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Start Date: September 2025
Location: Secondary School in Poole
Role Type: Full-time, Monday to Friday (8:30am – 3:30pm)
Launch Your Teaching Career with Confidence
Are you a recent graduate with a passion for education? Do you want to gain practical classroom experience before committing to teacher training? Teaching Personnel’s Future Teachers Programme offers a structured, supportive introduction to the teaching profession, providing you with the tools and experience needed to thrive in a school environment.
Your Role as a Cover Supervisor
As a Cover Supervisor in a secondary school in Poole, you’ll play a vital role in supporting students and staff. Key responsibilities include:
* Delivering pre-prepared lessons to ensure learning continues smoothly
* Managing classroom behaviour and promoting a positive learning environment
* Building rapport with students and supporting their engagement in learning
Important: This role involves no lesson planning, marking, or formal teaching. It is designed to give you valuable, realistic classroom experience.
What You’ll Gain
* Paid Classroom Experience: Earn a steady income while developing professionally
* PGCE & QTS Pathway: Gain insight and experience that supports your application to teacher training
* Professional Development: Access to discounted CPD-accredited courses
* Reflective Practice: Maintain a journal to support your growth and learning
* Direct School Mentoring: Work alongside experienced teachers who will guide and support you
Additional Experience and Exposure
Throughout the programme, you’ll also have opportunities to:
* Observe high-quality teaching across different subject areas
* Develop an understanding of classroom management and inclusive teaching strategies
* Support pupils with exam preparation and coursework
* Learn how pastoral systems work to support student wellbeing
* Explore how your degree knowledge can be applied in a school setting
* Familiarise yourself with school policies, safeguarding, and curriculum design
Why Choose Teaching?
Teaching is not just a job — it's a career that offers variety, creativity, and the chance to make a lasting difference. If you're enthusiastic, confident, and ready to inspire the next generation, this is the perfect opportunity to explore the profession in a practical and supported way.
Interested? Apply Today!
If this sounds like the right step for you, click 'Apply Now' to send your CV. Whether you're committed to teaching or exploring your options, we’d love to hear from you.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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