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Ex-Serviceman needed in schools throughout Barnsley

Date posted : 08/01/19
£350 - £375 per week

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Are you Ex Service personnel or looking to leave the Armed Forces over the next few months and not sure what civil life has to offer? Have you thought about getting into Teaching? If you have and but have thought its too much hassle then you couldn't be more wrong. Teaching is a profession that is crying out for good strong personnel like those leaving the armed forces. Teaching can give you the direction you crave and the structure you are used to while at the same time moulding the minds of future. I am not saying jump two feet into the world of teaching as for some working with children is not for them.

Teaching Personnel are seeking Ex-Military personnel and Police officers to work as Cover Supervisor bank staff, for several academies around Barnsley for the new academic year. As a cover supervisor;

  • You will have a good level of education; ideally a degree but not needed if Ex service personnel. - (Discharge certificate would need to be presented.)
  • Be able to manage a class of 30 pupils and be able to engage and deliver lesson to a wide range of students.
  • You will have a strong resilient personality that can build rapport with students from the age 11-18 years.
  • Provide structure and boundaries throughout the day to a child
  • Be able to encourage and motivate adapt and over come, react to situations as they are presented
  • Engage in sports or academic events
  • Nurture and be a support arm to the children and school.

What Are Cover Supervisors?

Cover supervisors are booked on a daily basis; you will need to be available at 0700hrs for a morning call to work at the school. If by 0800hrs no call has been made to you, you can stand down.

As a Cover Supervisor this is a way into teaching full time and you get training in Classroom Management Skills, at the same time you will be experience what its like to work in an education environment.

The main school we are recruiting for is a medium sized secondary school in Barnsley who belong to a large Multi Academy Trust throughout South Yorkshire. The school has a high need for support staff due to its size and connections with a second school close by. With over 1000 pupils on site the need is high and work from January - June is guaranteed 3 days a week. Schools are offering direct teacher training for good strong personnel that have the right academic back ground. If teaching is for you then contact me today for more details.

Urgent demand: If you are part of or have been part of:

* RAPT-C (Royal Army Physical Training Corps) and would like to become a PE teacher or sports coach across all three education sectors.

* REME - (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) and would like to become an instructor at UTC's or Academies.

* AGC - (Adjutants General Corps) with Finance and Business would be happy to teach Maths.

* RMP - (Royal Military Police) happy to instruct Law and Social Skills with Public sector

* IC 1-2 (Intelligence Corps 1 or 2 sections) depending on skills and education. Vast amount of roles for this Corps.

* Infantry - CPL or above - SEN behaviour settings-

* All - Forest school teacher and survival instructor for team building and moral. -PPA cover.

* CAM - (Corps of Army Music) - Music teachers

If any of these areas are where you served or currently serving please contact the office on the number below.

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