Functional Skills Sdt - Manchester, United Kingdom - Education and Skills

Education and Skills
Education and Skills
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Manchester, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

Location
Manchester


Company
Education and Skills


Contract type
Permanent/ Full
- time


Salary
Up to £28,500 per annum


Closing Date
24/05/2024


Ref No
4083


The Growth Company's (GC) Education and Skills team have an exciting new opportunity for a Functional Skills SDT to plan, deliver and assess effective Functional Skills and GCSE lessons to maximise learner progress and achievement.


As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, we are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals with apprenticeships, higher education, and commercial training.

We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels, with our work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Conduct initial and ongoing assessment in line with Company policy to inform placement of learners on effective programmes of learning.
  • Effectively manage learner behaviour and classroom climate to create a secure and positive learning environment.
  • Promote and model high expectations for all learners, to establish high aspirations and confidence.
  • Work with individuals and groups of learners to build resilience and develop positive learning skills.
  • Assess learners' work in line with Company policy, using diagnostic and personalised feedback to drive ongoing progress toward examination.
  • Track and monitor progress of individuals and groups of learners to ensure rapid and sustained progress from prior attainment.
  • Identify learners in danger of underachievement and liaise with colleagues to ensure prompt, effective intervention.
  • Manage own professional development to ensure ongoing effectiveness as a reflective practitioner.
  • Contribute to the development of the Maths and English team by working collaboratively with colleagues on resources, schemes of work and pedagogy.
  • Ensure that Company policies on Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety are consistently upheld.

About you:


  • Resilience, creativity, and flexibility.
  • High professional standards.
  • Time management.
  • Be able to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines.

Skills Required:


  • Subjectspecific and teaching qualifications appropriate to the role.
  • Experience of teaching Functional Skills and GCSE in challenging environments.
  • Knowledge of range of approaches to teaching and learning.
  • Ability to motivate disengaged learners and to plan engaging, inclusive lessons.
  • Ability to work effectively in collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Genuine commitment to improving the prospects of young people and adult learners.
  • Recent experience of successful teaching of 'hard to reach' learners.
  • Ability to travel and willingness to work flexibly across a range of sites to meet the needs of the business.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working.

Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles.

We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.


All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

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