: Teacher

Responsible to: Education Director/Head Teacher

Job Purpose:

The overall aim of providing high quality residential, educational and training programmes for children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Asperger’s Syndrome and/or Learning Disabilities, and their families. The main roles involved in this post are:

HOURS: You will be expected to work the hours required to perform your professional duties, which you will effectively co-ordinate between your direct classroom commitments and additional responsibilities - on a pro-rata basis.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• To provide high quality teaching and learning opportunities with in an allocated subject area.
• To maintain a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of developments in meeting the needs of pupils with autism and special educational needs
• To maintain a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the teaching of all curriculum subjects and take account of wider developments which are relevant to your work
• To plan lessons and activities and sequences of lessons to meet pupils’ individual learning needs
• Planning and managing associated resources / teaching materials, teaching programmes, courses of study, methods of teaching and assessment
• To do all you can to ensure that, as a result of your teaching, your pupils achieve well relative to their prior attainment
• To take responsibility for a class or group of pupils as required by senior staff
• To set challenging but achievable goals for pupils through their Individual Education Plans using detailed baseline information as established through thorough assessment
• To take responsibility for your own professional development and use the outcomes to improve your teaching and your pupils’ learning
• To provide detailed reports for parents and others as required
• To lead and manage a team of Teaching Assistants effectively
• To show flexibility and differentiation when working across all ability levels…
• To have a secure knowledge and understanding of the scope, structure, balance and content of an appropriate school curriculum for our pupils.
• To plan teaching to achieve progression in pupils’ learning and which takes account of pupils’ learning needs and holistic development
• To provide structured learning opportunities through good curriculum planning and effective classroom management.
• To ensure that all pupils are working towards their agreed accreditations.
• To use a variety of teaching approaches and activities to develop pupils’ learning through planned interventions and independent learning opportunities both within the school environment and inclusive community contexts.
• To support and contribute to the school’s total communication approach.
• To offer teaching opportunities, which give, concrete learning experiences.
• To evaluate own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
• To maintain effective partnerships with parent/carers to promote pupils’ learning and to provide information to parents about targets, achievements and progress.
• To provide detailed plans for your teaching, ensuring that each session has clear objectives and planned activities to enhance learning and develop pupils’ key skills
• To produce quality displays around the school and ensure that they are updated regularly.
• Create a climate which enables non-teaching staff to develop and maintain positive attitudes and confidence in supporting teaching of various subject areas.
• Support the Head of Education/Head Teacher to use data to analyse and interpret student achievement.
• Establish with the involvement of relevant staff, short, medium and long term plans for student progress.
• Complete a weekly plan and reflective log for all planned sessions.
• Monitor the progress made in achieving subject specific plans and targets.
• Provide guidance and support to all staff as appropriate
• Help establish and implement clear policies and practices for assessing, reporting and recording student achievement within all areas including work related learning/vocational studies.
• Develop effective links with external advisory services, other Pioneer Tecs colleagues and local community settings to enhance teaching and learning of pupils.
• Plan teaching to achieve progression in pupils’ learning, and which takes account of pupils’ learning needs and holistic development.
• Provide structured learning opportunities through good curriculum planning and effective classroom management.
• Ensure that all pupils are working towards their agreed accreditations.
• Use a variety of teaching approaches and activities to develop pupils’ learning through planned interventions and independent learning opportunities both within the school environment and inclusive community contexts.
• Offer teaching opportunities, which give, concrete learning experiences.
• Evaluate own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
• Help produce quality displays around the school and ensure that they are updated regularly.
• Photographically record all pupils progress, where written documentation cannot be completed by the pupils.
• Maintain a creative celebration of pupils across the school environment. This may also mean being responsible for overseeing the displays created by other teachers.
• Set up and develop the use of Progress/Evidence Files that record pupils’ achievement.
• To develop effective liaison with school’s residential, clinical team and external agencies, to ensure maximum support, holistic approaches are in place to support progression in learning.
• To provide written assessments and reports relating to pupils - this includes completion of Individual Education Plans, Review Reports, Assessments, and Portfolio’s of evidence to support accreditation.
• To promote and support inclusion arrangements for individual pupils as appropriate.
• To work collaboratively and flexibly with the schools Care and Education Team to ensure consistency of approaches within the context of providing ‘waking hours learning opportunities’.
• To work in close partnership with parents, families and advocates.
• To support pupils with their individual time-table/schedule.
• To play an active role in the development of communication systems for the pupils across all areas of their lives.
• To play an active role in supporting the pupils individual residential Key Worker team

TEAM MEMBER

To support the aims and development of the school, working effectively as a key member of the staff team.

• To participate in the full range of meetings, as directed by your manager;
• To participate in arrangements for monitoring and appraising performance;
• To promote good order and discipline amongst students;
• To help maintain a safe and healthy working environment;
• To participate in the school’s cover arrangements both within your own class group and the wider school;
• To enhance own professional development, give feed back/information to staff;
• To offer support in organizing systems which promote the general welfare of students;
• To offer supervisory support to teaching assistants and relevant life skills staff;
• To maintain links with other specialist providers;
• To supervise students and voluntary helpers on placement

SCHOOL EMPLOYEE

The post holder will agree:

• To work within the context of all Val’s Community policies & procedures.
• To accede that is the duty of every employee to take all reasonable care of the health and safety of her/himself and of other persons who may be affected by her/his acts or omissions. To report to the Health and Safety Manager either serious risks or your concerns over safety issues.
• To maintain standard of dress that is appropriate to role and in accordance with the school’s dress policy.
• To work in a way consistent with the principle of equal opportunities, and anti - discriminatory practice.
• To be aware of and sensitive to the impact of class, gender, race and prejudice on attitudes, professional relationships, and professional judgement and be willing to intervene.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times and to ensure respect for proper observance of and adherence to the Confidentiality Policy for all staff.
• To attend regular supervision sessions with a member of the management team.
• To undertake appropriate training as agreed with the Head of Education/Head Teacher and HR Department
• To undertake any other duties which are consistent with the post, and wider needs of the service.
• To work in any other Val’s Community location if necessary

This job description is subject to periodic review and it is expected that the post holder will contribute to the active development of the role as the needs of the service alter.Opportunities to work flexibly in other parts of the organisation may from time to time become available and, in order to contribute to the organisation’s aims and share areas of expertise and knowledge, as well as ensure continuous personal development, the post holder is expected to actively seek such opportunities by talking to their line manager about such possibilities on a regular basis.

N.B. This Job Description is subject to any reasonable adjustment in accordance with changing and developing needs of the service and the proposed school expansion.

This post is subject to a full DBS and 6 month probationary period.

Job Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential:

• Qualified Teacher (QTS) or FE teaching Qualification
• SEN Qualification

Desirable:

• Management Qualification

Knowledge

Essential:

• Knowledge of developments for young people with ASC and/or Learning Disabilities
• Knowledge of Curriculum frameworks for school aged children

Desirable:

• Knowledge of a variety of learning and development skills applicable to young people with complex, severe learning difficulties and ASC

Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working with pupils who have learning difficulties
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of liaising with parents and external agencies and facilitating their active involvement with the pupil
• Experience in assessing the needs of young people with SEN / ASC
• Experience working within a school
• Supporting pupils with challenging behaviour, personal care, and any other needs arising during the school day

Skills/Abilities

Essential:

• Be able to demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to provide a warm, welcoming and structured learning environment
• Ability to communicate effectively with pupils and staff
• Ability to manage, support and motivate staff in a team situation
• Ability of be innovative, imaginative and flexible with the working situation

Team Working

Essential:

• Is a dynamic and inspirational leader
• Breaking down barriers that get in the way of effective team working and challenges others to do the same
• Regularly maintains networks and contacts
• Promotes partnerships as a means of shaping and delivering services to the community

Working Efficiently and Effectively

Essential:

• Able to identify and put a business case forward in response to changing needs of the organisation
• Works collaboratively with external partners to ensure keeps abreast of any new developments
• Ensures work processes and projects are well targeted, managed and evaluated to deliver strategic aims
• Works and develops new initiatives that contribute to the development of the organisation

Information Technology

Essential:

• Monitor the processing of data and information
• Gather, analyse, interpret ad present extensive and/or complex data and information
• Organise, knowledge and information resources and provide information to meet needs
• Prioritise and manage the ongoing work of services and/or projects

Safeguarding

Essential:

• Lead and manage service provision that promotes the well-being of the people in our care
• Lead practice to reduce and prevent the risk of danger, harm and abuse
• Lead and manage the provision of care services that deals effectively with transitions and significant life events
• Lead and manage provision of care services that supports the development of positive behaviour

Knowledge, Training and Development :

Essential:

• Champions continuous learning at all levels
• Promotes organisational learning systems and infrastructures
• Fosters a culture where knowledge, raining and personal development is allowed to flourish

Team Working

Essential:

• Is a dynamic and inspirational leader
• Breaking down barriers that get in the way of effective team working and challenges others to do the same
• Regularly maintains networks and contacts
• Promotes partnerships as a means of shaping and delivering services to the community

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £31,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (required)
• Experience with children: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• QTS (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: TeacherPP