Teaching Fellow

Teaching Fellow

Job information

This role is located at Astrea Academy Sheffield (Secondary) in Sheffield.

The Teaching Fellow post is a fixed term appointment for one year. It is aimed at candidates who intend to apply for Teach First for the 2024-25 academic year.

During the year, Teaching Fellows will carry out the role of either a teaching assistant, subject tutor or cover supervisor. You will also have enhanced opportunities to take on small groups and cover / teach classes in order to develop your confidence and skills in readiness for the Teach First Programme.

Teaching Fellows complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. This may involve planning, preparing and delivering learning activities for individuals / groups or whole classes.

At Astrea Academy Sheffield we are values-driven and our vision is Our vision is 'to provide an exceptional, knowledge rich educational experience to ensure all scholars succeed'. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our scholars have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

What we offer :

• Polite, wonderful and caring young people
• A hard working, aligned and happy staff body who are driven by a moral imperative
• Stimulating conversations about curriculum & pedagogy
• Excellent, bespoke CPD for all
• Research informed approaches to teaching
• Sensible, centralised systems that support all staff
• Thoughtful policies that are mindful of staff workload
• Fabulous food, cooked by our in-house chef

What we are looking for :