What skills and experience we're looking for
Supporting Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• To work with teachers to assess the needs of individual students and take action to support their learning needs
• To observe, record and feedback information on student progress.
• To support whole class teaching
• To support as required in the design, implementation and review of individual education plans for specific students
• Support, both as directed and through own initiative, groups of or individual students
• To lead small group teaching as required
Pastoral Care
• To help promote and safeguard the welfare of all students
• To promote self-discipline, high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes on the part of all students and to implement policies and procedures to foster them
• To ensure that a high standard of care and good order for all students is maintained through the implementation of ODA behaviour systems Communication and Community Links
• To fully support the life and work of the Academy
• To develop and maintain positive and effective professional relationships with colleagues, parents and the local community Other
• To undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal & Senior Leadership Team
• Plan and lead after school clubs or additional activities on a regular basis
Culture
• Support One Degree Academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures
• Help to create a strong school community, characterised by consistent orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships
• Help to maintain a school culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement
• Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professionals in and beyond the school
What the school offers its staff
Wellbeing
• Clear whole school behaviour systems that are implemented by all
• Large teaching team to support the learning and behaviour of students more effectively
• Recognition - we take the time to give shout - outs and say thank you to colleagues
• Additional days of holiday to say thank you for volunteering to support students on events that are outside the usual school day e.g. residential trips, attending student performances etc
• No late-night parents evenings - we hold them during dedicated progress review days
• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebrate staff well being
• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy an afternoon off when needed
• A two-week winter half term to enable staff to take holidays outside of normal term time and can rest and recharge from those longer darker evenings
• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee
• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle to work’ scheme
• Free flu jab • Free eye test
• Leadership planning time to drive forward whole school initiatives
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.