Cover Supervisor at Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

The Job Description is described below however please refer to the Recruitment Pack for comprehensive detail of the role. 

The successful applicant will be able to show commitment to the school’s vision and Catholic ethos and will have:

·         Good classroom management skills and experience of supporting KS3 and KS4 students effectively in the classroom.

·         Effectively apply behaviour management policies.

·         Apply understanding and knowledge of the National Curriculum and other learning strategies/programmes

·         A calm and approachable manner and can work under pressure.

·         Show commitment to the school’s vision and Catholic ethos.

Job Purpose

·         To support and contribute to the continued ethos of a Catholic High School.

·          To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to pupils, teachers and the school.

·         To supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teachers, including implementing work programmes, managing pupil behaviour and assisting pupils in relevant activities as directed.

·         To lead and support the work of an individual team, including pupils, classroom assistants and classroom support staff.

·         To liaise with teachers about cover work.

Your duties and responsibilities will include:

Support for Pupils I Parents

·         To enable orderly entrance and exit of classrooms.

·         To instruct and answer pupil questions on the work left by their designated teacher, ensuring that the work is undertaken.

·         To support pupils by responding to their individual needs and promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom, e.g.: children with special needs.

·         To ensure that pupils have the necessary resources for their learning and that they are managed effectively.

·         To manage pupil behaviour and deal promptly with conflict and incidents in line with school policy, and where appropriate report pupils responsible for poor behaviour to the relevant person.

·         Build successful relationships with pupils.

   Support for Teachers I Colleagues

·         To carry out pre-determined educational activities and work programmes whilst promoting independent learning.

·         To be responsible for the organisation, classroom maintenance, setting out, clearing away and care of resources to create a purposeful and attractive learning environment.

·         To undertake any administrative tasks as appropriate, e.g., register/attendance records, children's development records.

·         To support teachers in selecting and preparing teaching resources that meet pupils' needs and interests.

·         To work with teaching staff to implement work programmes for individuals and groups of children.

·         To collate a bank of supervision work in liaison with the relevant members of the teaching staff.

·         To collect and collate any completed work after the lesson and return it to the appropriate Head of Department.

·         To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and recording of achievement and provide feedback/reports as required.

  Support for School

·         To follow the school’s policy documents and schemes of work and keep updated with school and National Curriculum documentation.

·         To undertake exam invigilation as required.

·         To supervise pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required and where required, take responsibility for a group.

·         To administer, assess and mark tests.

·         To assist with the supervision of pupils in out of lesson time.

When not required for cover

·         To help with the planning, mounting and displaying of pupils' work in the classroom under the guidance of a teacher.

·        To provide minimal clerical support for teachers e.g., photocopying, filing, collecting money, checking deliveries, administering coursework, production of worksheets for agreed activities.

  Support for the Curriculum

·         To use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use.

  General

·         To adhere to professional and staff codes of conduct at all times.

·         To be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to a nominated person.

·         To work as part of a team and support the role of others at all times contributing to the overall work and ethos of the school.

·         To undertake personal development through training and other learning activities including performance management, as required.

·         To support with the implementation of the school’s education programme.