Personal Progress Tutor
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- £19,577 per annum, pro rata
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 24th August 2017
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2017
Job overview
Personal Progress Tutor – Full time, term time only, plus 5 additional days
In 2016, Joseph Chamberlain College achieved A level pass rates of 99% for the third year running. In our last inspection in 2014 we were graded as ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for the effectiveness of leadership and management. Since then, we have continued to provide a broad, inclusive and high quality education to all of our learners that results in some of the highest levels of progression to Higher Education in the sector.
The College is situated within easy reach of Birmingham city centre in a state of the art building with superbly equipped classrooms and outstanding facilities. We were featured in the 2015 Parliamentary Review for best practice in further education and were awarded the CPD Mark last year for our comprehensive package of innovative and high impact professional development. We support all newly qualified teachers to achieve QTS or QTLS, and are part of a local teaching alliance. We have also been short listed for the 2017 TES Sixth Form College of the Year Awards.
The Personal Progress Tutor role is a unique opportunity for an exceptional individual to join our College. If you are aspirational for all young people and want to play a part in shaping their futures, we would really like to hear from you.
Personal Progress Tutors support the academic success of groups of students by providing personal support through: regular support and guidance, monitoring, tracking and target setting, mentoring and coaching, developing the employability skills of our students. You will be expected to deliver high quality pastoral support to a caseload of tutees, all aged 16-19, studying on a range of courses.
To be successful you will be qualified to degree level or equivalent. You will be enthusiastic with a good understanding of our students’ needs as well as being self motivated and able to support, motivate and inspire groups of students. In addition, you will have good organisational, record keeping and good communication skills.
The salary for this post is on the Colleges' Support staff pay scale, point 24, currently £19,577 per annum (which will be adjusted for term time only working plus five additional days).
Please note the first day of work will be on Thursday 24th August 2017.
Closing date: Wednesday 31st May 2017 at noon
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to respect this commitment. All posts will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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About Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
- Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
- 1 Belgrave Road, Highgate, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B12 9FF
- United Kingdom
About Us
Joseph Chamberlain College is a hugely popular and highly successful Sixth Form College that was established in 1983 and now offers a wide range of academic courses at all levels to around 2600 school leavers and approximately 700 adults on a separate site.
Our curriculum offer and entry criteria are highly inclusive, offering clear progression routes to success for all students, regardless of their starting points and backgrounds. Approximately 80% of our work is with 16-18 year olds at Level 3, who study AS/A Levels or Level 3 BTEC Extended Diplomas. At Level 2, we offer BTECs and GCSE programmes to 16-18 year olds; at Entry Level and Level 1, we have an extensive ESOL provision. In addition, our separate Adult Learning Directorate offers classes in ESOL, Literacy, Numeracy and Access to HE in a range of community venues. We also offer Teacher Training in partnership with Birmingham City University. Our wider curriculum is also rich and varied allowing students to benefit from a great deal of choice in sports, additional languages, performing arts, citizenship, and various other student-led clubs/societies.
In 2023, students at Joseph Chamberlain College achieved outstanding exam results, placing us in the top 25% of all schools and colleges nationally for the tenth consecutive year. In the most recent Ofsted inspection of December 2023, we were graded as ‘outstanding’ in all categories for the second time; we are the only College in the West Midlands to achieve this in two consecutive inspections. Our College continues to provide a broad, inclusive and high-quality education to all of our students which results in exceptionally high levels of progression to Higher Education. We were in the Parliamentary Review for a second time for best practice in further education, and we have been awarded the Teachers’ Development Trust (TDT) Silver award for our comprehensive package of innovative and high-impact professional development. As part of a local Teaching Alliance, we support all newly qualified teachers, from both secondary and post-16 backgrounds, to complete their ECT year and achieve either QTS or QTLS.
The College is situated within easy reach of Birmingham city centre in a state-of-the-art building with superbly equipped classrooms and outstanding facilities.
We are an ambitious institution, with a clear strategy to keep being highly successful for our students. Staff, students and visitors often comment on the warm and welcoming atmosphere at the College and the strong sense of community that permeates the organisation.
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