Nursery Class Teacher 0.5FTE

Job Description

Nursery Class Teacher 0.5FTE - PKC08314

£27,498 - £41,412

Crieff Primary School

Crieff Primary School would welcome applications from experienced and enthusiastic teachers who have a genuine interest in taking forward current developments in early level/early learning and childcare, with a strong focus on raising attainment and achievement for all children. 

You will show a passionate commitment to working with families and communities and exhibit skills in building relationships with staff and a range of other agencies. You will be required to provide effective support and challenge within the nursery linked to improvement, quality assurance and self-evaluation processes with an early years focus.

If you wish to broaden your experience and feel you can make a valuable contribution to the future direction of early level/early learning and childcare, we would be very interested in hearing from you.

Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities

This Nursery Teacher post will require you to:

Develop strong, open and productive relationships by meeting regularly with practitioners and management within the setting.

Support and challenge pedagogical aspect of Early Level provision.

Provide support to deliver high quality learning environments and experiences and support practitioners to develop their role as pedagogical leaders.

Support curriculum balance and entitlements, helping staff towards a consistent focus on literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing through a developmentally appropriate curriculum.

Provide advice and support on creating and developing inclusive and nurturing approaches, including ASN.

Where required, use modelling or teaching as a support to professional learning for staff and act as a model of good practice.

Sign-post staff to other improvement opportunities such as professional learning activities, sources of advice and key documentation.

Provide support in the process of planning and assessment and to monitor, evaluate and record children's progress.

Work with staff to support pre and post inspection processes.

Engage in professional learning and keep up to date with new and innovative practices.

The Individual

For further information about this vacancy, please contact Annie Carr, Quality Improvement Officer at ACarr@pkc.gov.uk.

When completing your application for this post, please ensure that you provide contact details for two referees, including email addresses. One should be your current or most recent employer. If you are already employed as a teacher with Perth & Kinross Council, you are only required to provide 1 reference, which must be from your current Head Teacher.

Please APPLY ONLINE. Facilities are available at all public libraries in Perth and Kinross. If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please call 01738 475555 to discuss.

As part of our safer recruitment measures, Perth & Kinross Council carries out rigorous checks on the right to work in the UK, qualifications, employment history, including references, and fitness to undertake the post.

A healthy work life balance is important to Perth & Kinross Council and we provide supportive management and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development.

Some jobs may have been traditionally carried out predominately by one gender, but we would encourage you to apply if you meet the requirements, irrespective of your gender. 

Perth & Kinross Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel/reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

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