Foreign Language Assistant (French)

Job Title:                           Foreign Language Assistant (French)

Contract type:                   Part-time and Casual

Hours:                                Six hours a fortnight (three hours a week)

Pay Scale:                          Kent Range 6 (£13.02-13.68 per hour)

Responsible to:                 Head of Department  

Interviews:                         ASAP

Start Date:                          ASAP

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic Foreign Language Assistant, focusing in French, to join our well-respected and ambitious Modern Foreign Languages team. 

Your role will be to assist with the teaching of Modern Foreign Languages by giving short conversation sessions to individual students or small groups of students, as indicated by the subject teacher or the Head of Modern Languages.

The role

• To promote the study of languages amongst students
• To help students to prepare for the speaking assessments at GCSE (Pearson Edexcel) and A-Level (Eduqas) by conducting conversation lessons in small groups, in line with the specification.
• To prepare resource material for the conversation classes under the guidance of the Head of Modern Languages.
• To keep records of each student’s progress in conversation lessons and liaise with the wider department with regards to progress, problems and work of the individual student.
• To provide regular feedback to students, in-line with the school and department marking and feedback policies.
• Assist teaching staff in the development of learning strategies by the preparation of resources and maintaining a safe and suitable learning environment.
• Be willing to assist teachers on excursions where appropriate.

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Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is an expanding and rapidly improving selective grammar school. It is undergoing a period of transformational change benefitting from a multi-million pound investment in Tunbridge Wells and a brand new building at our Sevenoaks campus, which opened in September 2021.

Staff will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.

Please note that we will only accept CV’s if they are accompanied by an application form, which can be found on our website: Vacancies - we shall review applications as we receive them so apply early to avoid delay! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post. Applicants will be also be expected to complete appropriate training including safeguarding and Prevent and sign Staff and Governors’ codes of conduct.