Unqualified Teacher Point 1

NOTE: THE CONSORTIUM EXPECTS ALL ITS EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A FULL COMMITMENT TO THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITY’S EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY AND ACCEPTANCE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH AND PROMOTE THE POLICY AND TO ENSURE THAT DISCRIMINATION IS ELIMINATED IN THE SERVICE OF THE AUTHORITY.

Graduate Teacher Programme Job Specification
-3 term trainees

Professional Requirements

As a paid member of staff you have the same conditions of service as all other staff members, as follows.

• We expect you to be in school between 8.00 and 4.00.
• If you are ill or have other reasons for absence please ring as early as possible (before 8.a.m.) on the first day, and keep us informed daily until you are able to return. After 5 days illness teachers need to self- certificate.
• Attend and contribute to year group planning meetings.
• Maintain confidentiality- its OK to talk about your work but don’t name the children or parents outside the school.
• Behave professionally at all times.
• Do playground duty once a week.
• Be sensitive to your mentor’s and other staff’s needs and the demands of their other responsibilities. Do not approach if steam is coming out of their ears!!
• Keep your mentor informed of your timetable so s/he knows when you are going to be out of class on training or observations, and also when you are going to be observed.

Terms One and Two - General

• To become familiar with pastoral school policies which affect the daily life of the school, eg behaviour, equal opportunity, racial equality, health and safety, child protection, and to act in accordance with the spirit of these in all dealings with the children.
• To work alongside the class teacher in all non-teaching aspects of their role, for example preparation of resources, photocopying, classroom maintenance, display, playground duty.
• To observe and make notes on the way teachers plan for, teach and manage their classes.

Teaching

• To work with groups of children as directed by the class teacher.
• To build up skills in whole class management, initially through taking the register, reading stories and managing whole class movement around the school to assembly, the playground etc, then through leading parts of lessons, whole lessons and parts of days as directed in training plan.
• By the end of term 2 to have increased whole class teaching to about 75%.

Training and Development

To keep up with the requirements of your training plan with regard to

• Attendance at internal and external training.
• Arranging to observe or meet subject/teaching specialists within this and other schools, and to keep notes for your portfolio.
• Meeting with your mentor and tutor at the arranged times.
• To develop and maintain your portfolio of evidence, and have it available when requested.
• To attend staff meetings and INSET relevant to your training.

Planning

• To become familiar with the long and medium term planning formats used in the school and use the recommended lesson plans.To show your plan to your class teacher in advance for them to approve or amend.

TERM THREE

• To continue to meet the requirements for term 1 and 2.
• To be responsible for the class for an increasing proportion of the day as directed in your training plan.

Trainees on a two term programme, having had more pre-course teaching experience, will come in at term two level and carry out term three as described above.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

• To provide you with a comprehensive induction into the school.
• To negotiate a training plan designed to meet all your developmental needs.
• To give you guaranteed non-contact time to further your professional development.
• To ensure you are observe regularly (at least fortnightly) and are given clear, focused and fair feedback.
• To hold half-termly formal reviews.
• To give you the opportunity to observe good practice in both key stages, meet with subject specialists and attend training/INSET.
• To make available the materials and resources needed for your work.
• To follow the quality assurance procedures laid down in the Consortium’s Handbook and Guidance.
• To include you fully in the life of the school.

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