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Special Needs Class Teacher

Job details
Posting date: 02 August 2024
Salary: £200 to £250 per day
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 30 August 2024
Location: Essex
Company: senploy
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 145651

Summary

Teachers at Glenwood School are responsible for the highest standards of the quality of education and behaviour management for our children who have significant SEMH as well as other associated SEN. Teachers coordinate and facilitate learning through engaging, well sequenced, and appropriately challenging learning lessons which ensure that children know and remember more. Teachers teach and plan for all National Curriculum subjects and learning is linked to children's curriculum needs, individual needs, progress plans and assessment of children's learning and achievement. Teachers write two achievement reports over a year, assess children's achievement and progress using formative, assessment milestones and ensure that books/folders are well presented and kept up to date. Teachers are at the core of leading the schools' child centred ethos and reflect the values and expectations at Glenwood School. Teachers work at the core of a wider multi-disciplinary team of professionals when it comes to facilitating learning with specific children in their groups.

Main and specific job responsibilities:

▪ To motivate, engage and inspire our children.

▪ To facilitate a well sequenced curriculum and child-centred learning.

▪ To manage behaviour positively and in line with the schools' ethos and procedures.

▪ To ensure learning and lessons are well sequenced and meet the needs of children.

▪ To lead on ensuring the learning environment is attractive, positive & uncluttered.

▪ To ensure assessment for learning/assessing progress is kept up to date, monitored and used effectively

to support each child's learning.

▪ To contribute to the schools' breakfast, break, lunch, assembly, exercise & extra-curricular provision.

▪ To role-model the values the school stands for and to be a role-model of outstanding professionalism.

▪ To develop short-term planning to ensure coverage, progression and sequence of a range of learning

experiences across the curriculum.

▪ To take overall responsibility for the pastoral care of children in your class.

▪ To co-ordinate and oversee the organisation of educational visits for your class, including risk assessments

as appropriate.

▪ To create a well-managed, secure and happy classroom where priority is given to the quality of the

learning environment, maximising opportunities for children to learn.

▪ To encourage, develop and support relationships between families, staff and children.

▪ To report to and involve families in the development and achievement of children.

▪ To maintain good order and discipline in the classroom in accordance with the schools' behaviour policy

▪ To maintain assessment, planning, recording and reporting as agreed by the school.

▪ To participate in administrative and organisational tasks relating to the safe, effective and efficient

running of the school.

▪ To participate and engage with the performance management process.

▪ To work as a member of the team to ensure consistency, continuity and progression across the

curriculum.

▪ To attend and participate in meetings and briefings which relate to the schools' curriculum, administration

and organisation.

▪ To take part in the school staff development programme by participating in opportunities for continuous

professional development, including necessary training such as Team Teach, first-aid etc.

▪ To be knowledgeable and supportive of all school policies and procedures.

▪ To share responsibilities for all aspects of school life necessary to ensure efficient and effective

functioning, including aspects of the school improvement plan.

▪ To contribute to the schools' self-evaluation and ongoing improvement.

▪ To gather, analyse and evaluate evidence of children's achievement to inform provision and practice.

▪ To oversee target setting for raising achievement of your children.

▪ To be aware of, and comply with, all policies and procedures related to child protection & safeguarding,

bullying, data protection & confidentiality.

▪ To comply with any reasonable request from the leadership team to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.