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Join Teach First as a Development Lead and foster educational equality through your expertise in teaching and subject specialism
Overview
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 build a fair education system for all children. We're dedicated to unlocking potential and creating a more equitable future through our impactful educational programs. It's an exciting time to be part of an organization that is making real progress towards a better tomorrow, but we need passionate individuals like you to join us and amplify our efforts.
Role Summary:Deliver online training to teachers within the Teach First Training Programme and other initiatives.Utilize your teaching experience and subject expertise to enhance our learning design.Mentor a portfolio of trainees, improving their subject knowledge and pedagogy.Collaborate with team members to help trainees evolve into educational leaders who address inequality.
Role Requirements:Proven experience in developing others within your subject specialty.Deep knowledge of subject-specific pedagogy and Teachers’ Standards.Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent with leadership experience in schools.Minimum two years’ experience mentoring and coaching new teachers.Familiarity with ITT Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework.
Benefits:27 days holiday plus pension scheme, life assurance, and private healthcare.Access to flexible benefits such as dental membership, gym discounts, and more.
All applicants must undergo an Enhanced DBS check with Barred List, and provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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 and we are moving closer to a better future. However, we need to do more and we need your help.
The role of Development Lead - Subject (SDLs) involves working on our Training Programme and possibly other Teach First programmes such as ECF and SCITT. As an SDL, you will deliver training to our teachers, largely online, to support their progress. You will use your expertise 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.
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 requires an Enhanced DBS check with Barred List. Having a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude you from appointment. This role is based within the UK and 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.
