Cover Supervisor

Horizon School; Lowestoft; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon School in Lowestoft is seeking a Cover Supervisor to support learning during teacher absences from KS1 to KS4. You will supervise students, ensure work is delivered per plans, and maintain high standards of behaviour and progress.

The role may include 1:1 interventions, occasional lesson support, and administrative tasks to aid teaching and learning. A flexible, approachable team player with strong organisational skills is essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of effective teaching strategies.
• Excellent classroom management skills.
• The ability to follow plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Horizon School curriculum or teacher-planned lessons and ensure students progress.
• Monitor, assess and respond to individual student progress and attainment.
• Organise and collate work and communicate outcomes to staff daily.
• Maintain high behaviour and safety standards per school policies.
• Fulfill generic duties related to teaching and learning.

Skills

Teaching strategies

Classroom management

Follow plans

Flexibility

Relationships with students

Job description

Address: Saturn Close, Lowestoft NR32 4TD

Contract: Full time – Permanent

Main Purpose

Covering lessons due to teacher absence (KS1 – KS4)

The post holder will supervise the completion of work set for students by the class teacher during periods of absence and develop an effective system of organising the work to be delivered to each class and collating and feeding back the work completed. The post holder will complete this role to a high level ensuring high expectations of students in terms of learning and behaviour, whilst developing positive relationships with students.

Where covering lessons on a day is not required the post holder may be expected to support students in lessons as a Learning Support Assistant/complete 1:1 interventions with students/complete admin tasks to support teaching and learning.

The particular duties expected of the post holder have been set out below:

Qualities

• Excellent understanding of effective teaching strategies
• Excellent classroom management skills
• The ability to follow plans
• flexibility
• the ability to build positive relationships with students
• friendliness and approachability
• excellent organisational skills
• strong work ethic
• resilience
• high expectations for all

Accountabilities

• A To deliver the Horizon School curriculum (provided by teachers), which engages and ensures all students are able to make progress in line with expectations in all subjects.
• B To monitor, assess and respond to individual student progress and attainment.
• C To develop an effective system to ensure that all work and plans are organised and collated and communicated to staff at the end of each day.
• D To maintain high expectations of behaviour and safety in line with the School’s policies, such as the Behaviour and Relationships Policy and Safeguarding Policy.
• E To maintain professional standards which support the School’s vision both within the whole School and the wider community.
• F Generic duties relevant to all teachers.

For more information

For full details of the post please read the Job Description.

Closing date: 13:00 Wednesday, 18 th of November