Teacher of ASDAN (Personal and Social Effectiveness)

Full time, non-residential, permanent position for September 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter.

A qualified teacher, or ambitious graduate seeking to commence a career in education, is sought to teach ASDAN qualifications in Personal and Social Effectiveness, primarily to pupils aged 16 to 18: www.asdan.org.uk.

Our teachers are inspiring and creative, supporting one another in transforming the futures of intelligent pupils with literacy and language-related additional challenges, by empowering them. www.morehouseschool.co.uk

The School:

Nationally celebrated, More House School provides an exceptional, mainstream education for boys with Specific Learning Difficulties. Providing a transformative education repeatedly recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted over more than a decade, we offer a specialised learning environment for 490 day and boarding boys from Year 4 to Year 13. Our pupils are taught to recognise their strengths and develop their self-belief so that they achieve independence and extraordinary results at GCSE, BTEC and A Level, above the national averages.

About this post:

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, talented teacher - either qualified, or a graduate seeking to commence an exciting career in teaching Personal and Social Effectiveness to Sixth Form pupils. The postholder will work with colleagues to assess students’ needs, in order to plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals, groups and whole classes. S/he will monitor students’ engagement and progress, recording evidence and reporting on students’ achievement, progress and development within the framework of the ASDAN Personal and Social Effectiveness qualification.

The successful candidate will be a driven, adaptable and self-reflective professional who is capable of working collaboratively within a supportive team, ready to design and deliver a bespoke personal and social development curriculum that meets the needs of a variety of learners. Above all, the successful candidate will share our vision for supporting our Sixth Form pupils to develop their personal and social skills and, where appropriate, gain accreditation in an ASDAN Level 1 or 2 qualification.

Relationships:

• The post-holder is responsible to the Deputy Head (Curriculum) in respect of academic matters, and the
• Head of Year in respect of pastoral matters.
• The position includes the normal duties of form-tutor.
• The successful applicant must also interact effectively on a professional level with all colleagues,and seek to establish and maintain productive relationships with all.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree evidencing study in a relevant subject area.
• Experience of teaching aspects of Personal, Social, Health and Economics Education.
• An ability or potential to teach and differentiate for intelligent pupils with different learning challenges (much guidance and training is provided).
• An ability or potential to teach and differentiate for intelligent pupils with different learning challenges (much guidance and training is provided).

Desirable:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)
• Experience of teaching ASDAN qualifications.
• Experience of using a school Management Information System (MIS), such as SIMS, iSAMS or Engage. (The School uses Engage).

Hours:

8.20 am until 4.30 pm four days a week during term-time and 8.20 am until 5.30 pm one day a week during term- time. (Note: academic terms are typically shorter than those in the state-maintained sector, and School holidays are therefore significantly longer).

Attendance at School events outside these hours from time to time, as well as a few INSET days towards the beginning or end of School holidays.

Remuneration and support:

• Annual salary paid in monthly instalments: extremely competitive, and in accordance with qualifications and experience.
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
• An excellent lunch is provided free of charge, daily during term-time.
• Free car-parking is provided

Safeguarding:

This role is deemed to be one of working in regulated activity, meaning that the post-holder may expect to come into unsupervised contact with children and young people frequently in the discharge of their duties on- campus. As such, the expectations of conduct, required of all adults working at More House School, apply to this position, as does a full Safer-Recruitment vetting process of any appointee. A key responsibility of all adults working within the School is that of ensuring the effective safeguarding of all children and young people, through adherence to the School’s policies; full-training is given.

Interested candidates are welcome to make an appointment to visit the school for an informal visit in order to learn more about the role and setting.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance and the receipt of satisfactory references before a formal job offer is confirmed.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent