Cover Supervisor - Sheffield

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

⏰ Job Type: Full-Time / Part-Time / Long-Term Opportunities Available

Support Learning as a Cover Supervisor

We are seeking confident and reliable Cover Supervisors to work within secondary schools across Sheffield. This is an excellent opportunity for graduates, aspiring teachers, experienced teaching assistants, or education professionals looking to gain valuable classroom experience.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will play a key role in maintaining continuity of learning by supervising classes in the absence of the regular teacher and ensuring pupils remain engaged with pre-set work.

The Role

As a Cover Supervisor, you will:

• Deliver pre-planned lessons across a range of subjects
• Supervise whole classes in the absence of the class teacher
• Maintain a positive and productive learning environment
• Manage classroom behaviour in line with school policies
• Support students in completing set work and learning activities
• Encourage pupil participation and engagement
• Provide feedback to teaching staff regarding pupil progress and behaviour
• Promote safeguarding, wellbeing, and positive learning experiences
• Build positive relationships with students and school staff

Requirements

To be considered, you should have:

• Experience working with children or young people
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence managing groups of students
• Good behaviour management skills
• The ability to work independently and adapt to different school environments
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil welfare

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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