SEN Primary Teacher: Inspire Progress & Wellbeing

Reports To: Principal

Professional Duties:

• Exercise of general professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require.
• Planning and preparing courses and lessons; teaching pupils assigned to him/her; setting and marking work to be carried out by pupils in school and elsewhere.
• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.
• Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to him/her; providing advice and guidance to pupils on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers including information about sources of more expert advice; making relevant records and reports.
• Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils, except where to do so might be regarded as compromising the teacher’s own position.
• Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils.
• Communicating and cooperating with such persons or bodies outside the school as may be approved by the employing authority and the Board of Governors.
• Participating in meetings arranged for the purposes described above.
• Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils, except where to do so might be regarded as compromising the teacher’s own position.
• Participating in staff development and performance review schemes; reviewing teaching methods and programmes; participating in arrangements for further training and professional development.
• Advising and cooperating with the Principal and other teachers on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment, and pastoral arrangements.
• Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils in accordance with policies; safeguarding their health and safety both when they are authorised to be on the school premises and when engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.
• Participating in meetings at the school relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions.
• Participating in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations, assessing pupils for the purposes of such examinations, recording and reporting such assessments; and participating in arrangements for pupils’ presentation and supervision during examinations.
• Contributing to the selection and professional development of other teachers, including induction and assessment of probationary teachers; coordinating or managing the work of other teachers; participating in the review, development and management of activities relating to curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions.
• Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties, including management or supervision of support staff and ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.
• Attending assemblies; registering attendance of pupils; supervising pupils before, during or after school sessions.
• Availability for work on 195 days in any year, with teaching duties not exceeding 190 days, and overall work not exceeding 1,265 hours; no more than 25 hours of teaching per week in a primary or special school and 23.5 hours in a secondary school; breaks of at least 30 minutes between 12 noon and 2:00 pm (or 2:30 pm for nursery schools).
• Supervising and teaching pupils when a teacher is unavailable, subject to enrolment limits and absence duration rules.
• Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Professional Membership:

• Hold a teaching qualification that meets the requirements for recognition to teach in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland.
• Be registered with the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) before taking up the post.

Experience:

• Minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience of teaching in a Primary School at Foundation Stage or Key Stage 1 to achieve positive learning outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience of using a range of effective classroom strategies to support and challenge children and young people of all abilities, including those with Special Educational Needs.
• Demonstrable experience of developing IEPs/PLPs for pupils with Special Educational Needs and liaising with external agencies.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of Northern Ireland Curriculum.
• Knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and practice.
• Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice.
• Knowledge of a range of teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of pupils.
• Knowledge of Information Technology systems such as digital classroom tools/media and use of tablets/mobile technologies.
• Knowledge of current assessment methods to inform teaching.

Skills and Abilities:

• Effective teaching and classroom management skills to inspire and challenge pupils to raise achievement.
• Proven ability to provide a supportive, inclusive learning environment.
• Ability to use initiative, solve problems and be flexible.
• Ability to work collaboratively to promote positive relationships with pupils, colleagues, parents and the wider community.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a team, and to motivate self and others.

Values Orientation / Identification with School Ethos:

• Evidence of how your experience and approach to work reflect the School’s values/ethos.

Criminal Background Disclosure:

• Where required, the Education Authority will undertake an Enhanced Disclosure of Criminal Background. Applicants will be expected to meet the cost of an Enhanced Disclosure Certificate.

Equality and Diversity:

• In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times.

Equal Opportunities Employer:

• The Education Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.