Job Title: Associate Tutor (Secondary) Closing Date: 11 January 2015 Location: Any local area Contract Start Date: 1 March 2015 Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract End Date: 31 August 2015 About Teach First How much you achieve in life should not be determined by how much your parents earn. Yet in the UK, it too often is. We are an education charity. We work with like-minded people and organisations towards a day where every child has the education they are entitled to. We train people with leadership potential to be inspirational teachers in schools in low-income communities across the country. These leaders go on to work in schools and other sectors of society towards our vision: a future where no child's educational success is limited by their socio-economic background. For more information on the work we do and which regions we operate in, please visit www.teachfirst.org.uk. What is the Leadership Development Programme? The two-year Teach First Leadership Development Programme begins with a six week residential summer institute in which participants begin their training and development as teachers. The training forms a foundation for the rest of their in-school and university-based training and supports them in being classroom ready by September. The Summer Institute is a vital component of participants’ training, and the Associate Tutor team will work with participants during weeks 5 and 6 of Summer Institute when all the local areas meet together in Leeds. Throughout their first year in school, participants receive a range of training including school-led training and mentoring and support from university partners who enable participants to obtain their PGCE at the end of the year. In the second year, the newly qualified teachers are challenged and supported by Teach First and our partners to ensure they have maximum impact on pupils by continuing their leadership development. For more information on the Leadership Development Programme, please take a look at the information page created for graduates thinking of joining the programme here. The Associate Tutor Role This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to collaborate with university tutors and Teach First colleagues1 to help plan and deliver relevant and engaging workshops to participants during weeks 5 and 6 of the Summer Institute. In addition to delivering evening workshops on classroom practice, Associate Tutors will work closely with Lead ATs and Curriculum tutors in the planning and delivery of subject sessions. The Associate Tutor role is an opportunity to develop adult facilitation and leadership skills outside the classroom, and to develop your own professional practice through work with peers and university tutors. Associate Tutor support is highly valued by participants and it is important that those in the roles are able to encourage participant development through both the sharing of good practice, and enabling participants to apply the theories and practice experienced through Summer Institute to their own classroom practice. Job Purpose Teach First is looking to recruit 78 Associate Tutors (ATs) to work at the 2015 Summer Institute to help transform the 2015 participants into excellent teachers, whilst developing their own leadership skills in a new context. We are recruiting Secondary ATs for English, Welsh, Maths, Science, Humanities (Geography, History and RE), the Arts (Music and DT), Business, Computer Science & ICT and MFL. Each AT will work within their curriculum team, and be led by a Lead AT. There will also be a Deputy AT Coordinator responsible for overseeing/supporting the secondary AT teams. The Associate Tutor team will work closely with the Teach First Partnership Team and our university partners. The Partnership team leads our collaboration with universities and other partners to support the professional development of Teach First participants (trainee teachers) and Teach First ambassadors (alumni). This includes the Leadership Development Programme, which is the route by which participants gain their PGCE qualification, through to the Masters qualification, which participants can decide to pursue after their first year. 1 Responsibilities Collaborate with Lead ATs, Deputy AT Coordinator, and Curriculum Tutors to plan and deliver Initial Teacher Development sessions at the Summer Institute in Leeds Plan, lead and evaluate evening workshops on a range of classroom practice based topics in collaboration with other ATs and university colleagues. The workshops will bring together the educational research and practice to drive and accelerate the impact that participants will have on their pupils Ensure workshop content provides the opportunity for participants to put theory in to practice Be fully organised and prepared for the Summer Institute, including communicating with the Associate Tutor team, University tutors, and Teach First colleagues in preparation Help participants prepare for their school placement by providing professional support and challenge from the perspective of a colleague who has very recent knowledge of the context. This support and challenge should be consistent with the engagement by other professionals at the Summer Institute Feedback any issues regarding logistics during Summer Institute to the Associate Tutor Coordinator and/or Teach First Partnership Officer in a professional and timely manner Feedback any pastoral issues regarding participants during Summer Institute to the Lead AT and Associate Tutor Coordinators in a professional and timely manner Be flexible and willing to support with other responsibilities, such as covering for other ATs when required, and supporting logistics Attend events as required during weeks 5 and 6 of Summer Institute Key Requirements We seek candidates who: Are currently (or have very recent experience of) teaching the curriculum area for which they are applying Have had a demonstrable impact on pupils in the classroom Are able to articulate what high expectations look like in the classroom, as well as communicate Teach First’s vision to 2015 participants Are committed to gaining experience of professional development amongst colleagues in order to improve their own teaching practice, and recognising the professional skills and experience of those that they work alongside Are able to plan, deliver and evaluate workshops for Teach First participants to enhance and accelerate participants’ impact on pupils Will demonstrate the Teach First Values of Collaboration, Commitment, Excellence, Leadership and Integrity. Will support and challenge participants to demonstrate these values to work towards achieving the Teach First vision Are able to set high expectations of participants and support them on a path to achieve them Commitment It is expected that ATs will: Attend the Associate Tutor briefing and training day on Saturday 25 April 2015 in London Attend both days and stay overnight at the preparation weekend in Leeds on 9 and 10 May 2014 Submit workshop materials and any materials for photocopying to the Partnership Officer at Teach First by 22 June 2015 Attend the Summer Institute in Leeds from Sunday 19 July* to Saturday 1 August 2015. *Whilst we understand that not all schools will have finished the academic year by this date, we expect Associate Tutors to be able to attend the full two weeks of SI. Remuneration ATs will receive £1000 for all commitments and responsibilities during the two weeks of Summer Institute in Leeds. In addition, transport (one return trip to London for the briefing day and two return trips to Leeds – one for training and one during SI), accommodation and meals (weekdays only) are provided. As an Associate Tutor you will not be an employee of Teach First. You will be expected to invoice Teach First directly for payment upon completion of the role, and you will need to ensure that your own arrangements for paying tax are in place. Timeline Position advertised: November 2014 Application deadline: midnight, Sunday 11 January 2015 Shortlisting and Interviews: 12 January onwards, please see the timeline below for interview dates for curriculum areas. Activity Date Applications for Associate Tutor Coordinators close 5 January 2015 Applications for Associate Tutors and Lead Associate Tutors close 11 January 2015 -Associate Tutor Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator shortlisting and interviews -Music, DT, Business and Computer Science & ICT shortlisting (competency task) -Music, DT, Business and Computer Science & ICT interviews -MFL shortlisting (competency task) -MFL interviews -Humanities shortlisting (competency task) -Humanities (History and Geography) interviews -Maths shortlisting (competency task) -Humanities (RE) interviews -Maths interviews -Primary shortlisting (competency task) -EY shortlisting (competency task) -Primary interviews -Science shortlisting (competency task) -EY interviews -English shortlisting (competency task) -Science interviews -Welsh shortlisting (competency task) -English interviews -Welsh interviews Associate Tutor Briefing day in London 12- 16 January Associate Tutor preparation weekend in Leeds Finalised workshop content sent to Teach First Sat and Sun 9 and 10 May 22 June Summer Institute in Leeds 19 July – 1 August 19- 23 January 26 –30 January 2-6 February 9-13 February 23 Feb-27 Feb 2-4 March 4-10 March 11-18 March Sat 25 April To apply Please send your tailored [email protected]. CV and a one page cover letter to the Partnership team: When applying, please reference < Associate Tutor 2015 Application (your subject)> in the subject line of your email. Please include in your letter of application why you are interested in this position, what skills and experience you feel that you would bring to the position, and how the role may benefit your professional development. Please be aware this is a competitive selection process and we consistently get more applications than places for these roles. To avoid disappointment, please prepare carefully. Applications will close at midnight on Sunday 11 January 2015 Shortlisting and Interviews Shortlisting will take place from 12 January and will involve 2 rounds. If your application is successful you will be invited to complete a written competency-based task. Following this stage, all successful applicants will then be invited to a telephone interview, for which you will be expected to prepare a 10 minute presentation outlining: How your experience of teaching in a challenging school has developed you as a leader How you would/ what skills you would use to develop and support participants’ readiness to teach in September What curriculum based or general practice workshop topic you think is important to deliver at SI and why You will be asked to select an interview time that is convenient for you from the interview timetable. The time of your interview will be confirmed at least 48 hours in advance, and you will be asked to submit any supporting material for your presentation 48 hours before your interview. Interviews will be via telephone and will last 30 minutes. They will usually be from 3.30pm onwards. Please ensure you provide an email address on your application as we will be contacting all applicants by email. We regret that 2014 participants are not eligible to apply for this role due to their involvement in the intercohort week at SI2015.
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