EAL Coordinator

EAL Coordinator
Principal Resourcing are currently looking to recruit a full time EAL Co-ordinator for one of our partnership schools in Hull to fill a permanent position as soon as possible.

Purpose of the role:

To facilitate and encourage learning which enables students to achieve high standards to share and support the corporate responsibility for the well-being, education and behaviour management of all students.

The Job Description should be read alongside the range of Professional Duties of Teachers as set out in Part XII of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, sections 48 to 50. The post-holder will be expected to undertake duties in line with the Professional Standards for Qualified Teachers.

Main Duties:

• Leading the direct support for target EAL students, working in partnership with mainstream staff
• Providing/co-ordinating language support specific to the needs of the secondary curriculum at Key Stage 3 and 4, especially in English, Science and Mathematics
• Teaching withdrawl groups within a step programme for language acquisition, where appropriate • Developing short- term induction programmes to suit individual students' needs
• Evaluating and assessing existing schemes of work and those developed in partnership to meet targets. Building up collections of teaching resources and disseminating them to staff appropriately
• Assessing the needs of newly arrived students and liaising with the relevant members of staff regarding the placement of students in appropriate tutor groups and sets, when the time arises, to suit their language development
• Encouraging links with local community groups, arranging for translators and interpreters and liaising with local authority departments
• Helping to provide INSET for mainstream teachers
• Attending school meetings as appropriate and promoting issues relevant to EAL students through school development groups
• Leading the development and monitoring of EAL students, evaluating and reviewing targets, maintaining suitable record keeping and monitoring systems, updating assessment documents, in order to report to relevant parties as appropriate.
• Organising home language examinations in community languages
• Having an active role in the wider curriculum, participating in extracurricular activities and school journeys, work experience and extension activities

The ideal candidate will:

• Have worked in a statutory or none statutory setting
• Have Qualified Teacher Status or relevant EAL qualifications
• Be an effective classroom practitioner
• Competent with ICT
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have very good numeracy and literacy skills
• Have a thorough understanding of national curriculum and KS4 exam content
• Have energy ambition and enthusiasm.

Principal Resourcing is an Education Recruitment Business having sought agreement from their clients to find candidates for these roles, in accordance with the Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations Act 2003.

Principal Resourcing is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Appointments will be subject to our stringent vetting procedures, including an enhanced DBS check and references.

We are proud to be REC Audited Education Status with the GOLD standard for recruitment.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please apply now with your CV and our team will be in touch with you shortly.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within two weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.