SEN Lecturer - PMLD / SLD

Job title : Lecturer in SEN - PMLD / SLD

Hours : Perm, 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Location : Uxbridge, Hayes

Pay : Up to £45k Annum

BACKGROUND

The post of Lecturer involves considerable subject-based and pedagogic knowledge and understanding, and it is therefore essential that the post holder has a motivation for keeping themselves up to date with developments in their professional area and in the practices of teaching and learning. Lecturing is more than just teaching; it includes all aspects of the learning process, including preparation and planning, and the assessment and evaluation of students' progress towards individual objectives. All post holders are expected to consistently review and assess their performance alongside colleagues and engage in positive and critical debate on pedagogic issues. All lecturers must be committed to inclusive practice and must ensure that they take on the very best practice to meet individual learner needs including the promotion of equal opportunities. All staff are required to implement College policies. Further Education is an ever changing service and all staff are expected to participate constructively in College activities and to adopt a flexible approach to their work. This job description will be reviewed annually during the appraisal process and will be varied in the light of the business needs of the College.

MAIN PURPOSE

To lead and manage students with PMLD, SLD and Autism, delivering the college's courses and to co-ordinate the work of other staff. To plan, develop, coordinate and implement individual curriculum programmes for students with profound and multiple learning difficulties. The lecturer will be expected to provide a holistic education programme, integrating the physical, academic, social and emotional needs of individual students.

DUTIES SPECIFIC TO THE POST

All lecturers have a generic list of duties (see Duties below) and these which are specific to the post holder.

• To teach a range of ELD / LLD / PMLD learners, on a range of programmes across Foundation Learning. Classes will be both mixed in age as well as ability and learning needs. You may be teaching learners with ASD / ELD and / or complex needs learners according to your specialism.
• To establish and deliver a coherent and appropriate curriculum for PMLD students and to lead the related teaching and learning activities within the ELD section.
• To plan for and work with Learning Support Assistants within the classroom and all teaching and learning environments
• To carry out formative and summative assessments of students and use target setting to maximise success.
• To develop the work of the department in terms of those learners with more complex special educational needs (including learners with Autistic Spectrum Conditions)
• To develop the work of the department in terms of those learners with more complex communication needs (Total Communication)
• To contribute to the development of non-qualification elements of the Basic Education curriculum delivery to include the development of opportunities for delivery in the wider community
• To participate in residential trips / activity days within Foundation Learning

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