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I always wanted to work with children, I want to be a teaching assistant in a primary school. I remember a teaching assistant I had in primary school in year 5 that would come into lessons and take some of us in small groups for extra help like in my case eal. What do I have to do to get this?

Also I always thought teaching assistants don't talk to parents and if they do it's minimal i don't know because I never been one am very scared talking to parents am 19 I have anxiety and placements I done in early years I never talked to parents and I have undiagnosed dyscalculia

so far I have done level 1 and 2 childcare but I want to be a teaching assistant in year 1 , would u recommend or am just a lost cause? Since am very scared to talk to parents 😔

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by cloyd
I always wanted to work with children, I want to be a teaching assistant in a primary school. I remember a teaching assistant I had in primary school in year 5 that would come into lessons and take some of us in small groups for extra help like in my case eal. What do I have to do to get this?
Also I always thought teaching assistants don't talk to parents and if they do it's minimal i don't know because I never been one am very scared talking to parents am 19 I have anxiety and placements I done in early years I never talked to parents and I have undiagnosed dyscalculia
so far I have done level 1 and 2 childcare but I want to be a teaching assistant in year 1 , would u recommend or am just a lost cause? Since am very scared to talk to parents 😔

I would start looking on the websites of your local schools to see when there is a vacancy. Some LSAs are mainly working with one child and others support intervention groups.

Have you got GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 or better?

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by Muttley79
I would start looking on the websites of your local schools to see when there is a vacancy. Some LSAs are mainly working with one child and others support intervention groups.
Have you got GCSE Maths and English at grade 4 or better?


I am redoing English GCSE I had a grade 3 before as for maths I always get 1 I can't get above this as I have dyscalculia. I am starting maths class soon and I want to have dyscalculia assesment can a person be a teaching assistant with failing maths cause I don't think so.. am so sad

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by cloyd
I am redoing English GCSE I had a grade 3 before as for maths I always get 1 I can't get above this as I have dyscalculia. I am starting maths class soon and I want to have dyscalculia assesment can a person be a teaching assistant with failing maths cause I don't think so.. am so sad

I have taught dyscalculics and with the right support you can get a grade 4.

https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyscalculia/assessment-and-support

Using concrete resources like number lines really helps.

Why not start by volunteering or looking for lunchtime supervisor jobs?

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