Skills Development Teacher - Literacy
Northampton College
Northampton
- £30,581 - £36,454 per year
- New
- Salary:
- In the range of £30,581 - £36,454 per annum (Dependent on skills, experience and qualifications)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 September 2024
Job overview
Skills Development Teacher - Literacy
Ref: ME2425001
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year annualised hours. 855 annual teaching hours
Salary: In the range of £30,581 - £36,454 per annum (Dependent on skills, experience and qualifications)
Reporting to: Assistant Principal School of Academic & Vocational Support
Primary Location: Northampton, Booth Lane Campus/
Closing Date: Sunday 8th September 2024
Interview Date: Friday 20th September
About Northampton College
Northampton College is proud to be the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region. As a College, who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.
The Team
The purpose of this role is to teach to a high standard within the School of Academic & Vocational Support to ensure appropriate support is in place to promote students’ independence as learners in English. Northampton College recognises the missed learning that a large number of students experienced due to the covid pandemic, and we are striving to ensure their skills and confidence in English is developed to enable them to meet the demands of their vocational and GCSE courses, so they achieve and progress at college.
The Role
Teaching will take place in small groups with students from across the college. The post holder will have proven expertise in teaching and supporting students with literacy difficulties on courses at Level 1,2 and 3 and will also be able to develop confident study skills. The post involves assessing and working with students to improve their English skills, both written and spoken, advising subject tutors on in-class support strategies and working collaboratively with Tutors and Learning Support Assistants across the curriculum.
The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:
- Experience of teaching students with additional needs e.g., Dyslexia traits and ESOL
- Proven ability to teach a range of levels.
- Proven experience of implementing quality processes to ensure good teaching and learning.
- Proven ability to teach a range of levels.
- Experience of advising vocational and GCSE teachers on appropriate access arrangements for public exams
Rewards and Benefits include
- 53 days annual leave, comprising 42 personal days, pro rata (1 September – 31 August), including 8 bank holidays and 3 closure days. The College reserves the right to designate up to 3 closure days per holiday year.
- Discounts through membership of the NUS, ranging from Student Prime (Amazon), to eating out, fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology and travel.
- Eligible to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (a defined benefit scheme including an employer contribution rate of 28.68%).
- Access to continued professional development.
- Free car parking and electric car charging facilities.
- Gym facilities.
- 24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Support Helpline.
- Enhanced maternity/shared parental and paternity schemes.
- Paid Compassionate Leave - up to five working days paid absence (in a rolling twelve-month period) on compassionate grounds in the event of bereavement or serious illness of a close relative)
If you would like to be a part of our successful team please go to https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/working-for-us.html for further details on how to apply.
This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Attached documents
About Northampton College
- Northampton College
- Booth Lane, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 3RF
- United Kingdom
Northampton College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational further education college situated in Northamptonshire. It is a 16-plus institution with three campuses: a major building at its main Northampton site, a smaller campus near the town centre and another 20 miles away in Daventry. It provides places for around 9,000 students aged 16 and over, most of whom are full-time and aged 16-18.
Northampton College was opened in 1973. It merged with Daventry Tertiary College to expand its Daventry campus in August 2004, and its Booth Lane campus reopened after a large redevelopment in 2012.
Principal
Pat Brennan-Barrett
Values and vision
Northampton College’s mission is to give students a sense of development through education. It is an inclusive learning environment that focuses on key strands of provision, provides high-quality learning experiences, and works alongside the local community to create a wider level of participation in learning. The college ethos promotes mutual respect, a high level of engagement and playing a positive role in the community.
Ofsted report
“The inclusive culture promotes a high level of recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of abilities, many of whom are successful in gaining qualifications and progressing to higher levels of study. Resources and accommodation are almost all of a very high quality and are used very effectively; the learning environment is safe, very well-maintained and welcoming. Governors are very knowledgeable and provide well-informed and constructive challenge to managers in order to promote improvement.”
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