At West Herts College Group, we believe education transforms lives. We are looking for a Teaching & Learning Coach to join our Quality Team and drive excellence in teaching, learning and assessment across the College Group. This is an exciting opportunity to work with teaching staff across a wide range of curriculum areas, supporting professional growth and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Through coaching, training and quality improvement activities, you will support colleagues to develop their practice and improve learner outcomes. You will champion evidence-informed approaches and contribute to an ambitious, inclusive and engaging curriculum that meets the needs of learners, employers and the wider community.
This is a cross-College role requiring regular travel between our Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Luton campuses to provide coaching, support and professional development to colleagues across the Group.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide coaching, mentoring and professional support to teachers, trainers, assessors, Early Career Teachers and trainee teachers, helping colleagues improve teaching, learning and assessment to enhance learner engagement, progress and achievement.
- Manage supportive dialogue with staff to foster a culture of continual professional development.
- Utilise up-to-date educational research to inform support and coaching activities.
- Design and deliver high-quality CPD and training programmes, using research-informed practice to develop, support and retain high-performing teaching staff.
- Work with curriculum leaders to identify improvement priorities, using learner outcomes and quality data to plan and deliver targeted improvement activity.
- Conduct developmental lesson visits, learning walks and other quality assurance activities, providing constructive feedback and modelling effective practice across a range of learning environments.
- Support the planning and delivery of inclusive and well-structured learning programmes, promoting effective practice and sharing successful approaches across teams and departments.
- Contribute to self-assessment, quality improvement planning and inspection readiness, undertaking other duties appropriate to the role as required.
- Coach and mentor teaching staff to develop effective assessment practices, ensuring assessment is fair, robust, inclusive and supports outstanding learner outcomes
- You can access a wide range of discounts and benefits including a cycle-to-work scheme, free on-site parking, generous pension, generous holiday scheme, time off at Christmas and early finishes on a Friday.
You’ll have the full support of a dynamic team and opportunities to bring your ideas to the role. Training and development are at the heart of everything we do so you’ll be encouraged to upskill.
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