Supply Teaching
Premium Educators Ltd (‘PEL’) has Supply Teaching jobs available across a wide range of UK educational establishments for the following teaching groups KS1 to KS5.
All You Need to Know About Supply Teaching Jobs
PEL has teaching jobs all over the country for primary and secondary schools. As a supply teacher, it is important to guarantee a supervised and supportive environment in which you can advise or guide students with their work. The main focus for this role is to maintain behavioural standards in the absence of the teacher, so that learning can take place to its full potential.
Whether you’re new to the profession, an NQT, a teacher of 10 years or even retired, you can reap the benefits of working on supply.
Perks of Supply Teaching
Flexibility
Supply teachers are free from the time constraints of full time teachers. You can avoid peak holiday prices, take annual leave when you want so that you can achieve that perfect work life balance.
You will be able to choose between working full time in long term roles or opt for a shorter term, whatever suits you. This is also a great benefit for parents of young children as you can work around your childcare.
Autonomy
Not being tied to a particular team or school means that you can avoid some of the political elements of the permanent working world, along with certain processes such as paperwork and meetings. This means you can focus on what you do best, teaching!
Variety
A lot of people enjoy supply teaching as it offers them a chance to work in different school settings and experience a breadth of teaching opportunities with pupils of different ages, backgrounds and learning needs. This can be an opportunity to find out what you would like to focus on in your career and will enable you to evolve as a practitioner.
Retirement
Upon retirement, many people find it hard to give up their careers in teaching. Supply means you can continue to work but on your own terms i.e. have flexibility over what days you work and the schools and age groups. It is you who chooses the role.
What is required of a Supply Teacher?
This role requires you to cover lessons for absent timetabled teachers. When you are covering for a short term absence a lesson plan will usually be available to you. You will need to ensure that any learning outcomes that have been set, are met, and for primary teachers, work completed that day is marked.
Typical supply teacher tasks include:-
- Teaching students and effectively and communicating the learning outcomes
- Supervising and monitoring the behaviour of pupils to ensure a positive environment for learning
- Answering any questions students may have
- Dealing with any immediate issues that may arise and handling them in the most appropriate way
- Collecting work and reporting feedback to the appropriate member of staff
Qualifications for a supply teacher?
Qualifications
To work as a supply teacher, you can hold a recognised teaching qualification such as, but not limited to; a PGCE, BEd, BA/BSc with QTS. All teachers have to have QTS status with 4 years of teaching however this is not mandatory and if you are new to teaching our experts are on hand to give you advice and marry you to what you would be best suited to.
What we are looking for?
As a supply teacher, all we are looking for is…
- Enthusiasm and a passion in pursuing a career in education
- To be patient and attentive
- To be a confident communicator
- Professional attitude to your work
- Excellent organisational skills
- Flexibility and reliability
Support Staff
Support staff have become an increasingly important and valued part of schools in recent years and the emphasis on them in various governmental policies suggests that their importance in the classroom of the 21st century will continue to grow.
If you seek or already have experience as a teacher or support worker in any educational institution and are committed to raising standards, the team at PEL would be delighted to talk to you and help you with your next step
If you’re curious about the different roles we have on offer, what our placement process is, or simply would like some more information, please contact us and we would be happy to help!
Take the next steps
Finding supply teaching work that suits you can be frustrating. At PEL we believe that the whole point of an agency is to listen to you and what you want. Our highly experienced consultants are experienced in finding the correct placements for schools as well as working on behalf of teachers and representing them to schools.
PEL has a wide variety of opportunities available in all types of schools. To register your interest, you can speak to our team or email us for someone to get back to you
