Provision of Curriculum and SEND Consultants - Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System

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SUPPLIER INFORMATION EVENING 29TH JUNE 4-5PM (DETAILS ATTACHED) Curriculum consultants provide development, support and challenge for leaders, teachers and support staff in schools across South Gloucestershire and in neighbouring local authorities. This can be on an individual school basis or can involve working with staff from across a group of schools. Schools purchase curriculum time from Integra, which they use to request specialist support from our consultants. This can be on a subscription or pay as you go basis. Requests for support come in to the central team and are allocated to staff with the required expertise. Support is generally delivered at a school and so the ability to travel to different locations is important, including neighbouring authorities to South Gloucestershire. The delivery mechanism depends on the focus of the support. At times, consultants work with senior leaders or individual subject leaders. They also work with whole staff or on a small group or one-to-one basis. A range of approaches are needed to provide support, with the majority of this being through training or professional development events. Support may be provided through the training of whole staff or individuals or through leading courses as part of our central CPD programme. Mentoring, coaching, interview and facilitated discussion are all also used. We require consultants who have a subject specialism, such as English or maths or who are specialists in a school improvement area, such as assessment or teaching and learning. This role would suit: excellent teachers / leaders who are working in a school and can be released from their school for a number of days across the year (typically 10+ days) excellent teachers / leaders who are part time and looking to supplement this or consultants who have experience of working in an advisory capacity.  The council also has formed into five SEND clusters. These clusters aim to support inclusion, reduce exclusions and reduce the number of EHCPs. The work of the clusters is increasingly calling on expertise of inclusion staff to support their aims. SEND consultants could be required to work with individual schools supporting inclusion and building staff capacity or to work with groups of schools at a cluster level. Keywords: consultant, education, SEND, curriculum