Early Career Teacher (ECT)

Are you ready to kick-start your teaching career? If this is the case, Zest Education is offering an Early Career Teacher (ECT) position to a motivated and hardworking person who wishes to further explore their career and goals. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with experienced educators who are dedicated to helping their students achieve academic and personal success.

This position is based at a school in Rubery. They are offering a full-time position, working Monday to Friday. You will be expected to teach across KS1, supporting them and delivering an engaging curriculum. This role can start in January 2025.

Together with a safe and stimulating learning environment, they offer a broad and well-rounded curriculum that allows kids to thrive. The ideal candidate will be able to lead exciting classes and employ a range of teaching techniques to ensure that children receive an engaging and advanced curriculum. They believe that all children should reach their full potential.

You will be required to:

• Communicate professionally with all parents and sustain positive working relationships with colleagues to support curriculum development and efficient delivery of lessons.
• Establish a safe, well-organised space that will guarantee each student receives the education they need.
• Carefully organise and implement the curriculum in a creative and engaging way, to motivate and challenge the students.
• Collaborate with educational leaders to monitor each child's development and, if necessary, create and implement individualised lesson plans for the students that require it.
• Ensure that equal opportunities are implemented in the classroom and throughout the school.
• Establish a structure for discipline and good order by utilising a variety of strategies in accordance with the behaviour policy of the school.

You will need to have:

• Possess a recognised teaching qualification or qualified teacher status (QTS).
• Thorough understanding of the national curriculum and a variety of teaching strategies.
• Outstanding writing, active listening, and vocal communication skills.
• Its preferable to have prior experience assisting students in a classroom.
• An enhanced DBS or the desire to get one.
• A dedication to making a positive impact to children’s education, self-esteem, and abilities.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, '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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