QUEST FOR LEARNING
JOB DESCRIPTION – Literacy Tutor
JOB TITLE:Quest for Learning Part-time Literacy Tutor
SALARY:£16.50 per hour
LINE MANAGEMENT:Jayne Lacny (Director)
RESPONSIBLE TO:The Trustees of Quest for Learning
MAIN CONTACTS:The Quest for Learning team, selected children, their parents and carers, and their teachers
EXPERIENCE: We are looking for applications from delegates who are experienced
teachers or have a similar skill and who are confident in literacy teaching.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
You will be employed as a part-time Quest for Learning Literacy Tutor. In literacy, we teach primary school pupils who are struggling with reading and writing from Year 2 to Year 6 using our Reading Quest and BookQuest programmes. This work is carried out 1-1 or in small groups with pupils who need an extra boost.
Tutors are paid per pupils taught with each child having a six-week literacy course of eighteen 30-minute lessons.
Tutors usually work three times a week in schools for a morning or an afternoon. The work is flexible and would suit anyone who wants to work part-time or has another job.
The purpose of this post is to increase individual children’s strategies, confidence, knowledge and skills in reading, writing, spelling and comprehensionto enable him or her to be a successful, independent learner. The Tutor will work with individual children (or in groups) in school and during school hours to motivate and excite pupils to improve their literacy skills. He or she will also support parents or carers to help their child in a constructive and enjoyable way.
MAIN TASKS:
- You will work as a member of the Quest for Learning team and attend team meetings as required for co-ordination, support and appraisal.
- You will work in one or more of the schools in which we are involved in Oxfordshire, teaching individual children or in groups according to the teaching model.
- You will report on the progress of each pupil in accordance with our requirements for monitoring and evaluating.
- You will encourage the active involvement of each child’s parents/carers in the Quest for Learning activities and act as lead organiser of regular Family Library literacy sessions.
DUTIES:
- To undertake training through the Open College Network on approaches to the teaching of literacy skills, being expected to gain the Quest for Learning Tutor qualification.
- To work with individual pupils over six weeks, teaching a total of eighteen half-hour sessions.
- To take responsibility for intensive individual teaching, keep detailed records of each child’s progress and produce reports for the Quest for Learning’sDirector, the child’s class teacher, SENCO and parents/carers.
- To work in partnership with each child’s parents/carers, encouraging support at home for the children’s learning.
- To be aware of opportunities for family learning and adult education that are being offered to parents/carers in the neighbourhood.
- To work closely with each child’s class teacher, ensuring that any relevant individual education plans include the Quest for Learning work.
- To participate in the regular Quest for Learning team meetings and collaborate with the monitoring and evaluation requirements for funded work.
KEY PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIREMENTS / Essential (E) or desirable (D)SKILLS
- Good verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate in a friendly and effective manner with children and their parents/carers.
- Good self-management skills including the ability to self-motivate, meet deadlines and organise own workload.
- Good written communication skills, including the ability to produce daily observational notes and plans, and written reports.
- Good verbal communication including the ability to work constructively as a Quest for Learning representative within schools, communicating well with headteachers and their staff.
- Sensitivity to working with vulnerable children and their parents/carers.
KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY
- Knowledge and understanding of early literacy and books in children’s development.
- Knowledge of the processes of early literacy learning.
- Knowledge of the processes of early numeracy learning.
- Understanding of and commitment to the aims of the charity.
- Willingness to work creatively with colleagues in the charity.
- Ability to work effectively with parents and carers in providing support for home literacy and numeracy.
- Awareness of security and health and safety issues, with particular reference to children.
- Willingness to comply with Quest for Learning’s Equal Opportunities Policy and all other policies.
EXPERIENCE
- Experience of working with children and their families in an early years’ setting.
- Experience of working within the primary schools’ sector.
- Experience of coping with targets related to educational attainment.
- Experience of collecting relevant paperwork necessary for data analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS
- GCSE English Grade A-C (or equivalent).
- Honours Degree.
- Teacher training qualification.
WORK-RELATED CIRCUMSTANCES
- Willingness to work flexibly in a variety of locations.
- Willingness to organise independent transport.
- Willingness to undertake the Quest for Learning training, child protection training and other relevant training related to the work of the charity.
- Willingness to work in a multi-cultural and/or SEN context.
- Willingness to undergo police checks (DBS) and follow appropriate child protection policies.
- Commitment to children’s rights.
- Willingness to comply with Quest for Learning’s Information Security policy.
Reg. Charity No. 1107219Director:Jayne Lacny, MA, Cert Mgmt (Open)Company No. 5273829