Planning, Assessment, and Progress

• Align instruction with examination specifications and NEO’s schemes of work, adapting resources for varying starting points and learning gaps.
• Implement regular low-stakes assessments, providing clear feedback and tracking detailed progress across your student group.
• Collaborate with Head of Teaching & Learning on curriculum and resource development as NEO evolves.

Adaptive and Relational Practice

• Lead with relationships-first rather than curricular compliance. Prioritize low-pressure, trauma-informed learning environments based on NEO’s Cornerstones.
• Implement adaptive teaching approaches for learners with EBSNA, SEMH needs, SEND, or complex histories, in line with the SENCo’s guidance and individual learner plans.
• Establish clear online norms that ensure safety for all, supporting accessibility without assumptions about learners’ behaviors:
  • Camera-optional participation
  • Voice-optional engagement
  • Explicit welcoming of all contributions

Working with the Team

• Maintain alignment with each learner’s Practitioner-Mentor, ensuring families receive a consistent educational narrative.
• Share learner progress updates with SENCo, Head of Teaching & Learning, and fellow Educators.
• Participate in standardised teaching practices across the team.

Safeguarding in the Live Classroom

• Stay vigilant during all classes, reporting any safeguarding concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) immediately and in full.
• Teach safely online by adhering to protocols:
  • Restrict unplanned one-to-one contact
  • Manage and monitor chat features responsibly
  • Exercise caution with screen-sharing, links, and recordings

Boundaries of the Role

This role’s effectiveness depends on clear expectations. Clarifications include:

• Primary Focus: Your expertise is teaching and academic progress; pastoral concerns remain with Practitioner-Mentors.
• Safeguarding Responsibility: You report concerns, but do not take on DSL duties. All safeguarding alerts must go directly to the DSL.
• Recording Guidelines:
  • Lesson recordings may be made for teacher development and safeguarding solely.
  • No recordings are shared with stakeholders or used for demonstrations (even short clips).
  • Transcripts may appear in summaries or reports.
• Role Scope: This is a sessional intake offer for existing Nudge educators alongside your substantive role — not a transfer or promotion. Hours will start modestly and scale with the provision.

Status and Terms

• This is a sessional, temporary teaching role available exclusively to existing Nudge Education staff who are alongside their core responsibilities.
• Not a promotion, management transition, or full-time transfer.
• NEO is an as-yet unproven provision, offering a unique opportunity to establish its viability through teaching at the center of its purpose.

Compensation and Hours

• Paid hours are determined between you and your Hiring Manager, billed at a sessional sessional rate per hour, covering teaching and preparation.
• Initial hours are intended to be light, growing with NEO’s proven institutional stability.
• Your existing substantive role, terms, or return-to-work arrangements remain unchanged.
• Future opportunities for additional hours, subjects, or stages will be considered based on NEO’s growth and performance validation.

For more details on roles and expectations, consult NEO’s extensive job description documents.