Cover Supervisor

City of London Academies Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

City of London Academies Trust is seeking a Cover Supervisor to support teaching staff by supervising classes in their absence and delivering well-structured lessons. The role focuses on maintaining high standards of behaviour and ensuring pupils engage with learning activities.

You will work under the guidance of teachers and senior leaders, promoting a culture of positive learning and behavioural expectations across the school in London.

Qualifications

• Fluent spoken English is an essential requirement under the Immigration Act 2016.

Responsibilities

• Supervise whole classes in the absence of the class teacher, giving instructions for a lesson as provided by a teacher, facilitating high quality learning and ensuring that pupils behave well and engage in the learning activities.
• Respond to pupils' general questions and provide feedback to the teacher on broad issues such as behaviour and learning
• Where subject knowledge applies, facilitate interactive tasks and/or expositions of new content

Job description

The Cover Supervisor will be expected to:

• Supervise whole classes in the absence of the class teacher, giving instructions for a lesson as provided by a teacher, facilitating high quality learning and ensuring that pupils behave well and engage in the learning activities
• Respond to pupils' general questions and provide feedback to the teacher on broad issues such as behaviour and learning
• Where subject knowledge applies, facilitate interactive tasks and/or expositions of new content

Additional Information

Work under the professional guidance of teachers and/or members of the Senior Leadership Team.

You will be fully aligned with our approach, understanding the critical role you play in shaping a behavioural and learning culture within our school. You will be adept at using direct instruction pedagogy and delivering a well sequenced, knowledge rich curriculum. Dynamic, inspiring and highly effective, you will strive to surpass what has been achieved. You will be committed to creating an environment that promotes academic, creative, sporting, linguistic and personal achievement.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

City of London Academies Trust believes strongly in the transformational nature of education operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage. We understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unashamedly academic and unapologetically results driven. Each of our schools adopt a 'warm/strict' approach, combining high expectations with care and support. Our level of care means we never compromise on standards or expectations, ensuring that no student's background becomes a reason for lowering the bar. Our schools maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits. As a result, our schools provide an environment where our teachers can teach, and students can learn without disruption. We take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture.

COLAT is driven by an unwavering ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders and teachers create outstanding schools, transforming lives and shaping the future of every student. We have academies located in north, south and east London, and we combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within our evolving Trust.

This is an exciting time to be part of the City of London Academies Trust, and we very much hope that you will be inspired to want to join us. We are committed to investing in the next generation of COLAT people who will embody the Trust's culture, values and ethos.