Head of Early Career Teacher Training (for Thames Gateway TSH)
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Leigh Academies Trust
Medway
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership (L1 - L4) - commensurate with experience
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2021 (or earlier if possible)
- Apply by:
- 21 April 2021
Job overview
Due to our recent designation as a Teaching School Hub, we are delighted to be expanding our Teaching School team. Our new Head of Early Career Teacher Training will join our Director and Deputy Director in shaping the exciting offer we are preparing to launch across the North Kent region.
Teaching School Hubs will be school-led centres of excellence for teacher and leadership training and development. The DfE vision for these centres is that they will ‘provide high quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their career. They will play a significant role in delivering the Early Career Framework and seek to be involved in the delivery of new Specialist National Professional Qualifications and Leadership NPQs. They will deliver school-based Initial Teacher Training and will promote and deliver other high-quality evidence-based professional development to school leaders and teachers.’ This role will play a significant part in overseeing the Teaching School Hub’s work in acting as an Appropriate Body and in delivering the Early Career Framework.
Based at the Head Office of Leigh Academies Trust this role will provide the postholder with the opportunity to shape the delivery of the national roll out of the ECF with schools across our region, impacting on the lives of hundreds of new teachers, working closely with Headteachers and mentors. You will also ensure that the functions of the Appropriate Body are carried out to the highest standard, ensuring that colleagues entering our profession benefit from a golden thread of continued excellent professional development, from ITT into their future leadership journeys.
Click here to view the Job Description.
We wish to hear from you if you really want to change our education world and are:
- an enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious leader with a track record of success;
- confident and able to communicate a clear vision;
- able to show a strong track record of working with new and recently qualified teachers;
- approachable and keen to work with staff across the region to ensure wide success;
- able to develop excellent relationships with all stakeholders.
What we can offer you:
- a highly-competitive salary;
- an exciting LAT career path with opportunities for further progression;
- Opportunity to shape the future of the delivery of Early Career Teacher Training
Application closing date: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Shortlisting committee: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Interview date: Week commencing 3rd May 2021
If you have any queries on any aspect of the application process or need additional information, please contact Holly Neve (LAT Talent Team) on holly.neve@latrust.org.uk
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.
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About Leigh Academies Trust
- Leigh Academies Trust
- Carnation Road, Rochester
- Kent
- ME2 2SX
- United Kingdom
Leigh Academies Trust is one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across four ‘clusters’: North West Kent; Central Kent; South East London and Medway.
The Trust was formed in 2008 with the linking of the Leigh Technology Academy and Longfield Academy under one governing body. As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing over 2,500 talented staff. It contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.
We are a non-profit making charitable company, based in Strood, Medway. The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to academy status.
In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
Benefits for LAT employees
As part of Leigh Academies Trust you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
We strive to offer a range of benefits that all employees can take advantage of which we regularly review and improve, based on what our staff want and need - click here to view what you’d receive as a member of staff with Leigh Academies Trust.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
To find out more information regarding Leigh Academies Trust, please click here https://leighacademiestrust.org.uk/.
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