Learning Support Manager
Richard Taunton Sixth Form College
Southampton
- Expired
- Salary:
- c £42,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 18 January 2018
Job overview
This is a key role which has arisen at the College due the retirement of the current postholder, and is to lead, manage and develop the Learning Support team. This is a strategic area of growth for the College, we are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to further build on the excellent achievements to date. The role requires the ability to develop and maintain systems for recording, monitoring and evaluation of the College policies on learning support, as well as ensuring that the College is funded appropriately for this work, and that learning support is delivered effectively and to a high level of quality throughout the College. The Learning Support team provides support for students with a range of learning needs as well as those with physical and sensory impairment, learning disabilities and autism. The team also delivers skills sessions to level 2 and level 3 students, across the College, to support their progression in their studies.
The successful applicant will have a track record of working in this area of teaching, with a passion, determination and vision to increase this provision further.
The post holder will be responsible to the Deputy Principal and play an active part in ensuring that students enrol, students achieve, remain on full enjoyable and challenging programmes, aim high and progress. This role will lead and develop the Learning Support department to provide a comprehensive and effective system of support to our students. Applicants will need to hold both a relevant degree and teaching qualification, have the ability to plan and deliver courses which support students with SEN and to deliver individual support plans for students with SEN. An excellent understanding of the provision of learning support in a College/School environment is required including the establishment and review of EHCP plans and knowledge of the SEN funding processes. Additionally, applicants are required to have good IT skills, with the ability to produce reports for the Senior Management Team. The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator, with a knowledge of quality systems appropriate to the College setting with drive and the vision and ambition, to progress this important area further.
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About Richard Taunton Sixth Form College
- Richard Taunton Sixth Form College
- Hill Lane, Southampton
- Hampshire
- SO15 5RL
- United Kingdom
Richard Taunton’s is a vibrant Sixth Form College in the West of Southampton. Our core business is to provide full time education to 16-19 year olds (currently around 1000) but we also offer part-time adult education courses and provide facilities for a wide range of other community-based activities (including the Open University) in the evenings and at weekends. The College is firmly rooted in its community and it is our vision to be the sixth form of choice for all our community, an outstanding, high achieving college which inspires and challenges young people to be the best that they can be.
We are working in close partnership with primary and secondary schools and colleges, with our local universities and with the local authority in Southampton, to raise standards and increase post-16 participation and progression. We work with our partners to make Southampton’s schools and colleges irresistible to the families who live in Southampton and in the surrounding area. We also champion positive progression beyond college to Higher Education or into robust employment-related training schemes.
The College takes partnership and collaboration very seriously. We are members of the national Association of Colleges and the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association. More locally, we are part of the Wessex Group of Sixth Form Colleges, and work closely with the 9 other colleges in Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth to provide the best development opportunities for staff and to enhance the experience and success of our students. We are also active members of the Solent Colleges’ Innovation Partnership which links the six Sixth Form Colleges which sit in urban communities across the coastal area of the Solent.
If you are an individual with a passion for education, a commitment to lifelong learning and a desire to make a difference to young people of all abilities and backgrounds, you will thrive here. We are highly committed to the development of our staff, providing annual opportunities to access management training programmes run by the Wessex Group and an extensive range of curriculum specific networks and exam board training. We also play a very active part in the local school and college network in Southampton which links our staff with colleagues in our local institutions and provides opportunity to get involved in outreach work with schools to support successful transition to college.
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