JOB DESCRIPTION
School: Brookfields School
Location: Tilehurst, West Berkshire
Job Title: Enquiry Strand Lead
Grade / Salary Range: TLR2c + Special Needs
Allowance
JOB PURPOSE
This job description should be read in conjunction with the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2009.
The job description concerns: a) Specific responsibilities agreed between Headteacher and above teacher in relation to the Strand. b) The day to day responsibilities required of a Class Teacher in relation to the pupils in his / her care. c) Wider responsibilities relating to whole school issues and procedures.
DESIGNATION OF POST AND POSITION WITHIN THE SCHOOLS STAFFING STRUCTURE
Headteacher
Deputy Head
Enquiry Strand Lead
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.
To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the Schools Health and Safety policy and any school-specific procedures / rules that apply to this role.
To promote the welfare of children and to support the school in safeguarding children though relevant policies and procedures.
a)Specific responsibilities related to TLR
As Strand Lead your responsibilities will include:
- Promote pupil and staff wellbeing within the strand through liaison with the Therapeutic Thinking Support Team
- Ensuring effective implementation of government initiatives, whole school initiatives and the Curriculum
Guidance for your Strand
- Liaising regularly with outside agencies as appropriate
- Produce and analyse data for your own Strand
- Liaising regularly with the whole school curriculum heads
- Feeding back requested information and Strand developments as required to whole school curriculum heads and whole school curriculum leader
- Supporting whole school curriculum heads in the monitoring and reviewing of resources eg audit
- Producing, on an annual basis, a review of the Strands work and in consultation with other members of the team produce agreed annual targets based on the school’s action planning documentation
Strand Lead Job Description
- Identify CPD needs for staff in the Strand with liaison with the CPD Co-ordinator
- Take the lead on informing parents of all cross phase activities
- Monitor teaching and learning across the Strand to improve pupil outcomes
- Lead on deployment of staff within the Strand relating to staff absence in liaison with the appropriate SLT line manager
- Lead on Safeguarding matters in the Strand and area in liaison with the Designated Safeguarding Person(s)
- Lead on day to day behaviour management within the Strand and area in liaison with the SLT Duty person and the Therapeutic Thinking Team
- Lead on medical care plans and individual care plans of pupils within the Strand
- Working with Teachers to ensure timely interventions and strategies are identified and actioned for students whose progress is not as expected
b) The day to day responsibilities required of a Class Teacher in relation to the pupils in his / her care
You will be required to:
- Organise the day to day running and management of class timetabling and relevant activities
- Ensure on-going assessment of pupils’ work and abilities through comprehensive and detailed record keeping based on the school’s agreed format
- Provide suitably differentiated work to meet the individual needs of pupils
- Write annual reports, annual reviews and any other reports required by the Headteacher
- Attend report evenings, annual review meetings and progress evenings
- Attend weekly meetings outside school hours relating to the work of the pathway
- Establish and maintain contact and good working links with parents
- Maintain and keep up to date a daily register of pupil’s attendance
- Maintain good discipline within the parameters set down within school
- Establish and maintain good relationships with support staff working in the classroom
- Work, as required, in close co-operation with other staff in the area and pathway
- Contribute to the decision making process within the Pathway and be actively involved in the implementation of
Pathway and area action plans
- Contribute to, where appropriate, the display and presentation of pupils work
c) Wider responsibilities relating to whole school issues and procedures
You will be required to:
- Be an active and involved member of the school and the Extended Leadership Team
- Support the Headteacher in all matters of school policy
- Work for the advancement and development of the whole school being particularly aware of those problems, both organisational and administrative, which might affect the daily routine
- Show a sense of responsibility for all pupils within the school in all matters of welfare and discipline
- Attend staff meetings outside school hours or any other meetings, which the Headteacher considers to be important
- Contribute to the decision making process within the school and be actively involved in the implementation of school action plans
- Work, where appropriate, in close co-operation with staff from other pathways
SCOPE OF JOB (Budgetary / Resource control, Impact)
- Managing a small budget to support the development of curriculum and resources across the Strand.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualified teacher with a strong background in working with pupils
- Experience / training in working with pupils in either the primary or secondary phases
- Successful experience of working with other professionals and agencies
- Additional Qualification in Special Educational Needs
- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of monitoring Teaching and Learning
Knowledge
- Knowledge of current methodology in the education of pupils with special needs
- Ability to work as part of a team and manage the deployment of other adults working in the class.
- Awareness of the role and importance of multi-professional working arrangements
- Ability to compose clear written reports
- Ability to support on teaching and learning , curriculum developments and training across the school
- Able to construct an individualised curriculum / timetable for specific pupils.
- Ability to form constructive relationships with parents
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and plan jointly
- Commitment to undertaking a detailed induction programme
- Commitment to undertake additional training relevant to the post
- Firm understanding of the subject in relation to pupils with special needs
- Ability to work as part of a team and manage the deployment of other adults working in the class.
- Ability to compose clear written reports
- Ability to support on teaching and learning, curriculum developments and training across the school
- Able to construct an individualised curriculum / timetable for specific pupils.
- Ability to form constructive relationships with parents
Work-related Personal Qualities
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creative problem Solver
- Confident in a variety of situations
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Effective communicator that they are able to deal with all situations in a caring and sympathetic manner
- Commitment to supporting the work of the consultancy service
Other Work-related Requirements
- Suitability to work with Children
- DBS Check
- Patient and resilient
- Willing to attend evening meetings as required
- Willing to attend and offer training, including intervention training and implement actions
- Able to manage the physical aspects of working with children with SEN
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £28,000.00-£43,685.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 01/09/2023
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