Temporary Teacher of Learning Support
Your Role
Learning Support Department
The Learning Support Department is central to learning within our all-ability, integrated school community. It also serves to underpin the pastoral care and wellbeing of all our young people. As a school, we are fully committed to supporting each individual child to achieve their potential and remove barriers to learning for students of all abilities.
The Learning Support Department is made up of six teachers delivering a range of courses from Essential Skills Literacy, OCN Personal Effectiveness and Wellbeing, Prince’s Trust, and Peripatetic teaching.
We also have a Learning Support Administrator and the input of a dedicated newcomer support teacher, as well as and a team of highly dedicated and professionally trained Classroom Assistants, who work in support of our students with Statements of Special Educational Needs and their subject teachers.
At present there are 270 children on the Special Educational Needs Register with 106 of these holding Statements of Special Educational Needs. 1464 children attend Lagan College.
The Learning Support accommodation comprises of two classrooms, a group support space, three office spaces, one of which will be used by this post holder.
The specialist area of Special Exam Access Arrangements is delivered by a team of teaching staff in Lagan College. Three staff are qualified to assess.
This post holder will be working alongside the Principal as Head of Centre, the Head of Examinations, the Vice Principal for Teaching and Learning, the Head of Learning Support, the Learning Support Administrator and a number of Learning Support teachers who are also qualified in assessing Special Access Arrangements.
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