Nursery Teacher

Education Authority; Ballymena; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational organization in Northern Ireland seeks a Nursery Teacher to plan, teach, and assess students. Candidates must hold a recognized teaching qualification, have at least 1 year of teaching experience in a Nursery Unit, and be registered with the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. This role offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on young learners' educational outcomes.

Qualifications

• Hold a teaching qualification for grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland.
• Minimum of 1 year teaching experience in a Nursery Unit.
• Must be registered with GTCNI.

Responsibilities

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons.
• Teaching according to the educational needs of pupils.
• Assessing, recording and reporting on pupil progress.

Skills

Teaching qualification

Experience in Nursery Unit

Knowledge of children's educational needs

Education

Teaching qualification recognized in Northern Ireland

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Teacher - Nursery

Reports To: Principal

Professional Duties of a Teacher

Teachers’ (Terms and Conditions of Employment) Regulations

(Northern Ireland) 1987

Schedule 3

Regulation 5

1) Exercise of general professional duties

A teacher who is not a principal shall carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require:

• if he/she is employed as a teacher in a school under the reasonable direction of the principal of that school;
• if he/she is employed by a board on terms under which he is not assigned to any one school, under the reasonable direction of that board and of the principal of any school in which he/she may for the time being be required to work as a teacher.

2) Exercise of particular duties

A teacher employed as a teacher (other than a principal) in a school shall perform, in accordance with any directions which may be reasonably given to him/her by the principal from time to time, such particular duties as may reasonably be assigned to him/her.

Key Responsibilities:

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons;
• Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere;
• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

• Hold a teaching qualification which meets the requirements for recognition to teach in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland;
• Minimum of 1 years’ demonstrable paid experience of teaching in a Nursery Unit to achieve positive learning outcomes;
• Be registered with the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) before taking up post;

Desirable Criteria:

• Have studied Early Years as the main subject of teacher training;
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring pupil progress, performance, target setting and intervention;
• Demonstrable experience of teaching children with additional educational needs and of writing Individual Education Plans.

The Education Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer