Teaching Assistant - TLTP Education
(2025-04)
Working with TLTP Education as a teaching assistant in short-term temporary contracts in various primary schools.
Gap Period
(2024-12 - 2025-04)
Took a break from work to take full-time care responsibilities of elderly parent who had a major surgery.
Intervention Teaching Assistant - Harold Wood Primary School
(2024-01 - 2024-11)
- Plan, lead & deliver lessons on all subjects within EYFS, KS1 and KS2 in the absence of the class teacher.
- Cover class teachers (Yr Reception – Yr 6), general TAs and SEN TAs, whenever and wherever required.
- Organise, plan and lead intervention sessions for small groups of targeted children to support their learning in targeted subjects, especially Maths, English, Reading, Science, Handwriting and Phonics.
- Plan and lead engaging 'Phonics' lessons following the 'Read Write Inc.' guidance.
- Support children on a one-to-one basis as well as in groups, to help achieve their individual academic targets.
- Set up classroom, organise resources, mark children's work, maintain achievement records for individual children in class.
- Support SEN children in small groups and on 1-to-1 sessions during lessons; support SEN & EAL children at specially designed activities; work in coordination to SENCO, Speech & Language Therapist.
- Assist children in classroom, PE sessions, Library, Swimming lessons, play-ground and educational school-trips.
- Manage disruptive/ challenging behaviour in children effectively, planning functional strategies to reinforce positive behaviour.
Gap Period
(2023-09 - 2023-12)
Took a break to complete important DIY building works for my new house.
Early Years Teaching Assistant - Willow Brooks Primary School
(2023-01 - 2023-08)
- Prepare weekly planning for whole class (EYFS).
- Support children in their learning, during play, during lunch and in their personal care routines.
- Take observations of children's progress, write reports, make assessments of children, maintain individual achievement-book for key children.
- Perform health & safety checks before start of every session, set up the classroom, displays, correction of children's works, organising resources, and smooth delivery of lessons.
- Plan & participate in educational tours such as, forest-trips, trip to the park, supermarket, library, fire-station, animal-farm and theatre.
- Lead 'Phonics' sessions of small groups of children, following the 'Read Write Inc.' guidance to support their reading, writing and spellings.
- Support class-teacher with setting up the classroom, displays, correction of children's works, organising resources, and smooth delivery of lessons.
- Support SEN children in small groups and on 1-to-1 sessions during lessons; support SEN & EAL children at specially designed activities; work in coordination to SENCO, Speech & Language Therapist.
Senior Early Years Practitioner - Ellen Wilkinson Primary
(2020-09 - 2022-12)
- Plan weekly activities for whole class according to age, stage & ability.
- Record and write observations for key-children, maintain records and plan next-steps.
- Plan, organise & lead outdoor trips for children to enhance social awareness.
- Liaise with external agencies such as, community nurse, health visitor, speech therapist, child psychologist, social-worker and SENCO regarding issues of child wellbeing.
- Prepare healthy snack and tea for children; assist & support children at mealtimes.
- Set up classroom, manage resources, manage displays and perform daily, health & safety checks.
- Prepare annual/ transition reports for children; organise & participate in parent-meeting to discuss child's progress.
- Plan effective school-parent partnership programs such as, coffee-mornings, stay & play sessions, fun-day outs to improve relationship with parents.
- Work as a Children Centre link (Beckton & Royal Docks Children's Centre) to the nursery; linking their weekly sessions and activities with our nursery; guiding parents to participate in these sessions.
- Direct families to appropriate external agencies regarding help with health, housing, and employment issues.
Early Years Educator - Kay Rowe Nursery School
(2016-09 - 2020-08)
- Plan challenging and innovative activities for the class; assist children to participate in these activities.
- Note observations, evaluate progress, and plan next steps for key children.
- Plan lessons for the class and key children according to the EYFS; help children in their learning activities indoors and outdoors; support children with their personal care needs.
- Help set-up classroom with appropriate resources; replenish resources and tidy-up after activities.
- Participate in staff-meetings, training programmes and parent meetings.
- Prepare healthy snack and tea for children; assist & support children at mealtimes.
- Assist children in out-door educational trips, like forest trek, trip to the library, park, supermarket, Post Office & Fire Station.
- Plan, set-up and assist children in engaging activities for breakfast club, after-school club and holiday-club, working in coordination with colleagues for efficient management of the clubs.
- Work in liaise with external agencies such as speech-therapist, SENCO, social-worker where appropriate.
