Weston college is seeking to appoint a passionate and inspirational Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA) Coach.
This role will have a specific focus on our work-based learning and apprenticeship provision.
As part of the Quality and Learning Team, the successful candidate will play an integral role in improving the quality of education cross college, ensuring that all learners and apprentices receive an outstanding experience. They will seek out professional learning opportunities ensuring up to date knowledge of TLA pedagogy, and display our core values of integrity, confidentiality, and excellence across the entire role.
This is a full-time post, working 37 hours per week.
Day to day of the role
- Support the development of teachers and assessors TLA pedagogy, ensuring their practice focusses on the development of learners and apprentices' skills, knowledge and behaviours.
- Provide coaching support to staff in line with their improvement plans.
- Undertake key activities as part of the TLA Review Policy including learning reviews, developmental observations, and Quality Review Activities.
- Be an active member of the Quality and Learning Team, supporting TLA managers to improve provision and promote awareness of the requirements of the Education Inspection Framework ensuring that the College is ready for external review including inspection.
Required skills and qualifications
- A degree, or professional qualification, which is appropriate to the work.
- Hold an appropriate teaching or assessing qualification: A Teaching Qualification (min Level 5) or
TAQA qualification (Min Level 3 CAVA)
- Detailed knowledge and experience of current teaching and learning pedagogy
- Experience of delivering staff development or training sessions in teaching, learning, assessment, and tutorials.
Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 2-week Christmas closure
- Potential for hybrid working opportunities
- Dedicated staff welfare officer and wellbeing champions
- Generous pension scheme
- Local and national staff discounts
- Free parking across sites
- Various staff committees including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Autism and Menopause
- Focus on staff wellbeing
- Wellbeing@weston hub
- Eye care including free eye test and a contribution towards glasses
- Annual staff conference with guest speakers
- Employee assistance programme - available 24/7, 365 days a year
- Training and development opportunities with a focus on progression
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please be aware that Weston College reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Due to the volume of recruitment, we are unable to offer feedback to any unsuccessful candidates.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.