Pathways Co-ordinator

Description:

Pathway Coordinator (Curriculum Leader) – Employability and Independence
Full time 52 weeks

Reporting To: Assistant Principal Education

Location: Lancaster

Job Overview

Beaumont College is a very special place. We provide highly personalised pathways for special school leavers, and we support them in the journey to become adults, and to live independent and fulfilling lives as far as possible.

Strategically, we are committed to support the demand for specialist provision for special school leavers with complex autism and ADHD. Although we have always offered places to students, our vision going forwards to to dedicate a low arousal space for learners to begin their journey to adulthood, and engage with the wider student population when they are ready, in a well-supported and planned - highly personalised - way.

We are seeking an educational manager to deliver this vision with confidence and ambition for some of the most complex special school leavers in the region, and beyond. You will have empathy and understanding for our learners, you will work with confidence and transparency with their parents and carers - but most of all you will see, and support the students on your pathway to realise their potential and be better prepared for adulthood.

You must be able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure all learners have equal opportunities to develop the skills required to prepare them for adulthood. To demonstrate measurable progress and achievement through targeted recording and report writing which evidence progress against set EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan) outcomes. The College employs nurses, a wide range of therapists and has a positive behaviour’s ethos.

Our students enjoy learning and they love our college, so we do have a lot to smile about. We are a close knit team and would welcome new colleagues to be part of this enabling, empowering and equipping world of supporting students to fulfil their potential

Job Responsibilities (see JD for full information)

Lead, manage and coordinate a designated curriculum pathway
Support pre-entry assessment processes to ensure the right learner is on the right course based. Extend this into the induction and baseline assessment period.
Ensure quality monitoring identifies strengths and areas for improvement; ensuring improvements are timely and positively received.
Plan each academic year in advance, including group size, in-class learner and support arrangements, timetabling and session sequencing to ensure learning is well-planned, appropriately sequenced etc.
Identify and effectively deploy staff within your teams. Comply with HR procedures for line management, appraisal/PDR, absence and quality improvement etc.,
Promote others through effective modelling and line management to design, develop and deliver high quality learning opportunities in both creative and functional subjects via differentiated lessons to learners with complex learning and physical needs.
Identify, reduce and eliminate / remove barriers to learning by applying individual support plans and protocols at all times
Coordinate the course content and ensure all elements of delivery can be linked to the learners intended outcomes; support, promote and encourage tutors and teachers to ensure timely, accurate record keeping and model this to be an example of good practice