Cover Supervisor

Job Purpose The Cover Supervisor’s main job is to manage a classroom, ensuring that students remain on task with the work they have been set by an absent teacher. Role and Responsibilities As a Cover Supervisor your role and responsibilities will include: Covering lessons in the absence of the timetabled teacher Supervising the delivery of the cover work by effectively communicating the work set to students Ensuring that the required resources needed in order to effectively deliver the covered lessons are available Managing the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking set work to ensure a positive learning environment Responding to any questions from students about process and procedures Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies in accordance with school policy and procedures Collecting completed work after each lesson and returning it to the appropriate teacher Reporting back as appropriate, using the school’s standard procedures on the behaviour of students during the class, and any issues arising To provide supervision and monitoring of the 6th Form Study Centre, registering pupils to each study period, and making the relevant Head of Year aware if a student has failed to attend their study period Any other reasonable duties as directed by the Principal Beneficial Qualifications / Experience Recent relevant experience working with secondary aged students in an educational setting is preferential. Applications from individuals who hold one of the following qualifications will be considered: Bachelor’s Degree Post Graduate Degree/Certificate in Education Skills, Interests and Qualities As a cover supervisor you will need to be: Highly adaptable as there is no regular timetable Confident, organised and at times, diplomatic Patient, flexible, creative with a good sense of humour You will need to demonstrate that you have To work with secondary aged children The ability to manage groups of children an