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Help Shape the Future of Education as a Development Lead at Teach First
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Salary £42237
Location East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds
Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: Teach First is on a mission to provide equitable education for all, striving to unlock every child's potential. As a catalyst for change, Teach First is dedicated to addressing educational inequality and empowering teachers to lead with impact. Join us to be part of a visionary organization committed to nurturing future leaders and making a tangible difference in the education landscape.
- Role Summary:
- Deliver subject-specific training to teachers on our Training Programme, primarily through online platforms.
- Utilize your expertise to enhance learning design across various programmes.
- Support a portfolio of trainees in developing their subject knowledge and pedagogical skills.
- Work collaboratively to foster the growth of trainees into influential leaders.
- Role Requirements:
- Proven experience in developing others within your subject specialism.
- Expertise in the pedagogy of your subject and possession of QTS (or equivalent).
- Experience as a school leader and familiarity with Teachers’ Standards, ITT Core Content Framework, and the Early Career Framework.
- Minimum of two years mentoring and coaching inexperienced teachers through training routes such as PGCE, Schools Direct, or Teach First.
- Benefits:
- 27 days holiday plus additional benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and private healthcare.
- Access to flexible benefits such as dental membership, health screening, and discounted gym membership.
Teach First is committed to building a fair education for all. We aim to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Our work is making a difference every day, bringing us closer to a better future. However, we need to do more and we need your help to take on this big challenge.
As a Development Lead - Subject, you will work on our Training Programme to teach a subject-specific area of our secondary curriculum. You will deliver training to our teachers, largely online, to support their progress. You will also use your expertise both as a teacher and a subject specialist to contribute to our learning design across programmes. You will work with a portfolio of trainees to develop their subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy. You will collaborate with other support roles, to see trainees grow into leaders, committed to making a difference to educational inequality.
We are looking for someone with experience of developing others within the context of your subject specialism. You should be a subject matter expert, with exemplary knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning your subject specialism. You should have QTS (or equivalent) and have been a school leader. Your knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards (2012), the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework should be excellent. You should have developed, mentored and coached inexperienced teachers within a training route for at least two years e.g. PGCE, Schools Direct, Teach First etc.
Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year's Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave.
We are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and fairness in all areas of our work. All applicants and employees will be treated with respect within a culture where differences are valued, and rights are protected against disadvantage or discrimination related to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic background, disability or religion and belief.
Please note, all roles require that the successful applicant and Teach First make a joint application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a background check. This role is based within the UK. Teach First has a responsibility to ensure that every employee has the legal right to work in the UK. Every employee is required to supply the appropriate documents to prove that they have the right to work in the UK before and where applicable throughout their employment with Teach First.
