Graduate Learning Mentor - London, United Kingdom - Harris Federation

Harris Federation

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Us
Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' school with drive and ambition in the heart of London. Our students achieve the very highest standards in their education. Ofsted rated us as Outstanding in every one of their categories in November 2019.

We are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our young women, ensuring that they have every opportunity to succeed by identifying and nurturing each one's individual talents.

Our well-qualified teachers and highly effective support staff are committed to providing an education that ensures every girl achieves excellence and becomes a leader, within a safe and happy learning environment.

HAB is a diverse and inclusive comprehensive school for girls in central London.

Many HAB girls are from disadvantaged backgrounds, but all study the EBacc and are prepared for university so as to compete with their more advantaged peers.

HAB teachers andsupport staff are uncompromising and caring in achieving this.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

To deliver programmes of study to small groups of students (ideally between 1 and 3) in both a virtual and 1:1 setting
To ensure all students identified for intervention are given every opportunity to meet their examination and/or progress targets
To liaise with parents regarding the attendance, progress and attitude of designated students, reporting to the Head of Subject weekly
Maintain records of students' progress in relation to their examination targets;
Contribute to evaluation of progress, review and target setting
To complete the relevant marking and feedback for students that clearly identifies what they need to improve in order to meet their targets
Use the Academy's behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
To provide an impact report each half term regarding progress of delegated students
To highlight individual student's learning needs to the class teacher and agree how he/she will be supported in each lesson
Assist teacher in evaluating identified students' progress through agreed assessment activities
Monitor identified students' in lessons. Providing teachers with feedback on participation and progress
Support identified students to engage with the learning objectives set for the lesson
Plan with teachers the role they will take in the lesson, preparing resources that meet the students' needs and interests
Use the Academy's behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
Maintain records of students' progress in relation to their examination targets
Contribute to evaluation of progress, review and target setting
To contribute to marking and feedback for students that clearly identifies what they need to improve in order to meet their targets
Support identified students in tutor group time, with other activities
To assist other students in the class group as appropriate
Run homework clubs, where appropriate
To complete half termly reports on students' progress
To invigilate examinations and act as reader or scribe as requested

For a full job description, please download the job pack.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace.
Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students.
Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels.
Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload.

Rewards & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success.

We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre.

We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide rangeof top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan includingaccess to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, and many other benefits.

Safeguarding Notice

Equal Opportunities

As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected.

We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for ourstudents and staff.