Teacher English as an Additional Language - St Thomas of Aquin's High School

Teacher English as an Additional Language
St Thomas of Aquin's High School

Salary: £34,938 - £52,614 (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: 28 per week

As a valued member of the Learning Community Inclusion Team, you will work with school leaders, class and subject teachers, Support for Learning and Pupil Support staff to strengthen school capacity to meet the needs of developing bilingual learners, through strong universal provision and appropriate targeted support. Key areas for this work are learning, teaching and assessment; personalised support; transitions; partnerships (particularly with parents and carers); ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion.

We are looking for an EAL teacher who is committed to race equality and inclusion and who has:

• appropriate specialist knowledge and experience of working with bilingual and minority ethnic learners using inclusive approaches;
• understanding of EAL good practice;
• the ability to work collaboratively with a range of practitioners to create high quality inclusive learning environments;
• experience of working with learners who have both EAL and another support need(s);
• an understanding of good practice in support for Gypsy Traveller and Roma learners.

Teachers are responsible for seeking approval of the Bishop of a Diocese for appointment to any post in a Catholic School in that area. For details on how to seek approval please go to http://sces.org.uk/church-approval

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.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

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.

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