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QTVI vacancy
Colchester Royal Grammar School, an Essex selective boys grammar school, is looking to recruit a Qualified Teacher of the Vision Impaired from January 2019. The successful applicant will lead the support for a Year 9 braillist with significant visual impairment, in collaboration with teaching and support staff.
Fixed term for as long as the named student is at the school (currently Year 9)
15 hours a week, Teacher's Pay and Conditions +SEN allowance
Applicants will:
· hold a Mandatory Qualification in VI
· be able to use a Perkins Brailler/ Humanware BrailleNote Touch/an embosser
· be able to reproduce accurate tactile diagrams, charts, maps, plans and pictures
· have excellent IT skills
· be able to take the lead role in advising, training and supporting our specialist LSA and teaching staff
· be able to produce appropriate resources to support a student in a high-achieving secondary setting in the GCSE years and beyond
· be able to establish excellent working relationships with the student, parents and staff
Information about the School
Boys 11-18, on roll approx. 1012 students of which 400 in the sixth form, 30 boarders