East Lane Primary School
Location
Brent, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Position available for either part-time or full-time employment. This role requires on-site presence and does not allow for remote work.
The role
As a Lead Mentor, you’ll work on the SCITT training programme to support trainees in a subject-specific area of our secondary curriculum. Our secondary subjects for QTS are: English, Mathematics, Science, Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish), Computing, Business, Music, History, Geography, Religious Education and PE. You’ll work with a portfolio of trainees to develop their subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy to ensure that they achieve QTS and support them to complete their PGCE. You’ll also play a leading role in supporting and developing the mentors of trainees.
The detail:
· Providing high-quality subject-specific development and support to a portfolio of trainees in the Lead School
· Supporting subject-specific school-based mentors
· Teaching a series of subject-specific online and in-person sessions
· Teaching a series of core online and in-person sessions
· Supporting mentors with effective observations of trainees teaching (with subject-specific feedback and instructional coaching).
· Working with mentors to help their trainees develop classroom practices in their QTS subject.
· Attending Lead Mentor induction and training across the course
· Working with mentors to ensure trainees meet core requirements for QTS
You’ll take ownership for:
· Providing exceptional support to your trainees and their mentors
· Trainee and mentor retention, wellbeing, progress and satisfaction.
· Identifying areas for development and supporting progress over time
· Ensuring trainees can be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status
· Excellent working relationships with all stakeholders
· Understanding your Safeguarding obligations and the protection of children and young people by completing mandatory training and staying up to date on relevant policies.
About you
The essentials:
Education Sector Knowledge:
· You’ve got QTS. You have excellent classroom pedagogy and good knowledge of both the Teachers' Standards and Core Content Framework.
Developing Others:
· You’ve developed, mentored and coached trainee teachers within an ITT route for at least two years e.g. PGCE, Schools Direct, Teach First etc.
· You’ve developed other qualified teachers’ practice.
Secondary Phase Knowledge:
· You are a secondary phase specialist and have at least two years’ experience of classroom teaching in this phase.
Subject Knowledge:
· You have at least two years’ experience of developing teachers within your subject specialism and experience of teaching your subject up to at least GCSE level. You are a subject matter expert and your knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning your subject specialism is exemplary.
· You have critically engaged with up-to-date subject-specific research.
Your Professional Development:
· You are keen to develop your skills and knowledge as a Lead Mentor and will work with the Lead School and Teach First to do this.
The nice to haves:
You have experience of using technology to effectively coach and mentor others
You can demonstrate your knowledge of evidence-based teaching practices and evaluating interventions in schools
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