EAL Coordinator
Lister Community School
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Unqualified Teachers (Inner London) payscale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 10 June 2020
Job overview
An exceptional school: Our vision is a world class education for young people in Newham. Lister is an 11-16 comprehensive school at the heart of its community. In our December 2018 Ofsted the inspectors found that the school has maintained the good quality of education and ‘made strong progress in many aspects of the school’s provision‘ since our last inspection in September 2013. Our many strengths are highlighted, including how students are ‘courteous and articulate’ and ‘say they enjoy school and value the wide range of opportunities they are given’. We are very proud that the report recognises our high aspirations, the hard work and good behaviour of our students, and the dedication and commitment of our staff.
Lister is embarking on an exciting stage of developing its support services for the school and we are seeking a dynamic, professional and high quality individuals to join us in our aim for excellence in all areas.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This appointment will be conditional on successful pre-employment and enhanced DBS checks.
We would ideally like to fill this post as soon as possible – subject to completion of recruitment checks.
EAL COORDINATOR (One Year Fixed-contract)
Hours: According to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
Unqualified Teachers Payscale (Inner London) - (£22,237 per annum)
Required for September 2020 to August 2021
We are looking to appoint a dynamic HLTA as our EAL Coordinator. This role is vital to our improvement and will include oversight of our processes for supporting and tracking the progress of our EAL pupils. We will only appoint a candidate who we believe has the capacity to make an exceptional contribution to EAL provision across the whole school and enable us to achieve our goal of all students leaving Lister having made real and substantial progress in their learning.
The successful candidate will work with members of the English faculty along with other teams to continue to develop and improve learning in students who use English as an additional language.
If you think you have the potential to work as an outstanding EAL Coordinator then an application form can be downloaded directly from the TES website or our school’s website at: http://www.lister.newham.sch.uk/vacancies/ or by contacting Jackie Young (HR Manager) on 020 8471 3311.
Completed applications must be returned by email to: jobs@lister.newham.sch.uk
Completed application forms are required by: 9:00am on Wednesday, 10th June 2020
Interviews: Friday, 12th June 2020
Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible. Due to high volume of applicants, we will only contact those candidates who have been selected to progress to the next stage of the process.
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About Lister Community School
Lister Community School is situated in Plaistow, East London, approximately 10 mins walk from Plaistow and Upton Park Underground stations. We are also in close proximity to the new Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield (Stratford) shopping centre. Please note we have no parking available onsite.
We are a specialist school in Music and Science. We are a mixed comprehensive secondary school and welcome both students and staff from a diverse multicultural background. With over 1,600 students, we are a larger than average school in the London Borough of Newham. The school benefits from being located in new and purpose built accommodation on a single site with ample outdoor areas and the use of an all-weather sports pitch.
The school is led by a team of senior leaders who are enthusiastic and experienced and, alongside all staff, share a positive and united vision for the school’s future. With an improved curriculum, vertical tutoring and house systems, Lister provides a well rounded and balanced experience for students.
Resource Provision for Deaf Children: Lister Community School hosts the Resourced Provision for secondary aged Deaf children in Newham. Specialist staff support students using a variety of communication modes such as BSL, SSE and Auditory Oral. Deaf students are taught alongside their hearing peers in mainstream classes for the majority of their lessons. The Deaf Support Department is made up of a large team of Communication Support Workers and Qualified Teachers of the Deaf who work with the deaf students in mainstream classes as well as small groups and 1:1. Deaf students may also have access to Deaf Awareness sessions and pre and post teaching.
Newham Community Learning: Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more.
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