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Cover Supervisor NG2

Date posted : 03/10/19
£12.00 - 17.50 per hour

Job description

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Teaching Personnel are working on behalf of their partner school in the NG2 area of Nottingham. The school is part of a large and thriving multi academy trust.

The school is Catholic school – YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE CATHOLIC TO WORK IN THIS SCHOOL.

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.

We are seeking Cover Supervisors / Unqualified Teachers who can and are willing to undergo hourly adhoc work –

This school does make full day bookings but mostly they book for hourly cover e.g.

Period 1 + Period 2

                                                                                                                     OR

Period 3 + Period 4 + Period 5

Skills and experience you'll need

  • good communications skills
  • to be highly flexible
  • to enjoy working with young people

Duties:

To take responsibility for groups or classes of students in the short-term absence of their

usual teacher. In this context, the Cover Supervisor will be responsible for:

- supervising work that has been set in accordance with school policy;

- liaising with teaching staff with regard to work set for a class;

- managing the behaviour of students to ensure a constructive environment whilst

undertaking work;

- responding to any questions from students about process and procedure;

- dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies in accordance with the school's

policies and procedures;

- collecting any completed work and resources after the lesson and returning them to the

appropriate teacher or subject leader;

- reporting back, as appropriate, using the school's agreed referral procedures, on the

behaviour of students during the class, and any other issues arising;

- Student registration of a class.

Benefits of working with Teaching Personnel:

You will have your very own specialist Recruitment Consultant dedicated to finding you work.

  • Access to our CPD academy - numerous courses to help you continuously develop as a Teacher
  • Competitive pay rate - we care about all our teachers and so ensure we offer you a fair and competitive rate
  • No Fees - We make it easy for our teachers to transition from us to a contract with a school because we do not charge the schools any fees to take you onto contract!
  • Flexibility - One extremely useful benefit of securing your long term role through us is that it allows you to go into a school and decide whether it is the right one for you before fully committing to the entire academic year
  • Refer a Friend Scheme - financial benefits for every friend that joins us
  • Weekly Pay - you will be paid weekly directly into your bank account
  • Pension Scheme

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.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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