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Reading Mentor - Fixed Term

West Walsall E-ACT Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9UA

This job expired on 6 November 2023 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  27 November 2023

• Closing date

  6 November 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 April 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,399.00 to £23,610.00

Reading Mentor - Fixed Term job summary

Job Title: Reading Mentor

School Name: West Walsall E-ACT Academy

Location: Walsall

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Start Date: 27/11/2023

Summary:

Do you have a passion for reading? Are you organised and resourceful? Would you like to help develop and nurture the love and passion for reading in young people?

West Walsall E-ACT academy is looking for a Reading Mentor to provide specialist support to students in respect to their reading, to promote and manage the use of library resources and to support students learning and development into confident, independent readers and learners.

In return you will be offered the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector -leading work -life balance arrangements.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Reporting to the academy Literacy Lead, the post holder will be accountable for:

• Select appropriate resources/methods to facilitate agreed learning activities, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit the needs students.

• Assess, record, and report on development, progress, and attainment.

• Ensuring that the library is stocked with an up-to-date range of relevant books and resources.

• Liaising with teaching colleagues regarding their requirements and recommendations.

• Creating displays that link to what is being taught in school.

• Ensuring that internet use within the library is safe and suitable for user.

How To Apply

Please read the supporting Job Description & Person Specification

Please complete the online application form before the deadline – 06 November 2023. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interviews.

The Academy

·       Ofsted good/outstanding rated, recognised for helping pupils to progress from often low starting points.

 

·       Committed to teacher development through E-ACT’s professional learning program in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership.

 

·       Leading the way in youth 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.

 

The E-ACT FAMILY

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 15,400 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.

 

E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 28 academies across the length and breadth of England.

 

Our academies can 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.

 

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 West Walsall E-ACT Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1181 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Walsall E-ACT Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-walsall-e-act-academy

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