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If you’re a recent graduate, sports coach or have had recent school-based experience, and you’re hoping for more flexible working hours, listen up! We have an array of Secondary Schools across Burton Upon Trent that are looking for Cover Supervisors, these roles will be to start ASAP and throughout the rest of the year!

  • A cover supervisor’s primary role is to supervise pupils in the absence of their normal teacher, they will deliver high quality, pre-planned lessons to groups of 11-18 year old students.
  • A cover supervisor doesn’t need to prepare any work, as this is pre-planned by the classroom teacher, you will be expected to deliver the work to students, manage classroom behaviour and ensure students remain focused on the work set and provide feedback to relevant people within schools.

To be a successful Cover Supervisor we look for experience of 20 days or more working with children and/or young people. This role is a great steppingstone to get into a career in teaching. Ideally you will hold a degree, but this isn’t a necessity.

The Role: Cover Supervisor

A successful Cover supervisor will work with our secondary schools delivering pre-planned lessons to groups of students ages 11- 18.

Any work will be pre-planned by the class teacher or another within the school. As a cover supervisor, you will deliver this to the students whilst managing their behaviour and providing feedback to any relevant members of staff.

To be successful in this role we look for a graduate who has at least 20 days or more of experience working with children and or young people. This is a great way to start your career in teaching.

This experience can come in a variety of different forms:

  • Scout group leading
  • Football Coaching
  • Sports coaching
  • Volunteering
  • Placements
  • Work experience
  • Dance teachers

 

There are both part and full times positions available. Pay will be dependent on references and experience.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Ellie at ellie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an REC audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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