Academic Appointments

An enthusiastic Cover Supervisor, ideally with Level 3 qualifications and willing to deliver across the Secondary.

The post will require you to work under the guidance of teaching staff, to support pupils in or out of the classroom, including the supervision of whole classes during the short term absence of teachers.

This Cover Supervisor post is offered on a permanent basis, to start September 2009 or before.You will be involved with KS3 and KS4 groups of students.

Attributes which will make you successful in this role are flexibility, adaptability and the ability to build strong working relationships with students and other members of staff.

A full list of duties is available below.

If this sounds like the job for you, then please call us now!

Academic Appointments is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced CRB check and referencing.

Cover Supervisor – Main Duties:

-         Supervise work that has been set in accordance with the school policy
Manage the behaviour of pupils whilst they are undertaking this work to ensure a constructive environment.

-         Respond to questions from pupils about process and procedures.

-         Assist pupils to undertake set activities as appropriate.

-         Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the schools policies and procedures.

-         Collect completed work after the lesson and return it to the appropriate teacher.

-         Report back as appropriate using the schools agreed referral procedures on the behaviour of pupils during the class and any issues arising.

-         Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.

-         Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom

-         Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.

-         Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities

-         Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance.

-         Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement.

-         Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems/ records as requested.

-         Be aware of and comply with policies and procedure relating to child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

-         Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school

-         Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of the pupils.

-         Attend and participate in meetings

-         Participate in training and other learning activities as required.

-         Provide appropriate guidance and supervision and assist in the training and development of staff as appropriate.

-         Undertake planned supervision of pupils’ out of hours learning activities

-         Supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required.

-         Any other duties commensurate with the duties/responsibilities/grade of the post.

All staff in school will be expected to accept reasonable flexibility in working arrangements and the allocation of duties to reflect changing roles and responsibilities. Any changes will take account of salary/status/hours and will be subject to discussion, in accordance with the guidance note on contractual changes.

Academic Appointments is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced CRB check and referencing.