Cover Supervisor
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Are you a Graduate seeking practical experience?
Are you considering a career as an Educator in Teaching?
Would you be available flexibly or long-term in a Support Capacity?
Teaching Personnel Essex Branch are seeking Cover Supervisors to join our growing and successful Secondary Staff Team. We are always on the hunt for budding Cover Supervisors and are seeking staff who are happy to go into Secondary Schools and/ or SEN Schools and Provisions throughout the summer term.
What is a Cover Supervisor?
Cover supervisors are suitably trained school staff who supervise pupils carrying out pre-prepared exercises when teaching staff are on short-term absence. The cover supervisor’s main job is to manage a classroom, ensuring that students remain on task with the work they have been set.
This role can typical involve:
- Supervising / covering lessons already planned and set for a class
- Managing pupil behaviour for any class you are assigned cover with and implement schools behaviour policy if required
- Be flexible and able to provide cover across a range of subjects and key stages
- Be able to provide 1:1 support and answer questions about processes and procedures in line with the school policy
- Keeping pupils on task to complete their work
What qualities do you need to become a Cover Supervisor?
- Good communications skills
- Good Behaviour Management skills
- To be highly flexible
- To enjoy working with young people
- Passion for Education
- Charisma
Cover supervisors will have access to an online diary to manage their work availability. Work will be offered on a daily basis, and can be flexible but can also be offered on a full-time basis. The school day usually commences from 08:30am until 15:30pm, it is essential that you are available during these hours for this role to be suitable.
For immediate consideration, please submit a full CV using the links below. I look forward to hearing from you!
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs 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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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