Unqualified Teacher

Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham; Grantham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Springwell Alternative Academy Grantham invites applications for a class teacher role within a small nurture group. The post focuses on delivering a safe, secure educational setting based on nurture principles and teaching pupils as required up to GCSE level.

You will baseline assess pupils with the SENDCO to develop individual learning plans and Positive Handling Plans, supporting learning and behaviour. The role emphasises unconditional positive regard and collaboration with SEMH practitioners.

Responsibilities

• To act as class teacher for a small nurture group
• To provide a safe secure educational setting based on nurture principles
• To teach pupils within the academy as necessary to their needs (including qualifications up to GCSE level)
• To baseline assess pupils in cooperation with the SENDCO so as to develop an individual learning plan and specialist Pupil Profile and Positive Handling Plans, to support learning and behaviour for each pupil
• To help develop an ethos that can provide support and education for pupils to help sustain them within education successfully based on the concept of ‘unconditional positive regard’
• Collaboratively address deficiencies with any barriers to learning associated with all areas of the national curriculum but with a particular focus upon identified curriculum areas
• To provide relevant documentary evidence for all pupils
• To work with SEMH Learning Practitioners to facilitate the provision of education to pupils
• To attend any relevant training

Job description

Provide education for pupils within a specialist setting

To use creative approaches within curriculum development

To develop learning programmes within your specialist area

To supervise support staff within the setting

To liaise with Senior leaders about pupil progress

To maintain an up to date knowledge of key national curriculum areas linked to role

To develop collaboratively curriculum packages and programmes to support pupil needs

To support pupil reintegration from and back into a mainstream setting or post 16 provision

To assess and track progress (social and academic) of pupils, in line with the academy’s policy and procedures

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To act as class teacher for a small nurture group
• To provide a safe secure educational setting based on nurture principles
• To teach pupils within the academy as necessary to their needs (including qualifications up to GCSE level)
• To baseline assess pupils in cooperation with the SENDCO so as to develop an individual learning plan and specialist Pupil Profile and Positive Handling Plans, to support learning and behaviour for each pupil
• To help develop an ethos that can provide support and education for pupils to help sustain them within education successfully based on the concept of ‘unconditional positive regard’
• Collaboratively address deficiencies with any barriers to learning associated with all areas of the national curriculum but with a particular focus upon identified curriculum areas
• To provide relevant documentary evidence for all pupils
• To work with SEMH Learning Practitioners to facilitate the provision of education to pupils
• To attend any relevant training