Cover Supervisor

Flexible Secondary School Cover Supervisor

Location: Lancaster

Contract: temporary, flexible contract

Teaching Personnel are the leading UK education recruitment agency. We service all education sectors including primary, secondary & SEN. We are looking to work with like-minded individuals, who would like to work in schools alongside their studies, personal commitments, or to gain insight and experience in the education sector. If you are looking for a career change, experience as a Cover Supervisor is a great start.

Day-to-day duties for a Cover Supervisor include:

-          Supervising pupils, ensuring they are engaged in the classwork.

-          Encouraging pupils to interact.

-          Helping pupils to become more independent in their learning.

-          Establishing trust with pupils, interacting with them according to individual needs.

-          Assisting pupils with tasks as needed.

-          Creating a safe, positive, supportive classroom environment.

-          Promoting good behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policies, encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their behaviour.

-          Collecting completed work and returning it to the teacher.

-          Assisting with the supervision of pupils before and after school and at break times.

-          Providing feedback to teachers on pupil’s achievement, progress, and if any problems.

-          Upholding policies and procedures related to child protection, health and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.

About you:

-          Previous experience working with children (desirable).

-          Previous experience working in care (desirable).

-          Confident in classroom behaviour management & pupil engagement (essential).

-          Able to adapt approach to cater to individual need (essential).

If you are interested in the role of Cover Supervisor, to broaden your experience in education, then please apply directly today.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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