Top Paying Teaching assistant Jobs!!!!

Kaybenson

Hi Folks,

Can people suggest a high paying teaching assistant's post in london area.

It can be via agency or direct application to schools.

The agency ones that i know was £50 a day.

Cheers

Oldernotwiser

http://www.jobsineducation.co.uk/search/Education-Training,Teaching-Assistant-jobs-in-London.html

http://www.jobrapido.co.uk/?q=teaching%20assistant%20london

thegirlintheattic

Look on TES (not many but there are occasional ones advertised) or local council websites. It's getting a bit late for TA advertisements, you've probably only got another week for many positions starting in September.

£50 is not bad for a TA role, the most I've heard TAs being paid via agency is £60 unless your a qualified HLTA or also have a medical qualification and are looking after a child with medical needs.

Be wary of agencies advertising £75+, you'd be surprised how many times the rate of pay changes after you've agreed to the work.

Cover supervisor work is slightly better paid £60-100 depending on location. You can do this without being a qualified teacher but are expected to take sole charge of a class.

Remember that many schools finish around the 22nd July so you will be without work for at least 6-weeks and agency work doesn't tend to pick up till the end of September.

Kaybenson

Cheers

What then is the difference between a teaching assistant and unqualified teacher?

Hammyman

£50 a day? Jesus, I was earning more as a lorry driver in the mid 1990's in Hull.

thegirlintheattic

Kaybenson wrote: »

Cheers

What then is the difference between a teaching assistant and unqualified teacher?

A teaching assistant sits in a class and does what the teacher tells them. This is often helping students with special needs by keeping them on task, discussing answers, writing things down for them etc. They do no teaching and are not in charge of any students.

A cover supervisor (not unqualified teacher) is someone who is in sole charge of the class and who hands out the work the regular teacher has set and keeps an eye on the kids. They do no teaching but are in charge of students.

An unqualified teacher (often those who have trained aboard or are student teachers or recently finished a teaching course) are expected to take sole charge of the lesson, direct TAs, teach either from their own or pre-prepared lesson plans and mark work. Depending on the school they may have to do more or less and are often employed long-term. They are unqualified because they do not hold QTS but usually have trained or worked as a teacher or have extensive appropriate work experiance. They are quite rare in state schools.

A supply teacher is a fully qualified teacher who does either short or long term cover and does the same job as an unqualified teacher yet they have QTS and are often paid a higher rate.

If you have not got QTS or teaching experience then look for cover supervisor roles if you want to take charge of the class or a TA role if you just want to help small groups.

Bear in mind you will need a CRB check and are often asked to pay for this yourself.

thegirlintheattic

Hammyman wrote: »

£50 a day? Jesus, I was earning more as a lorry driver in the mid 1990's in Hull.

I know. To be fair most newly qualified teachers are only on about £110 a day.

I was earning more as a library assistant than I do as a teacher.

Kaybenson

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

I was earning more as a library assistant than I do as a teacher.

Really????

Lgas

'top paying teaching assistant jobs' seems like an oxymoron! (I was a SEN secondary school TA for 2 years and never got above about £8.5K a year. Disgusting pay for what we did every day, 30 hours a week.

kingfisherblue

If the OP doesn't know the difference between a TA and an unqualified teacher, it makes me wonder if she holds any qualifications for a TA role. Increasingly, TAs are required to have NVQ level 2 or higher. As there are so few jobs compared to the amount of people wanting a TA job, schools can be choosier and are more likely to employ somebody who has an official qualification in this area.

Also, many schools employ people who have volunteered there whilst training (there are specific tasks to do in the classroom whilst training, and most courses require a minimum of half a day a week in the classroom).

Another point is that when a TA is employed, it is usually term time only and at a specific level. In some jobs, holding a higher qualification can mean a higher wage, but if a TA is employed at level 2, that is what they will be apid even if they are qualified to level 3 or higher.

I don't think there are any highly paid TA jobs, except for TAs who have worked in a school for a long time and have taken on other responsibilities to increase their wage (such as breakfast club). Even then, it is not necessarily highly paid.

Kaybenson

kingfisherblue wrote: »

If the OP doesn't know the difference between a TA and an unqualified teacher, it makes me wonder if she holds any qualifications for a TA role.

This is a bit harsh.

I knew a friend who had been a teacher for years in a british school abroad but was employed as TA here in UK yet given the role of a teacher because he does NOT have a PGCE.