Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Description
Higher level teaching assistants (HLTA’s) assist teachers with their day-to-day classroom work, the provision and planning of and the creation of lesson materials. HLTA’s teach classes on their own and may be trained in relevant learning strategies such as literacy. They may support students with special/additional needs and work in special and additional needs schools.
Tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Manages and supports other teaching assistants.
- Assess, record and report on pupils' progress.
- Gives lessons to classes and individual students independently of the teacher.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
- Assists with development of lesson plans and materials.
Entry Requirements
Level 2 NVQ; GCSE at grades A*-C
Skills
- Learning Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Active Learning
- Mathematics
- Science