Teacher Apprentice - Maths

About the Role

The School of Academic and Social Sciences is recruiting for a teacher apprentice in Mathematics. Our Teaching Apprenticeship offers a work-based route to become a teacher where you will both be paid a salary and have all fees covered by the department

With a more practical focus, the Teaching Apprenticeship involves you working full time in the maths team, and spending one day per week at University, where you will cover the essential theory and pedagogy needed to become a successful teacher.

You will deliver GCSE maths lessons to small and whole groups and play a key role in the team when planning and designing innovative experiences

You will be supported by a mentor in the department.

What You Will Do

• You will work within the maths team to plan learning to meet programme requirements and deliver learning outcomes in a realistic context.
• You will develop and employ assessment activities for identified modules and design and deliver learning sessions and activities that develop the mathematics skills necessary for achievement..
• You will learn how to track and monitor learner achievement through being actively engaged  and in setting challenging learning goals.
• A key component of the role is to encourage learners to develop autonomy and resilience, personal and interpersonal effectiveness, social awareness and respect for others and essential employability skills.

About You

• The ideal candidate will want to teach! They will be enthusiastic about their discipline and passionate to improve the lives of others. They will want to use digital and mobile technologies in ways that are safe and support effective learning.
• The ideal candidate will be qualified to Level 3 in Maths and be committed to studying towards a higher level teaching apprenticeship (L5 Diploma in Education and Training) over a period of 24 months while in post
• Whilst having exceptional communication skills, they will have the ability to be adaptable and flexible towards the requirements of different learner needs, and have excellent organisational skills, to ensure deadlines are met

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
• Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
• Academic 37 days
• Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities -  including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment.  We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.

Choosing to work for [Employer hidden] means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to [Employer hidden].

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential.  Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

Attached documents

• Apprentice Teacher.pdf