CREATING GREAT FUTURES

At Croydon College Group our staff are passionate and committed to achieve the very best
outcomes for our students. We recognise and value our people as our most important asset in
achieving each of the aspirations within our College’s Strategic Plan 2019-2024. We believe it is
through our people that an excellent student experience will be delivered, and this will have a
positive impact in our local community.

We value inclusion and we are committed to the promotion of equality, diversity, and inclusion,
ensuring we have a diverse, skilled, and motivated workforce who are empowered and engaged.
This makes our College a unique, vibrant and rewarding place to work.

Our visions and values ensure that we put our students first and value our staff. You can view a
short video on our vision and values here.

Croydon Campus

Our Croydon campus is centrally located near to East Croydon station offering a wide range of
transport options and easy access to many areas. Its central location in Croydon means we are
closely linked with our local community and all that Croydon has to offer. Croydon College can
trace its history back to 1868 when Croydon School of Art was first established. Subsequently, a
rich and interesting history followed leading to the Croydon Technical College opening its doors
for the first time in 1955 and was finally completed and formally opened by the Queen in 1960.
In 1974 the College was renamed Croydon College and has remained as such on the main
Fairfield site ever since.

Our wonderful campus has recently undergone refurbishment and we are proud of the modern
learning facilities we offer to our students, including recent investment in our clinical nursing
suite, and refurbishment of our learning spaces with interactive technologies.

Coulsdon Campus

Coulsdon Sixth Form College was formed in 1988 on the site of the former Purley High School for
Boys which existed from 1914 to 1988. Originally located in Purley, in 1936 it relocated to
Placehouse Lane, Old Coulsdon. Our wonderful campus remains in the heart of Old Coulsdon,
having had a complete rebuild, which offers exceptional learning facilities to our students, and a
fantastic working environment for our staff.

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 Post: Lead Teacher Trainer and Coach

Reports to: Director of Quality Improvement

Salary: £54,600 p.a. in London Weighting

Hours of work: 35 hours per week

Overall Purpose Scope:

By working collaboratively with leaders and managers, the Lead Teacher Trainer and Coach will
support the development of teacher pedagogy across the college. Using our research informed
Teaching & Learning Framework, the postholder will:

• guide staff in the implementation of high-quality pedagogical principles to raise the standards
of teaching and learning throughout the college.

• develop an inspirational and impactful college CPD programme with the aim of raising staff
engagement and student attainment.

This post will be working across Croydon and Coulsdon campuses as part of the College group.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. The postholder will be a passionate about Teaching and Learning and pedagogy, and able
to use this passion to develop the classroom practice of teachers across the organisation,
raising standard of education for our students.

2. The postholder will develop and implement a range of strategies and through professional
development and coaching and mentoring, meet the identified developments of our
teachers, contributing to the attainment of our students.

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3. Working with colleagues provide professional opportunities which raise ; develop to
standards of Teaching and Learning contributing to our corporate priorities of improving
attendance, outcomes for 16-18 students, and raising attainment.

4. Work collaboratively with managers across the college to support the sharing of good and
emerging classroom practice;

5. Contribute to and support a culture of professional aspiration where teachers seek to

continually develop and improve their practice

6. To coach, mentor and support a range of teaching staff in the development of their
classroom practice, teaching strategies and skills in partnership with the Head of Learning
& Quality.

7. To stay abreast of developing and emerging pedagogical practice and ensure this informs
teaching and learning development within the college.

8. To work closely with appropriate managers to identify, develop, implement and review
actions necessary for improvement of Teaching, Learning & Assessment practices.

9. To work with college managers and curriculum teams to develop high impact CPD that
delivers excellent Teaching, Learning & Assessment across the College.

10. Work collaboratively with the Teaching & Learning Mentors within the College to raise
standards of Teaching and Learning.

11. To assist the Head of LQ with the development of Pro-Observe, Moodle, Teams etc, to
drive continuous improvement and support teaching, learning and assessment.

12. To work in collaboration with academic leaders and managers to develop and implement
a programme of relevant, bespoke CPD activities for curriculum teams and individuals,
with a focus on pedagogy.

13. To contribute to quality and performance reviews undertaken with the College Group.

14. To work closely with managers to ensure that all staff have a development plan in place
that is regularly reviewed.

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15. To have an understanding of how equality and diversity applies to the responsibilities of
the role and to actively promote our College Values and our FREDIE (Fairness, Respect,
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement) principles.

16. Any other duties that reasonably fall with the remit of the post as allocated by the line
manager following consultation with the post holder.

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Person Specification

Essential Desirable

Qualifications • Qualified to Degree Level

• Relevant teaching qualification

• L2 qualification in Maths and

English
Experience & • Experience of contributing to
Knowledge • A strong practitioner with improved outcomes in a
successful experience as a teacher recent college inspection
and manager in one or more of the desirable
specialisms offered within the
college evidenced by outcomes.

• Experience of implementing
successful quality improvement /
CPDL strategies.

• Successful experience as a
manager of people and resources.

• Understanding of teaching and

learning issues in FE.

• Knowledge and understanding of

quality improvement frameworks.

• Knowledge of current
developments within FE, external
regulators, and awarding
organisations – Ofsted, QAA / TEF,
Pearson, City & Guilds etc.

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 • Understanding of the challenges
involved in improving teaching,
learning and assessment.

• Recent experience of carrying out

formal observations of teaching
and learning, feeding back to staff
and monitoring improvements,
ensuring that there is a positive
impact.

•
Ability to analyse, interpret and
clearly present complex data that
can be easily understood by users.

Skills &
Attributes •
Ability to build strong
relationships with stakeholders,
together with excellent oral and
written communication and
influencing skills with all levels in
the organisation: students, staff,
managers, the Executive and
Governors.
• Ability to motivate and engage a
team to highly-perform.

Demonstrate an understanding of
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equality, diversity and inclusion.
Able to demonstrate experience
of applying or FREDIE principles to
the recruitment process.

NB: This job description and persona specification outlines a range of main duties. It is not exhaustive and can be varied in
consultation with the post holder in order to reflect changes in the job or the organisation.

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Safeguarding

This post is recruited in line with Safer Recruitment practices. You must demonstrate in your
application, your ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and
young people. If you are successful, this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other
onboarding requirements in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidelines.

Staff Benefits

Apart from our great location, our wonderful staff and positive culture, we also offer a range of
other staff benefits. This includes:

 Generous annual leave

 Defined benefit pension schemes
 Cycle to work scheme
 IT salary sacrifice scheme
 UNIDAYS online discount
 Costco membership card
 TOTUM NUS Extra Card
 Annual season ticket loans
 On-site Aura Hair and Beauty Salon offering hairdressing, beauty and complementary
therapies at competitive prices
 Access and use of the College library
 Free car parking at Coulsdon campus

We also value staff development and have 7 days a year planned for staff development, including
elements of team development, socialisation and staff wellbeing.

Next Steps

If you are as passionate about making a difference, we look forward to receiving your application
and joining our great college group.

Apply via: https://croydon.ac.uk/student-life/job-vacancies/

Closing Date: 11th December 2023

Interview / Selection Date: w/c 18th December 2023
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