Cover Supervisor Post

The responsibility of the Cover Supervisor is to administer work which has been set for the class.   This work will be set either by the normal class teacher or by the Head of Subject, if the teacher is absent.  The post will not involve the planning or marking of pupil work, other than when this is part of the classroom activity, eg pupils marking each other’s work.   Marking and assessment will be carried out by the normal class teacher.   The role will involve the active presence of the Cover Supervisor in the class and the constant interaction with pupils to ensure that work is being understood and completed to the high standard expected at Weaverham High School. Cover Supervisors will be expected to facilitate the highest standards of behaviour, learning and pupil progress in the lesson.

The Cover Supervisor will be familiar with the routines of the school and will become well known to pupils.   Through establishing relationships they will be able to develop their own classroom management skills and make use of the behaviour strategies that are prevalent throughout the school.   Our Behaviour for Learning Policy will be used by the Cover Supervisor to maintain high quality learning in the lesson.   In this they will be supported by other colleagues, the Head of Department and members of the Senior Leadership Team as would befit any usual teacher.  

The hours of employment for Cover Supervisors are 8.15am-3.30pm.  Cover Supervisors will be expected to be in school by 8.15am to enable them to identify which classes they are covering and collect the appropriate work.   At the end of the day, 3.00-3.30pm, they will support pupils attending Power Hour, in the completion of home-learning.  In the event that the Cover Supervisor is not required for covering lessons, s/he will act as a Learning Support Assistant in lessons, deployed by the SEND Coordinator at the beginning of the day.

The Cover Manager is responsible for assigning the Cover Supervisor to specific classes. The Cover Manager is directly line-managed and appraised by the Data Manager who is responsible for over-seeing the smooth deployment and logistics of covering lessons in the absence of the classroom teacher. Cover Supervisors will be line-managed and appraised by the Raising Standards Team as part of ensuring high quality learning in the classroom, even in the absence of the usual classroom teacher. Cover Supervisors will also attend whole Staff Briefing each week and they will be supported through the whole school CPD to ensure that they feel confident in ensuring that high quality learning occurs in all lessons.