Academic Mentor - Science - Fixed Term for 12 Months
Willenhall E-ACT Academy, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4BDThis job expired on 17 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
17 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
4 October 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Sciencejobs
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- SCP 12-17 £17,359 - £19,165 FTE £22,571 - £24920
Academic Mentor - Science - Fixed Term for 12 Months job summary
We are looking to appoint an Academic Mentor for Science to work with Heads of Department, Heads of Faculty and Senior Staff to strategically support individual and small groups of students to realise their full potential and secure good outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
- To work with Heads of Department and Senior Staff in order to ensure targeted groups of students are aware of their aspirations, identify what key pieces of work are missing from their portfolios, knowledge and understanding which results in them performing below their target minimum levels/grade. Identifying which skills and competencies need to be demonstrated in order for them to maximise their outcomes and reach their targets.
- Take responsibility for the delivery of learning and support programmes for individual and small groups of students, facilitating learning and sharing responsibility for teaching aspects of the curriculum for Key Stages 3 and 4.
- Prepare suitable work for the students under the guidance of the teacher and make or adapt resources to enable students to access the learning activity at their appropriate level of understanding.
- Help students who are underperforming on a one-to-one basis outside the classroom looking at why they are underperforming and what can be done to help their situation.
- Help students resolve a range of issues which are creating barriers to learning by devoting time to those students and developing effective relationships to help provide them with strategies to overcome those barriers.
Salary Details:
32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
SCP 12-17 £17,359 - £19,165
FTE £22,571 - £24920
Fixed Term for 12 Months
Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing and returning our application and equal opportunities form.
As a trust we offer:
- Competitive local Government Pension Scheme
- Ride to Work Scheme
- Market leading Personal Development and Training plans to further your career
- Access to Mental Health First Aid Programme
- 24 hours access to Employee Assistance Programme
Our academy
A vibrant 11-16 academy in Walsall. Our vision is for all of our students to flourish and succeed, helping them to develop into tomorrow’s leaders.
Come and join our team
Quite aside from the opportunity to work with pupils whose energy, creativity and enthusiasm never fail to inspire, our academy is:
Committed to staff development through E-ACT's professional learning programme in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership.
Leading the way in your mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme - we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider.
A leader in the education sector for outstanding employee benefits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working.
A great place to live and work
Located just eight miles from Birmingham and six miles from Wolverhampton, Walsall is home to three E-ACT academies.
Part of the E-ACT family
We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,500 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country. E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 28academies across the length and breadth of England. Our academies collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy and extend to people and their communities across the country. We are always on the lookout for dynamic , motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve.
In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector-leading work-life balance arrangements.
Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk.
E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.
E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Willenhall E-ACT Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 909 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Willenhall E-ACT Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruit@e-act.org.uk
A vibrant 11-16 academy in Walsall. Our vision is for all of our students to flourish and succeed, helping them to develop into tomorrow’s leaders.
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