Job Title                       Senior Lead Mentor (Initial Teacher Training)

Contract Term              Fixed term: 12 months

Salary                           £40,702 – £45,838 Annually FTE. Actual salary £24,421 – £27,502 (0.6 hours)

Responsible to              Senior Lead, Initial Teacher Training

Job purpose

Promote and uphold Titan Partnership’s commitment to safeguarding all children and young people and its commitment to equality of opportunity and social justice.

In partnership with the Senior Lead, Initial Teacher Training and Titan Partnership’s accredited Initial Teacher Training (ITT) partner, Teach First, manage the day-to-day running of Titan’s ITT programme.

Be the operational point of contact for applicants, trainees and mentors. Working in close partnership with the Senior Lead, ITT, contribute to the recruitment and selection of trainees, make a substantive contribution to the planning and delivery of training for trainees and mentor, oversee the monitoring of trainee progress, interventions and assessment, quality assure the work of mentors and the training experience of trainees.

The Titan Senior Lead Mentor should have excellent knowledge of Initial Teacher Training and will play a key role in curriculum delivery and assessment, mentor training and quality assurance, as well as Intensive Training and Practice (ITaP) weeks. The overarching role of the Lead Mentor is to ensure that trainees receive mentoring and support across placement schools which is aligned to the ITT curriculum; this includes observation, reflection, deconstruction and feedback on practice.

The lead mentor role is critical to trainee success on the SCITT, providing high-quality support for mentors and ensuring that the Teach First SCITT meets the ITT Criteria and Quality Standards.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver the SCITT curriculum including Intensive Training and Practice, conference content and

live seminars (including leading a subject/phase if required)

• Oversee trainee progress through the year including monitoring curriculum engagement and timetable requirements

• Conduct observations of trainees, including joint observations with the mentor
• Identify interventions and escalations to support trainee progress as required
• Ensure that observation, reflection, deconstruction and feedback take place throughout the year inline with the curriculum

• Assess trainee progress including leading on Development Reviews and QTS sign off
• Quality assure Broader School Experiences
• Deliver training for mentors
• Conduct developmental interactions with mentors
• Oversee, supervise and quality assure the work of mentors, including attending some mentor-trainee interactions, and monitoring curriculum engagement

• Work collaboratively as part of the wider team of Titan school-based Lead Mentors and subject/phase experts
• Work collaboratively with the Teach First Quality and Training Lead (QTL)
• Undertake Lead Mentor training as required
• Provide pastoral support and signposting to trainees
• Attend Titan Partnership and other relevant meetings
• Maintain up-to-date safeguarding and safer recruitment training
• Carry out other duties as requested, within the ITT remit and within the wider Titan Partnership as commensurate with the post.
• Attend regular virtual information events and attend other marketing events as appropriate

Person Specification

Required:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Excellent classroom pedagogy and good knowledge of the Teachers’ Standards and Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF)

Experience developing, mentoring, coaching trainee teachers on an ITT route for at least two years

Experience developing the practice of other qualified teachers

Phase or subject expertise including at least two years developing teachers within a phase or specialism and teaching knowledge of your own subject up to GCSE or in two primary key stages. Exemplary knowledge of the pedagogy underpinning you own subject or phase.

Critical engagement with recent subject/phase-specific research.

Keen to develop own skills and knowledge

Preferred:

Teaching knowledge of your own subject up to A level (secondary specialists)

Experience of using technology to coach and mentor others

Knowledge of evidence-based teaching practices and experience of evaluating interventions in schools

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