Primary School Teachers
Primary Teachers work with learners aged from 3 to 11 years old. They teach a range of areas of learning and prepare lessons as part of the school curriculum. Teachers inspire, encourage and support children to become capable learners.
The Role of a Supply Teacher:
Primary Teachers teach all areas of the curriculum. They use a variety of teaching methods including:
Small group work
Projects and educational trips
Learning through expereince
Audio visual materials
Interactive whiteboards
The internet and online learning games
Using a mixture of activities helps to stimulate interest and learning, and helps learners develop a variety of skills. Teachers plan their teaching to support pupils with differing learning styles and needs.
Primary Teachers also:
Prepare lessons plans and create lesson resources
Mark work and give feedback
Track and report on the progress of pupils
Manage the classroom and deal with challenging behaviour
Attend staff and parents meetings
Ideally underachieving pupils and give extra support
Teachers supervise the work of Learning Support Assistants
Key Stages and their age groups:
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)-ages 3-5 (Nursery and Reception)
Key Stage 1-ages 5-7 (Years 1-2)
Key Stage 2-ages 7-11 (Years 3-6)
Affinity Education proactively assists our registered Supply Teachers in securing you long term teaching posts. Generally long-term cover is required to cover a period of maternity leave or long-term sickness. Once you are placed within a long-term booking as a Primary Teacher, you would be expected to fully carry out 'specified work'. This means, planning, preparing and delivering
lessons to pupils and assessing and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils. This may include attending departmental meetings and parent evenings.
We register Primary Teachers who are registered with the EWC under the category of ‘School Teacher’.
Working with Affinity Education, you will be paid a minimum of Main Scale 2 in accordance with the School Teachers Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document. If the criteria of Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) are met, an increased pay rate will be applied following the qualifying period.