Cover Lead

3 weeks ago

Bideford, United Kingdom Athena Learning Trust Full time

**APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED THROUGH INDEED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED**

**Role Summary**

You will be an integral part of successfully leading the cover team and ensuring our students continue to access a world class education. You will lead the cover team across both Bideford College and Atlantic Academy ensuring effective supervision of classes by coordinating and deploying daily cover arrangements for planned and unplanned staff absences.

You will ensure the cover team embed previous learning and keep pupils to task in a focused, distraction and disruption free environment by working within an agreed system of supervision and support.

You will be responsible for the cover team’s line management, leading the team effectively, assessing performance, being the primary point of contact and being the advocate for the cover team's needs and priorities while also ensuring alignment with the Trust’s values.

**Key areas of responsibility - What you will be doing**

**Build Knowledge**
- Lead all aspects of the administration of cover including taking phone calls and messages from absent staff and recording the reason for absence, timetabling the cover required during the day.
- Publish cover timetables for the day.
- Instruct students using prepared resources to reinforce previous teaching and learning.
- Provide students with necessary resources in collaboration with Heads of Subject.

**Build Trust**
- Be the first point of contact to handle any cover queries.
- Promote teamwork and motivate staff to ensure constructive working relationships.
- Maintain existing routines for orderly classroom entry and exit.
- Create a calm and purposeful atmosphere for learning.
- Foster supportive relationships with pupils, treating all with respect.
- Encourage and support the acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.
- Attend staff briefings and meetings to stay informed about issues related to pupils and cover.

**Prioritisation**
- To deploy emergency cover as required during the day.
- To be responsible for the visiting external agency staff and their schedule for the day.
- Facilitate cover lessons to ensure consistency in students' learning in the absence of their regular teacher.
- Register and record student attendance.
- Engage all pupils in pre-set activities.
- Follow school systems and procedures for behaviour management.
- Undertake appropriate tasks under the teacher's direction.
- Carry out administrative tasks associated with these duties.
- Adhere to applicable rules, regulations, legislations, and procedures.

**Clarity and Energy**
- Use the school computerised system (SIMS) to update and maintain records, staffing and timetable.
- Ensure classrooms are left tidy for the next lesson.
- Report to the Assistant Principal at the start and end of each day.
- Contribute to the College's ethos and child protection policies and procedures.
- Be aware of and adhere to the College's Equal Opportunities Policy and national legislation.
- Undertake professional development as appropriate, including training days and evenings.
- Contribute to the overall ethos of the College.
- Undertake other duties as required for the grading of the post.

**Follow Up**
- Maintain a system for reporting on lessons covered and related issues.
- Continuously update professional development and training as needed.
- Address any concerns or issues related to child protection procedures that may arise during duty.

**Person Specification - How you will be doing it**

**Dream Big**
- Deliver value opportunities for world class education for all students

**Take Responsibility**
- To maintain confidentiality of information acquired in the course of undertaking duties for the department.
- Ensure Health and Safety and Safeguarding are at the centre of your approach.
- Take accountability for your own development and aspire to deliver the very best practice across all areas of your role.
- To attend staff meetings and school-based CPD days as required.

**Be Kind**
- To encourage acceptance and inclusion of all students.
- Support positive strategies for promoting equality and for challenging racial and other prejudice.

**Qualifications**
- GCSE’s or equivalent to include Maths & English at a C grade or above
- Good levels of literacy and numeracy

**Experience**
- Previous experience of working with children - including children with complex needs/challenging behaviour in a classroom environment
- Ability to effectively manage student behaviour in accordance with the College’s policies and procedures
- Strong ability to work with technology and educational software
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Ability to motivate and organise others
- Ability to work on own initiative, work proactively and to make quick decisions
- Passion for education and a strong commitment to improving student learning outcomes
- Ability to resolve problems independently

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