Job Title:
Functional Skills Subject Lead
Reporting to:
Head of Education
Grade/Salary:
£37,000 - £40,000
Hours:
35 hours per week (negotiable for the right candidate)
Contract:
Permanent 42 weeks per year (Term Time + 3 additional weeks) (negotiable)
Probationary Period:
6-month probationary period
Location:
Main Road Nurseries, Stanwell Moor Road, TW19 6BS (Close to T5 Heathrow)
Company Description
Green Corridor is a dynamic UK registered Charity, working to improve the lives of 16-25 year olds with Special Educational Needs (SEN) through our various pathways and functional skills programmes. We run a section 41 Post-16 provision with about 50 learners on roll.
Summary Of Role
Our successful charity runs pathways which focus on employability and skills for everyday living to help young people, with SEN and learning disabilities to gain confidence and social support, alongside nationally recognised qualifications. Green Corridor requires the skills of an enthusiastic and reliable Tutor, who is able to work effectively with our learners who each have their own additional needs. The candidate we require should ideally have experience and/or affinity for working with young adults with Special Educational Needs, and have the ability to adapt their own teaching style to meet the needs of the learner. The role would involve teaching learners of all abilities in small groups.
Equality & Diversity
Green Corridor is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We invite all those from different backgrounds to apply for our advertised job posts, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Role
To plan, prepare and teach schemes of work to national standards and deliver individually targeted lessons.
To complete planning documentation to the time schedule agreed by our Head of Education.
• To teach the young people and adults in your group according to their individual needs, and to approved standards
To promote the intellectual, physical and personal development of students in your tutor group including the embedding of English and Maths skills and British Values.
To be able to tailor teaching to the differing levels of ability of individual learners in a cohort.
To design and deliver PSHE lessons
Assessment, Recording and Reporting
* Oversee the initial assessments and diagnostics process for all new learners.
* To contribute to decision making around exemptions, by making exemption recommendations to senior leaders.
* Support learners to make demonstrable progress in their Functional Skills knowledge.
* To integrate functional skills across the provision, ensuring that it is embedded appropriately within all lessons and parents/carers are able to reinforce learning at home.
* Ensure the highest level of quality across functional skills provision.
* Oversee the assessment process and diagnostics to monitor individual learners' progression.
* To build relationships with learners and fully understand their needs, in and outside of the classroom.
• To devise and implement schemes of work and individual learner plans
* To support tutors through training and observations to further enhance the quality of teaching, learning and assessment.
* Working with our Internal Verifier (IV) to ensure that documentation and assessments are undertaken to Centre and qualification standards.
* To provide reports for Progress Reviews and Interim Reviews of learners and provide feedback and on outcomes to the agreed time scale.
* To oversee the updating and maintaining of individual learner plans, setting and reviewing high quality destination focused SMART targets for all learners with regards to Functional Skills. Including short and medium term plans and targets.
* To Assess learners' work accurately and to the required standard.
* To have overall responsibility for the exam booking process, this includes:
o To work with others to ensure the exam administration process is robust
o Ensuring the person booking exams has the correct information in a clear and timely manner
o To line up IV as appropriate
o To book rooms and invigilators for exams
o To work with others to book exams as appropriate.
* To advise and co-operate with colleagues on the preparation of teaching materials, schemes of work, methods of teaching and assessment.
* Work with the Head of Education, Vocational Lead and Foundation Lead on integration of functional skills in line with the needs of RARPA and the employability qualifications.
* Oversee the consistency and curriculum for all learners with regards to functional skills
Frontline Teaching
* To plan, prepare and teach schemes of work to national standards and deliver individually targeted lessons. To complete planning documentation to the time schedule agreed by our Head of Education.
* To teach learners according to their individual needs, and to approved standards.
* You will not be expected to deliver full time teaching hours, but will be responsible for teaching learners who are entered into entry level 1, entry level 2, entry level 3, level 1 and level 2 English and Maths exams,
* To promote the embedding of Functional skills and British Values for all learners.
* To tailor teaching to the differing levels of ability of individual learners in a cohort.
Discipline, Health and Safety
* To be familiar with and work to all the organisation's Policies and Procedures.
* To work collaboratively with parents/carers to ensure a consistent approach to the delivery of programmes including; behaviour management, communication, shared targets etc.
* Ensure risk assessments are completed for activities and followed on site to ensure that learners and members of the community are safe at all times.
Professional Development
* To participate in 30 hours CPD per year specific to the needs of learners and Green Corridor.
* To keep your own individual Professional Development Plan up to date.
Cover
* To supervise, and so far as it is practicable, teach any learners whose tutor is not available due to absence or annual leave.
Other duties
* The post holder will be required to undertake other appropriate activities related to achieving the organisations objectives, as determined by the CEO.
Additional Infomation
* Hours are 09:00-16:30 (incl. 30 minute unpaid lunch break) Monday – Friday. Working from home will need to be agreed in advance with your line manager.
* Annual leave to be taken outside advertised term dates