Secondary Inclusion Teacher
Job Description
Secondary school Inclusion Teacher
Responsibilities
- contact and teaching time with students on an individual, class or small group basis, within, or outside, the class (push-in and pull-out sessions)
- prepare lessons and resources
- mark and assess work
- develop and adapt conventional teaching methods to meet the individual needs of students
- use special equipment and facilities, such as audio-visual materials and computers to stimulate interest in learning
- utilise specialist skills for breaching gaps in learning and understanding
- collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the students in relation to the curriculum
- assess children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual students’ special needs
- work closely with parents and guardians
- organise learning outside the classroom in activities such as community visits, school outings or sporting events
- identify learning needs and arrange the correct support
- create student centred plans for individual behaviour management (IBP)
- create student centred plans for individual learning management (ILP)
- assist in students’ personal care if needed
- carry out administrative tasks, including updating and maintaining records of students’ progress
- attend all reviews or other related meetings, regarding students with a SEN, which may involve reviewing education, health, care and Individual Learning plans
- attend in-service training
- demonstrate strong behaviour management
- developing programmes of learning activities
- planning, preparing and researching lessons
- preparing and adapting teaching materials
- checking and assessing students’ work and giving feedback
- liaising with parents, external agencies and a range of other professionals, such as speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists
- writing detailed reports
- coordinating the work of support staff
- other tasks assigned by School Principal
