Primary Teacher - Trinity Learning Community Transition Teacher
- Location:
- Craighall Avenue, EH6 4RT
- Salary:
- £33,594 - £50,589 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
Primary Teacher
Trinity Learning Community Transition Teacher
Salary: £33,594 - £50,589
Hours: 35 per week, 52 weeks
The Class Teacher (Transition) will undertake specific duties related to the following:
- To support and promote high quality teaching and learning, to raise attainment in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing across P5 - S3
- To support the implementation of national and local priorities, with a particular focus on in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing developments.
- To support identified pupils with their learning and progression in in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing across transition (P7 - S1).
- To assess, record, track and report on the progression of identified pupils (in Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing).
- To work collaboratively with colleagues from all sectors to team teach, using opportunities to model Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing pedagogy across sectors.
- To work with P7 and Secondary staff to enhance the transition experience of pupils
- To lead the sharing of best curricular transition practice across the city, working with the QIEOs for Transition and with each learning communities' Class Teachers (Transition).
- To disseminate advice regarding appropriate resources and pedagogy to support good curricular transition practice across establishments within the learning community.
- To promote the direction, scope and pace of curriculum development.
- To work with and advise colleagues in a professionally supportive and practical manner to ensure best practice in the classroom.
- To promote active participation of pupils in classroom experiences and their participation in self-evaluation and target-setting exercises in line with school policy
- To support opportunities for cross sector professional dialogue and learning.
- To meet parents/carers and specialist agencies as necessary
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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