Job Type:	permanent	Duration:
Category:	Education / Training / Instruction	Recruiter Reference:	998627
URL for Applications:	Apply Here	Salary:	£24,851 pro rata per annum

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant specialising in Early Years, you will play a crucial role in supporting the academic development of students on degree level programmes within this subject area, as well as students aspiring to join Childcare degree programmes in the future.

Your primary responsibilities will be to assist and collaborate with the teaching staff in delivering effective and engaging learning experiences. Your role will involve working closely with both lecturers and students, providing support though 1-1 and group working. You will also have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and expertise in Early Years to enhance students' understanding, skills, and practical competence in this subject area.

In addition, you will be responsible for promoting the higher technical education offer of the curriculum area both internally and externally. This includes progression events, providing Information, Advice, and Guidance (IAG) to prospective students, and establishing collaborative partnerships with local schools and sixth forms to help raise the profile of Higher Technical Education and our HTQ offer.

Key Tasks:

Work in the classroom and online environment to support student progress and achievement on their higher education programme
Direction by teaching team on deployment within sessions
Targeted work with individual learner and small groups
Feedback to teachers on progress and concerns
Referral to support teams where required
Work with small group to develop their academic resilience and key skills
Understanding barriers to individual student progress and setting of informal action plans
Discussion with teaching and support teams on individual student’s and provision of ongoing support
Ongoing assessment of student progress and feedback
Support the transition of students into an HE environment and encourage the development of independent learning skills
Helping students develop the tools necessary to succeed
Develop strong professional relationship with students in the provision giving them a sense of belonging within the HE environment
Support students in overcoming any practical barriers to their progress, i.e. basic literacy support
To work with teaching teams and support teams to develop a proactive approach to supporting ‘at risk’ learners
Regular discussion with team around students of concern
Collaboration where necessary with DST, Pastoral and LEC
To work with relevant internal entities to develop research and study skills support to improve learner utilisation of College resources across the campuses
Lead some digital and some sensory garden sessions
To develop a range of workshops that develop academic skills in diverse curriculum areas
To liaise with cross-college teams to secure good participation rates
To monitor engagement rates and impact in securing improved achievement rates and marks profiles
To promote the higher technical education offer of the curriculum area both internally and externally. This includes progression events, providing (IAG) to prospective students, and establishing collaborative partnerships with local schools and sixth forms to help raise the profile of Higher Technical Education and the HTQ offer.

About Newcastle College

Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.

We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.

We’re proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country’s leading college groups and we’re a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK. Newcastle College’s vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.

Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you’ll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.

Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.