP / Ongoing

Salary: £90-£110 Per day (In line with your current pay scale)

Are you a graduate who wants to become a teacher and needs classroom experience before applying on a PGCE course?

Or, perhaps you have an education or psychology related degree with an interest in supporting children of varying abilities?

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Canterbury

Academics are working with a range of schools across Canterbury and East Kent to take on a number of enthusiastic graduates into their Teaching Assistant positions - the schools embrace the idea of taking on keen individuals, enthusiastic about working with young people and venturing forth into teaching.

Successful candidates can start ASAP and work through to the end of the school year, with the potential of this being extended and becoming a permanent member of staff.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Canterbury

You will be supporting pupils in the classroom, guiding and helping them to make good progress in key areas of EYFS, KS1 or 2 curriculum. Being adaptable and willing to take on all challenges is essential, as you will be supporting students in small groups, or on a one to one level. If you have had previous experience of supporting children with SEND - particularly children with ASD, then this would hugely beneficial.

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant your responsibilities will be:

To provide continued support for the teacher within a chosen classroom
To carry out one to one and/or small group work with students
Providing tuition and booster sessions with pupils working at a lower ability or on the Special Educational Needs register
Reading sessions and providing numeracy and literacy support

You will:

Have either a Degree or Masters
Experience on your CV where you have worked with students in some capacity (ie Youth Work/ Teaching Assistant/ University Ambassador/ Graduate Tutor, etc).
Passionate about working in a school
Be ambitious with a strong yet also outgoing and warm personality
Imperative that you are flexible and adaptable

If you are interested in applying for this Graduate Teaching Assistant - Canterbury then here is how to apply:

Email your CV to or call Academics today on (phone number removed).

We look forward to hearing from you.

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