ACADEMIC MENTOR FOR ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGEPermanent, Term time + 2 weeks, 37.5 hours a weekScale Point 12-17, FTE: £27.....
ACADEMIC MENTOR FOR ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
Permanent, Term time + 2 weeks, 37.5 hours a week
Scale Point 12-17, FTE: £27,711 – £30,060 per annum
Pro Rata: £24,997 - £27,607 (subject to holiday entitlement)
City Academy Norwich is a dynamic, nurturing learning community with the highest expectations and aspirations for our students and staff. We strive to ensure that every child, irrespective of their starting point, receives an excellent education enabling them to become the best version of themselves. We are committed to ensuring all our students succeed and embrace the opportunities and experiences available to them.
City Academy Norwich is part of the Sapientia Education Trust, working together to build a highly successful community Academy for all our students.
THE ROLE
At City Academy Norwich we recognise the value and worth of those in our charge and seek to uphold standards of the highest quality; which reinforce the dignity and respect of the individual in an atmosphere which is warm, caring, stimulating, accepting and free from all forms of prejudice and discrimination.
In saying this, no effort is spared to achieve a true partnership between school, parents/carers, and authorities, which will promote the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of our children and young people in order that they may achieve their full potential.
As an Academic Mentor for English as an Additional Language you will be expected to deliver support and provision for English as an Additional Language students to ensure their smooth integration into school and academic progress. This will involve working closely with the EAL Coordinator and SENDCO to deliver intervention programmes for students with English as an additional language and supporting staff to implement reasonable adjustments in lessons to help overcome any barriers to accessing learning. This will also include responsibility for identifying, tracking and reviewing student progress, running intervention and demonstrating the impact of intervention programmes and providing advice and support to teaching colleagues.
The qualifications and experience required of an Academic Mentor for EAL are:
• A good level of literacy and numeracy;
• Courses completed, or a commitment to complete recognised training in EAL;
• Experience with EAL in an educational setting either Primary or Secondary;
• Experience of delivering intervention programmes.
• Experience of mentoring students with EAL.
• Degree (Not essential)
Deadline for applications: 21st October 2024.
Interviews to be held on: 6th November 2024.
Download an application form at https://bit.ly/3YkV0ug
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
