Literacy Specialist - Norwich, United Kingdom - The Wensum Trust

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Norwich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Literacy Specialist Role Profile

Essential

  • Qualified Teacher Status
  • Employed as a teacher in a Primary/Infant/Junior/Middle School, and regularly teaching phonics to the same class of children at least three days/week
  • Good teaching skills in early language and literacy as evidenced by internal/external/Ofsted observation
  • Passion and enthusiasm for teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics
  • Ability to work collaboratively with others
  • Successful track record of working with other professionals effectively within your own school
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • An understanding of what constitutes effective early language and literacy teaching and the ability and confidence to communicate this
  • An understanding of the importance of fidelity when teaching a phonics programme

Desirable

  • Additional Status, e.g. Phonics SLE/Reading Leader
  • Literacy Subject Leader
  • A minimum of four years teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics
  • A desire to develop as a specialist teacher of early language and literacy
  • Successful track record of working effectively with other professionals across a group of schools
  • The ability to grow leadership capacity in others
Literacy Specialist Role

  • To carry audits of phonic provision and complete reports based on Hub criteria
  • To work intensively with identified schools to support them in developing their phonics delivery in line with the fundamentals of effective phonics document
  • To work intensively with identified schools to support them to develop their reading for pleasure culture
  • To work intensively with identified schools to support them to develop early language across their schools
  • Attend meetings organised by the Hub Lead when required
  • Complete relevant admin for your schools and share this information with the Hub Lead
  • Monitor data and support children who are not on track and demonstrate how to teach the lowest 20% children
  • Analyse whole school SSP data with the Reading Lead
  • Complete English Hub training and SSP training
  • Coach, support and mentor Reading Leads
  • Liaise with schools and Hub Lead regularly and report any challenges to the Hub Lead
  • Attend SSP training when required

Job Types:
Part-time, Temporary contract

Contract length: 3 months

Part-time hours: 6.5 per week


Salary:
From £31,750.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Onsite parking
  • Sick pay
  • Wellness programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Norwich: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person
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