Maths Teacher - Private Teacher in Rochester

JOB TITLE: Mathematics Teacher
START DATE: ASAP
MPS 1 £32,916 - MPS 6 £45,352 + Teacher Pension Scheme
Oasis Restore secure school in Rochester, Medway, Kent.
Do you see relationships as fundamental to your work with children, families, and the wider community?
Do you want to be a part of an innovative and courageous team developing the UKs first secure school?
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Primary teacher with an interest in Mathematics - to join the team in contributing to and delivering an outstanding curriculum at the UKs first secure school.
Whilst the role is advertised as full time, we can consider flexible working requests such as part time working by the successful candidate. If you would be interested in exploring whether we could potentially accommodate a flexible working pattern or not, please can you state this in the additional sheet within the application form providing as much detail as possible. Our full-time working patterns are Monday to Friday at 35 hours per week.
Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: anopportunity for children within thecriminal justice system to experience a truly restorative environment, that creates the potential for them to thriveinthefuture. As a founding teacher, you will play a key role in designing and delivering a curriculum that provides nurturing,therapeuticand educational community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children in our care. Your role as a mathematics teacher will be integral to the progress of all children at Oasis Restore, to deliver aspirational educational outcomes. You will provide tailored support to enable every student to make progress in their core mathematical studies, secure relevant numeracy-related skills in their daily life, and help prepare them for successful transition on to further education, training, or employment.
You will be responsible for outstanding teaching that develops curious and dedicated learners and meets their individual needs and interests. You will have the opportunity to teach a second subject area, developing your own practice with the necessary support to deliver consistently outstanding teaching. You will launch and continuously contribute to a creative curriculumunderpinnedbyprogressivepedagogies,inlinewiththenationalcurriculum, and a variety of formal qualifications, setting a true gold standard for learning.
The mathematics and numeracy team combines people with industry, mainstream school, and secure settings experience. Together,we will devise and implement strategies to empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys, so preparing them for successful transitions into the next phase of their journey. You will teach class sizes of 5 children, with the support of two additional staff to tailor learning support to each student, in a specially designed education building with brand new technology and software
Oasis Restore is the UKs first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice(MoJ) and the Youth Custody Service. Oasis Restores mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community with education at its core, that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school.
As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a life time opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation.
Use of brand new, specially designed classrooms and ICT suite with course-specific software.
Amixtureofonetooneandgroupreflectivepractice, coaching&supervisionsessionsas well as regular line management.
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Ifyouhavenotbeeninvitedtoattend interviewby5pm onTuesday 9th January,youshouldassumethatyourapplication has not been successful. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
ThispostisalsocoveredbyPart7oftheImmigrationAct(2016)andthereforethe abilitytospeak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Equality,Diversity,andInclusion
These beliefs and values are underpinned by decades of work and experience that Oasis has had in a wide range of sectors including education, housing and youth-work supported further by a wide range of independent research and studies elsewhere which evidence that creating teams with diverse experience and perspectives,andencouraginghealthydebate,reducestheriskofblindspotsthatoftenformbarriers to success.
Personalexperienceofthecriminaljusticesystem,orlivedexperienceoftheissuesfacing this client group (i.e. involved in gangs or knife crime).
Knowledgeoftheissuesfacingthisclientgroup,suchasgangs,knifecrime,socialexclusion and isolation, child criminal exploitation, adverse childhood experiences and trauma.