Freelance Associate

**Role purpose**

Ensure smooth coordination with teachers to make sure children are supported during their learning with the British Council and are treated in accordance to British Council policies governing Equal Opportunity and Diversity (EO&D) and Child Protection.

**Main accountabilities**

To support teaching staff inside and outside the classroom
- Share cultural and linguistic knowledge about learners with teachers to ensure lessons are fully personalised, age / contextually appropriate
- Assist with the production / preparation of resources and materials and/or help with administration
- Check registers and childrens names in the first lesson of each term
- Agree classroom role with each teacher before lessons begin
- Spend an appropriate amount of time with each child according to individual needs and those of the class as a whole
- Speak English as much as possible except when the message cannot be conveyed in English, e.g. complicated background information or when a child is seriously distressed or in the case of serious behavioural issues. Teachers will decide if / when they need local translation
- Encourage and assist children to complete tasks individually and independently rather than doing it for them
- Assist teachers with setting up and tidying the classroom and with wall displays
- Assist teachers / parents if they want to speak to each other and ensure that all enquiries and messages conveyed by parents are passed on to teachers
- Bring any sick children to the attention of teachers so that appropriate action can be taken
- Make teachers aware of any relevant issues such as a child who has come to class unhappy, a child being teased by a classmate, any bullying in or outside the classroom etc.
- Translate during meetings and Parents’ Days between teachers and parents

2. To supervise young learners outside of the classroom
- Be responsible for children at break times; before, after and between classes
- Ensure children do not enter restricted areas and do not cause disturbances during break times and before / after lessons
- Supervise children who need to leave the classroom
- Encourage the use of English by talking to children in English while they are playing a break times
- Report any incidents occurring during break time to the class teacher and / or Duty Manager and record in it the YL Incident Log
- Comply with the British Council’s Equal Opportunity Policy by treating all children with respect
- Escort primary children out of the classroom and down the stairs to the CS waiting area
- Ensure primary and tween children only leave the British Council premises with a person (over 14 years old) whom the parent/guardian has given written authorisation by checking their ID cards
- Ensure any young learner aged 15-17 years old, does not leave the premises alone unless we have received written authorisation from a parent/guardian
- Update class attendance records and contact parents of absent students

3. To carry out administrative tasks, as needed, to support the Teaching Centre.
- To attend meetings when necessary to keep up to date with plans and developments
- Help ensure all Young Learner events are delivered to standards set by the Young Learner Manager and in accordance with British Council guidelines
- Ensure a record of attendance is kept for each event
- Supervise the placement testing and cover for admin team as required
- Assist general admin task as and when required.

4. Other requirements
- Our young learner classes are held Monday - Sunday between 7am - 8.15pm.
- Young Learner Support Assistants will be required to work during these times as agreed at the beginning of each term and will be expected to stay up to 9pm or until all YL students have been collected
- YLSA’s will be expected to do a mix of both in class duties, corridor / floating duties and administrative tasks as required operationally
- YLSA’s will be expected to work a mix duty rota for multiple centres
- YLSA’s may also be asked to assist with start and end of term course administration and with the coordination and invigilation of student placement testing

**Person specification**

**Role specific skills**

Operational Management

**Communication (Relates communications to circumstances)**

Displays good listening, writing and speaking skills, setting out logical arguments clearly and adapting language and form of communication to meet the needs of different people/audiences.

**Planning and organising**

Able to plan own work over short timescales for routine or familiar tasks and processes.

**Work Discipline**

**Knowledge and Experience **_(m_**ax 550 words in total)**

**Essential**
- Role:_Teaching Assistant
- Salary:_ Not Disclosed by Recruiter
- Industry:_Education / Training
- Functional Area:_Teaching & Training
- Role Category:_University Level Educator
- Employment Type:_Full Time, Temporary/Contractual
- Key Skills
- Administrationgeneral administrationFacility Management
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