Lead English Teacher

Job title:

Lead English Teacher

Company:

Long-term Teachers

Job description

Lead English Teacher

• Full time
• Permanent
• September start
• £24,420 – £39,300 per annum dependent on qualifications and experience

An amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic English Teacher, with extensive experience working with children with special educational needs, to join a fantastic specialist school based in Westbury. This lovely independent school provides a holistic approach to students ages 11 -16 all with individual needs, which include learning, physical and social, emotional, mental health needs.As the lead English teacher, you will have responsibility for ongoing development of the English curriculum, developing plans, identifying clear targets and monitoring students’ progression. With this being said, it is paramount that you have a strong understanding of the UK curriculum and have confidence to teach English to students with additional needs.Your key duties and responsibilities include:

• To plan and teach clear, high quality lessons to support pupils to make good or outstanding progress and to embed key concepts in their long term memory
• To set clear targets for pupils’ learning, building on prior attainment and considering each pupil as an individual
• To have regard, and plan to meet, the special educational needs of pupils
• To have, or rapidly develop, expert knowledge in the subject/s taught
• To enable all pupils to understand key concepts, effectively checking understanding and correcting misunderstandings
• To assess pupil work and progress giving regular feedback and use this to continuously inform your teaching
• To prioritise reading in order to develop pupils’ fluency, confidence and enjoyment
• To plan and sequence learning towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge and, as appropriate, meaningful accreditation
• To build all learning towards an end point that leads into the next stage of their education, training or employment
• To report on pupil progress in line with school policy
• To maintain a stimulating, engaging and safe learning environment that allows your pupils to focus on learning
• To positively manage behaviour in line with school policy
• To undertake a pastoral and support role as required
• To attend school events as required
• To contribute to the wider life of the school, including whole-school routines, paperwork and duties
• To take responsibility for your own professional development and engage with performance management activities

This will be a full time, permanent position, where you will be directly employed by the school, there will be an opportunity to interview at the end of August, ready for a September start.Working with Long Term Teachers:We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

Expected salary

£24420 – 39300 per year

Location

Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Job date

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 05:01:01 GMT

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