Participant Development Lead
TeachFirst
London
- Expired
- Salary:
- £40070 (plus £3000 London Weighting Allowance)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2018
- Apply by:
- 3 July 2018
Job overview
Participant Development Lead
Location: London
Contract Type: 2 x Permanent (Secondary Applicants only)
Start Date: August 2018
Salary: £40,070 + £3000 London Weighting Allowance + excellent benefits
We're seeking to recruit Secondary Teachers to be Participant Development Leads (PDLs) in the London East and London North regions. PDLs will support trainees on our Leadership Development Programme. If you're a qualified teacher with leadership experience, you could be right for the job.
Your work will help achieve our mission by preparing great teachers who will change lives within classrooms. This is a unique role, which is central to the experience and development of our trainee teachers (participants), and is a cornerstone of the new programme.
You will work in a community of expert practitioners and provide exceptional support to participants throughout their two year PGDE programme. You will ensure they complete the programme, achieve profound pupil impact in their classrooms, and develop into lifelong leaders working towards the Teach First vision where no child’s educational success is limited by their socio-economic background.
Benefits
•Opportunity to utilise, refine and reflect on your leadership, coaching and mentoring experience
•Role specific intensive induction programme and national training events •Join a role group of over 80 PDLs across the country to strengthen your skillset
•Broaden your commercial understanding and professional experience by working for a UK top charity with 600 employees (and growing)
•Play a vital role in changing the future of education in the UK
Experience required
•Qualified teacher status (PGCE, or equivalent)
•Extensive teaching experience essential
•Proven leadership skills, with the ability to hold others to account
•Extensive experience in developing classroom practice and supporting and developing trainee teachers
•Experience in the required phases for each area (please see the full job description for more information)
Attached documents
About TeachFirst
Teach First is an independent educational charity, Reg. No. 1098294, established in 2002 to directly address the problem of educational disadvantage. Now in its eighth year, Teach First has already changed the lives of thousands of young people. Working with a range of partner organisations Teach First harnesses the energy, enthusiasm and drive of exceptional graduates to provide leadership, motivation and, above all, inspirational teaching in challenging schools across England, through a two year Leadership Development Programme. The Programme combines working, qualifying and training as a teacher with leadership development training, coaching and mentoring, and a range of networking and internship opportunities. Beyond the two-year Programme, Teach First works to empower, equip and mobilise its ambassadors (alumni) with the skills, tools and networks they need to support the Teach First mission by driving forward sustainable change in education from both inside and outside the classroom.
Teach First is currently ranked 8th in the coveted league of Times Top 100 Graduate Employers – the highest ranked charity in Britain, and was the Charity Awards Education and Training Charity of the Year 2009. The organisation currently has 160 employees across the country with an annual operating budget of over £12 million. We rely on voluntary donations from companies and foundations and other sources to continue our work. We also receive support from the government and uniquely have been identified by all three political parties in their election manifestoes as an initiative they each wish to support and expand.
More information can be found at: www.teachfirst.org.uk
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