EAL Support Assistant

An exciting position has arisen through Teaching Personnel for a talented EAL Learning Support Assistant to join the thriving staff body at an Ofsted graded “good” secondary school in Preston, Lancashire.

This is a part-time role (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday), to begin from October 2024.

The successful candidate will deliver small group intervention and also support students in lessons which will be vitally important to our outcomes and achievement at all levels. This is an ideal role for someone with experience of working with EAL students or a keen desire to learn. The team at this school are extremely hard-working, supportive, and welcoming to all new staff members.

We can offer you:

• A happy and harmonious school community, where staff are valued and respected (in our most recent staff survey 96% of staff said that they enjoy working at the school)
• A centralised behaviour system
• A sensible approach to meetings
• A dedicated staff wellbeing co-ordinator and working party
• A centralised approach to planning, to ensure that we are all sharing our resources and minimising workload
• A strong professional learning offer, with pathways to middle and senior leadership
• An ambitious Senior Team who are approachable, visible, and proactive

Principal Accountabilities:

• To promote the inclusion of all students.
• To support the development of basic skills and language proficiency with students with EAL.
• In liaison with the class teacher to work with students to target identified needs with their language development
• To provide practical support in the classroom and deliver small group intervention for students who have English as an additional language, supporting them to achieve their potential.
• To work with subject teachers to ensure lesson materials are used effectively in order for students to make the expected progress towards their target levels
• To promote whole school strategies to support students with EAL.

What next?

The school may be willing to accommodate an earlier start date should that be preferrable for the candidate. If you are seeking a new, exciting opportunity, please click the link below to apply with your most up-to-date CV attached and a member of the Lancashire Branch will be in touch to discuss your application further.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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