My Experience As A Teaching Assistant

One year experience as teaching assistant in SRM University (January 2015 – February 2016). My responsibilities included:

I am a qualified Childcare Practitioner with 12 years’ experience, who would love the opportunity to embark on a career as a Primary Teacher. I am currently employed in a local authority pre-five nursery class within a Primary School. I aspire to become a teacher as I feel it will offer me new challenges and a chance to further develop my love of teaching. I am a dedicated worker and continually strive to provide high standards. I also promote confidence, respect and compassion to ensure all members of the nursery and school are respected.

Having discovered my calling to work with nontraditional students, I took a position with St. Charles Youth and Family Services as a Teacher of Experiential Education. This position allowed me to interact with urban students from MPS who were expelled, court ordered or Special Education students who were deemed best suited to self-contained program. I loved the challenge every day. Every student was so different, but they all wanted and craved the same thing… acceptance and unconditional love. I wanted more.

Once I left work to have my second child I decided I wanted to volunteer at their primary school, listening to children read and helping with their times tables practise. After a conversation with the head teacher I interviewed for a TA role supporting a child in year three with EBD. (KS 3.3)

Whilst on my level 3 course I completed work experience at Rainbow Nursery and St Anns Primary School (Nursery/Year One).

* Encourage participation and independent working to all pupils according to their age and abilities.

In my leisure time I most enjoy spending quality time with family and friends. Additionally, I enjoy traveling, serving others, participating in sports and other outdoor activities, and playing musical instruments.

My first job in the education field was a teacher's aide through Eastern Temporaries. At this job I worked for the Binghamton school district, and went to whichever class they needed me for at the time. One of my

Educated up to Level 3 in Childcare, I am currently attending Hull University and undertaking my HLTA Learning Support Degree. This course has supported me to understand child development and learning. I have an up to date first aid certificate and currently administer it on a daily basis. I have good numeracy and literacy skills and have effective use of ICT to support children’s learning.

In 2011, I received an opportunity that completely changed my perspective about learning and teaching English. I had the opportunity to become a high school teacher. I absolutely enjoy my job as a high school teacher. Instructing English helps me develop different skills on students. Not only this, but I also received the opportunity to take teacher training sessions abroad. In Bournemouth, England, I was

Children should be encouraged to think about risks and given more independence, so they are more likely to grow in confidence. If a child’s experiences is limited its likely that the child may find it difficult to assess and manage risks on their own .If we become to obsess about their health an safety, we may affect their learning development and abilities. Sometimes it’s good to offer them challenging environment for them to deal with risks under our observation also when a child sustain or witness injuries they gain direct experience of their action and choices.

I am writing to apply for the position of Teaching Assistant with HUFLIT, which listed on university’s website. I want to challenge myself in the dynamic working environment of university. With my Bachelor’s degree in education and about 1 year of teaching internship, I am looking forward to working and being an integral part of the university.

Assessment – Problems arising from the assessment are usually to do with time constraints. To properly assess how successful a lesson has been, a teaching assistant needs time to talk to children and ask what they have learnt and to fill in any assessment sheets given by the teacher. The best way to minimise these problems is to have simple, concise sheet devised by the teacher with sections for the teaching assistant to gill in which are relevant to what the teacher wishes to know about.

I am currently studying at Sheffield College in a Level 3 BTEC extended diploma in Health sciences, it is my ambition to go on to study Primary Education. During my time at college I have completed work such as Unit 10 caring for children and young people, this helped me to see how children can be vulnerable to abuse and neglect while being in a school environment. I will have also completed a minimum of 200 hours being on placement when I have finished my college course. During my time at school, I studied psychology which showed me a range of different topics such as the different development stages which a child goes through. From a young age I have always believed that teaching would be a rewarding occupation to be a part of, this is because

I was lucky enough to watch the NROL-76 Mission live and saw the fourth successful landing of a Falcon 9 at landing zone one. I would like to also congratulate you and the rest of the SpaceX team on the historic SES-10 Mission, watching the successful reuse and landing of an orbital class rocket was incredible.