ESOL Curriculum Head

Main Purpose of the Job

To line manage teachers and support staff in the curriculum area and be responsible for a range of programmes across the curriculum area in line with the areas career pathways and considering the College strategic priorities and the mission for LGC.

To ensure all students in the area access a high-quality teaching and learning experience and receive regular feedback on their progress and agreed learning targets.

To work effectively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure students achieve their English and maths qualifications where required and access support from the student services, learner support and employer engagement teams to enable them to be successful in achieving their qualifications and progressing to employment and/or further study.

There will be some teaching attached to the post, the teaching load will be reviewed annually. Teaching duties will be aligned to the areas business plan, College strategic priorities and the Role of the Professional Teacher document.

Curriculum Management

• Line manages teachers and support staff and ensure highly effective day-to-day running of the area.
• Work with employers and key stakeholders on the development and planning of the curriculum offer to ensure a highly responsive curriculum is in place that meets the needs of our students, employers, and local authority.
• Ensure a well-developed, innovative curriculum offer is in place across level 1-4 for young people, adults, and apprentices.
• Plan and manage a range of courses in the area to ensure that the offer takes account of best practice and national developments so that students achieve their learning outcomes and progress to university, further training, or employment.
• Ensure the course offer is inclusive in its content and design.
• Continuously improve the quality of vocational subject, and English and maths provision e.g. through ensuring timely compliance with IV/EV requirements, assessment schedules and course review activities.
• Ensure effective support is in place for all students so that the tutorial framework, eILPs, tracking and disciplinary processes are consistently implemented and meet the needs of all students.
• Ensure students attendance and progress is monitored in a timely way and proactive interventions are implemented to maintain high levels of student attendance.
• Contribute to the OTL process as required by the Director of Teaching & Learning to continuously raise the standard of teaching and learning and support the development of innovative approaches to curriculum delivery.
• Ensure the highest standard of inclusive course materials and resources (e.g. schemes of work, online resources, and course materials) are available and accessible to all students.
• Develop and implement procedures to ensure consistency and rigour in student assessment and ensure compliance with college polies in relation to assessment tracking including use of pro-monitor and OneFile.
• Ensure that challenging targets are set at course level and achieved for recruitment, retention, achievement, and progress, through monitoring and follow up of Key Performance Indicators.
• Implement course planning and timetabling that ensures cost-effective deployment of staff and ensure efficient utilisation.

General Duties:

• The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description for the post. The duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed.
• Ensure compliance with college requirements, policies, systems, and procedures throughout the Academy, ensuring that accurate up-to-date records and documentation are kept and held.
• Take overall responsibility for Health & Safety within the area of responsibility, ensuring that risk assessments are carried out and safe working practices always adhered to.
• To carry out additional responsibilities as requested by senior College staff and the principal.

General:

• To be aware of the principles of safeguarding children and young people as they apply to the role with the College. Actively promote and implement the College’s Safeguarding Policy.
• To be aware of the principles and understand the safeguarding responsibilities detailed in the Keeping Children Safe in Education Act 2021.
• To be involved in college staff development and training schemes and participate in PDR procedures within the team.
• To adhere to the College's Single Equality Scheme with respect to staff and students.
• To comply with and implement the College’s Health and Safety policy.
• To adhere to the college’s staff code of conduct

Please see attached document for further information.