Secondary Course Director – Essex Hub
Salary: Leadership scale L9-12 fringe – 0.8 FTE
Hours: 4 days per week – initially Fixed term for 5 terms until August 2026
Date Required: 1st January 2025
Closing date: Monday 7th October 2024 at midday
Interview date: Friday 18th October 2024
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and highly motivated person who is a specialist in the secondary phase to provide strong and dynamic leadership for our NESTT Essex secondary initial teacher training programmes. The post will be based in Wickford but frequent travel across Essex will be required.
Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk Teacher Training (NESTT) was formed in September 2024 when BEC Teacher Training and Suffolk and Norfolk SCITT merged. NESTT offers popular and individualised routes into initial teacher training across the primary and secondary age phases.
You will work collaboratively with the NESTT Suffolk and Norfolk Secondary Director and lead our Essex secondary provision. You will have:
- successful experience with working with secondary trainee teachers
- A proven track record as an inspirational leader
- A track record of successful teaching within the secondary phase
- A track record in initiative and innovation leading to positive outcomes
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and training skills.
For an informal discussion only, please contact Sean West sean.west@nestt.org.uk
Principal Responsibilities
- To support the Executive Director and in ensuring course content and provision is relevant, of a high quality and in line compliant with DfE criteria
- To work with the Secondary Course Director (Suffolk and Norfolk) to:
- identify and develop opportunities to improve the quality of the provision.
- be jointly responsible for internally moderating Quality Assurance mechanisms
- liaise with relevant members of the Local Authority (LA), DfE and any other external organisations including Ofsted.
- To ensure the course structure is developed, monitored and moderated appropriately being mindful of the Government ITT criteria.
- Undertake research for documents and policies related to all aspects of the course ensuring the correct documents and policies are in place.
- To deliver lectures and monitor the quality of lectures delivered
- To undertake classroom observation, especially to provide additional support when trainees will benefit from this form of intervention and to moderate judgements of school mentors
- To provide written feedback to mentors on the quality of observational writing on a termly basis, setting individual targets
- To attend interviews to moderate the quality of the selection process
- To deliver mentor training sessions on skills in writing observations, giving feedback and setting challenging targets as per the NESTT Mentor Development Programme
Advisory
- To provide advice to trainee, mentors, Headteacher on course programme
Pastoral
- To support welfare of trainees
- To support headteachers and mentors in schools during placement visits
Research
- To undertake research requested by Executive Director to improve the quality and rigour of provision
The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the postholder may be required by the CEO and Executive Director to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.
About NESTT
Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk Teacher Training (NESTT) has been formed through a merger of Suffolk and Norfolk SCITT and BEC Teacher training, and draws upon over 50 years of experience in training teachers. Our culture is based around principles of high expectations and aspirations for all members of our school community.
Teaching is an incredibly rewarding career – and it is important to have the best quality training to start you on your professional journey. The Compass Trust are proud to include NESTT within the trust, and offer placements for trainee teachers in our Trust schools. We provide a wealth of experience and a wide range of training opportunities.
About the Trust
The Compass Education Trust comprises of 4 secondary schools; The Billericay School, The Bromfords School, The Appleton School and Woodlands School.
Our philosophy is centred around the belief that schools can achieve better educational outcomes for students by working together as a collective entity. The Compass Trust is founded on the principles of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, with the aim of providing a supportive and nurturing environment that enables schools to flourish and students to succeed.
We operate on the belief that every school is unique, with its own individual strengths and challenges, and that collaboration between schools can help to share best practices, expertise, and resources to improve outcomes for all students. We also believe that providing a consistent and high-quality education across all schools in the trust can help to bridge the attainment gap and improve outcomes for disadvantaged students.
Our Governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory medical checks, enhanced DBS clearance and references.
How to apply
When applying for this position, please use The Compass Education Trust application form, which can be found on the trust website under vacancies.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Please email shelley.edwards@compasstrust.org
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