English as an additional language (EAL) teaching assistants work within a classroom setting either on a 1-2-1 basis or with a small group of children.
The aim of the role is to promote inclusion and provide support for students who have English as a second language. EAL teaching assistants may also be needed to adapt and customise curriculum materials.
As an EAL teaching assistant you will be expected to:
- Support EAL students with personalised learning
- Help to overcome barriers to learning
- Adapt and customise lesson plans
- Support students with EAL to access extra-curricular activities
- Contribute to the management of EAL students’ behaviour, encouraging students to conform to expected behaviour
- Contribute to the school awareness of EAL
- Provide pastoral support
- Facilitate contact with parents
What New Directions Education offers:
- A dedicated and expert account manager
- Regular and varied supply work
- Competitive rates of pay
- Potential long-term roles
- Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
- A network of branches across the UK
- Preferred supplier to 20 boroughs across the UK
- Recommend-a-friend scheme
- Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry