Teacher EAL - Prospect Bank - 12081_1761649717

Children, Education & Justice Services

Teacher – English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Prospect Bank School

Salary: £33,594 – £50,589
Hours: 35 per week
Fixed term until October 2026

The Leith community has a rich diversity of languages and cultures. As a valued member of the Learning Community Inclusion Team, you will work with school leaders, class and subject teachers, Support for Learning and Pupil Support staff to strengthen school capacity to meet the needs of developing bilingual learners, through strong universal provision and appropriate targeted support. Key areas for this work are learning, teaching and assessment; personalised support; transitions; partnerships (particularly with parents and carers); ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion.

We are looking for an EAL teacher who is committed to race equality and inclusion and who has:

• appropriate specialist knowledge and experience of working with bilingual and minority ethnic learners using inclusive approaches;

• understanding of EAL good practice;

• the ability to work collaboratively with a range of practitioners to create high quality inclusive learning environments;

• experience of working with learners who have both EAL and another support need(s);

• an understanding of good practice in support for Gypsy Traveller and Roma learners.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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