SENCO (Maternity Cover)

Job Description- Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

Job Title: Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO)

Location:  ISL, Surrey

Hours:  Full time

Holiday:  School Holidays

Reporting to: ISL School Leader

To work in the strategic development of the school's Special Educational Needs (SEN) policy whilst overseeing the day-to-day SEN support operations with the aim of raising achievement levels and supporting students with special needs.

Areas of responsibility and key tasks

• Strategic Direction and Development of SEN provision in the School.
• Support all  staff in understanding the needs of SEN students and ensure the objectives to develop SEN are reflected in the school improvement plan.
• Monitor progress of objectives and targets for students with SEN from teachers' plans; evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning by work analysis and use these analyses to guide future improvements.
• Liaise with staff, parents, external agencies and other schools to co-ordinate their      contribution, provide maximum support and ensure continuity of provision.
• Provide support to individual students with special needs.

Teaching and Learning

• Support the identification of the most effective teaching approaches for students with SEN and disseminate to other staff as appropriate
• Work with staff to develop effective ways of bridging barriers to learning through:

- assessment of needs;

- monitoring of teaching quality and student achievement;

- target setting, including IEPs;

- developing a recording system for progress.

·  Collect and interpret specialist assessment data to inform practice.

·  Undertake day-to-day co-ordination of SEN students’ provisions through close liaison with staff, parents and external agencies.

·  Design and implement a range of teaching strategies for SEN students that could be utilised. 

Leading and managing 

· Provide professional guidance to staff to secure good teaching for SEN 

students, through both written guidance and meetings

·  Support classroom learning facilitators to ensure that students receive appropriate support

·  Advise on, and contribute to, the professional development of staff in the area of SEN teaching and learning and building a culture of individualised learning.

Effective deployment of staff and resources 

• Advise the Principal of priorities for expenditure and deployment of staff, and utilise resources with maximum efficiency
• Maintain and develop resources, co-ordinate their deployment and monitor their effectiveness in meeting the objectives of school and SEN policies.

This job description is to be read in conjunction with the class teacher job description. Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Principal to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description may be amended at any time following discussion between the Principal and member of staff, and will be reviewed annually.