Contract to start ASAP until 15-06-26 with a possible extension.

Job Purpose

To provide high quality care and education for children throughout the Centre -birth to 5 years in partnership with parents, and early years practitioners, drafting and advising on written curriculum policies, and monitoring their effect, ensuring effective practice appropriate to the ages of the children is developed and sustained.

Responsibilities:

In consultation with the Head of Centre and the staff team, develop the Early Years Curriculum in line with Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.

Lead on the planning of appropriate learning activities which offer high quality learning experiences to children from birth to 5 years.

Lead on developing and evaluating curriculum policies to ensure that good practice is documented, disseminated and consistently sustained.

Work with the staff team to monitor and evaluate the quality of the learning experience for the children, providing models of good practice, supporting and advising individual staff to meet required standards.

Contribute to the development of a multi disciplinary team and develop a team approach to planning, observation and assessment, sharing responsibility for record keeping and monitoring provision.

Keep up to date with best practice in Early Years integrated provision and future legislation in order to disseminate good practice in the centre.

Work within the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs and to differentiate the curriculum to ensure that it is accessible to all children.

Support the development of partnership with parents/ carers to ensure that the best practice of involving parents in the education of their children is implemented in accordance with the Children

Act 1989 informing and consulting parents on their child's progress through daily contact, and regular review meetings, workshops, discussion groups.

Organising smooth transitions from home to the Centre and from the Centre to School.

Create and maintain, with the assistance of other staff, an attractive and cared for environment which allows children feel relaxed and motivated to explore, to make choices and decisions and to be independent and self reliant.

Raise awareness throughout the centre of the importance of play both indoors and out.

Together with the Head of Centre and senior staff, plan and deliver a programme of in-service training making sure it is in line with up to date theories and best practice for the ages of the children.

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