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Are you a passionate and experienced mathematics teacher ready to take on an exciting leadership role? Do you have the skills, resilience, and empathy to support pupils with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs? If so, join Pine Green Academy as Head of Mathematics and lead our team in transforming lives through education.
The main points to this role are:
1. Lead the Maths Department, overseeing and providing guidance to a small team of up to two additional staff members.
2. Prepare teaching materials, set up the classroom and organise displays supporting the current curriculum.
3. Nurture and counsel learners and help them make sense of their intellectual, emotional and social needs.
4. Talk to parents/carers about their children's progress.
5. Follow safeguarding procedures and work with outside agencies to support the pupils' learning.
6. Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school's policies, practices and procedures in such a way as to support the school's values and vision.
Pine Green Academy is a 7-16-year-old SEMH special school supporting vulnerable children and young people to achieve their educational potential and live positive fulfilling lives.
Our vision for Pine Green Academy is that it provides the best provision possible for each of our pupils through developing a range of strategies and approaches to meet their individual needs. We want all of our pupils to have excellent experiences in education every day.
Shaw Education Trust is a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust, a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We're a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities.
Our Special settings cater for children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needs from children with profound medical needs and life limiting conditions, those with severe, moderate and sensory needs through to young people with social emotional and mental health needs that require support and understanding to help them navigate their world.
All the pupils within our Special Schools have an individualised education and are educated in small classes and groups with enhanced support to ensure that all their needs are met.
Shaw Education Trust offers the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
1. An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff).
2. Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays).
3. Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
4. Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
5. Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
6. Free Eye Tests.
7. Cycle to work scheme.
8. Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success, and so we're committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from:
1. Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
2. Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
3. Access to the Trust's Institute of Education and SCITT.
4. Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
5. Participating in peer reviews.
6. Access to a suite of online courses.
7. Placement projects within our family of schools.
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