Job Details
Grade: PR-TCH-PT5
Salary: £64320 per annum
Hours: 35
Contract Duration: Permanent
Please note this advert has been extended until 16/02/2025.
Role Purpose
To lead and manage the Enhanced Provision at Galashiels Academy, ensuring effective teaching and learning experiences for secondary aged children with severe and complex needs. To provide direction, support and advice to the team of staff who work with the pupils in the Enhanced Provision.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Lead the day to day operation of the Enhanced Provision and promote the best use of the resources and spaces available.
2. Contribute to the formulation of the aims and objectives of the Enhanced Provision, and work to achieve these through assisting with the development and implementation of appropriate policies and procedures.
3. Support and sustain good practice in teaching and learning, building a culture of excellence by applying knowledge and understanding of recent research in teaching and learning.
4. Lead change and improvement by applying knowledge and critical understanding of contemporary developments in educational policy.
5. Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning within the Enhanced Provision systematically and rigorously.
6. Ensure that the curriculum is continually reviewed, adapted and developed for the Enhanced Provision as a whole, and for individual pupils.
7. Support staff to plan, monitor, record and assess pupil's progress.
8. Research, lead and develop an appropriate curriculum.
9. Identify and manage resources needed to deliver the curriculum.
10. Ensure the preparation and monitoring of Individualised Education Programmes.
11. Develop, manage and evaluate an improvement plan for the Enhanced Provision.
12. Foster excellent partnership working with colleagues from health, social work, voluntary sector and all stakeholders.
13. Build strong and effective relationships with parents and offer both universal and targeted support.
14. Lead or contribute to Meetings Around the Child (MAC) or Universal Plus Meetings.
15. Contribute to Chronologies of every pupil.
16. Cover staff absences as required.
17. Ensure that effective child protection and safeguarding measures are in place.
Essential Qualifications
A degree or diploma in education or PGCE/PGDE along with evidence of continued personal professional development. General Teaching Council Scotland Full registration. Experience of working with children with a range of additional support needs.
Informal Enquiries
Informal enquiries may be made to Malcolm Changleng at Malcolm.Changleng@scotborders.gov.uk.
Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.
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