Polly Blok

Tutoring:

• 1:1 and small group face-to-face tutoring, both in and out of schools.
• Build trusting relationships with pupils and families, and a positive learning environment.
• Plan personalised lessons, taking into account children's individual needs.
• Asses pupils using a range of tools, formal and informal, to identify focus areas for teaching and learning
• Lessons planned and adapted for individuals needs such as; over learning, multi-sensory approaches, sensory support, fine motor skills and use of hands-on resources.

Consultation:

• Support parents/carers and families with advice and signposting at different stages of their journey,
• Supporting the application for or writing of EHCNAs.
• Attending TAFs and other multi-professional meetings.
• Reading and feeding back on reports.

Freelance work:

• Writing of Reading Scheme for set of books aimed at struggling readers for Family Fisher Trust.
• Writing of EHCNA applications for schools.

• Meeting statutory obligations.
• Working cooperatively with classroom teachers to provide adaptions.
• Conducting assessments of students.
• Running training sessions for staff.
• Establishing record keeping systems and ensuring regularly updated.
• Implementing individual pupil profiles, risk assessments, care plans and emergency evacuation plans.
• Referring to and liaising with external agencies.
• Offering guidance and advice to parents and carers.
• Planning smooth student transitions.
• Running interventions for small groups and 1:1.
• Applying for EHCNA and chairing annual reviews.
• Additional responsibilities: senior leader, deputy designated safeguarding lead, senior mental health lead, PHSE and RE coordinator.
• In safeguarding role, reporting concerns to MASH, completing strengths and needs assessments and holding TAFs, ensuring multi-agency working.

• Regular observations and advice to teachers and key adults.
• Working closely with headteacher to ensure children across school have their needs supported.
• Ensuring all whole-school paperwork is up to date, including statutory policies.
• Designing and implementing new pupil support plans and guidance for staff and pupils around this.
• Applying for additional funding for individual pupils.

• Small group catch up tuition in maths, reading and phonics for years 2-5
• 1:1 social skills, occupational therapy and processing interventions
• All sessions evaluated using baseline and end of intervention assessments
• Data and regular feedback provided

• Continued previous role as SENCo after acting up as Deputy Head

• Worked with head teacher to deliver appropriate programmes of professional development for staff.
• Monitored and evaluated classroom practice throughout school and recommended improvements, including working with newly qualified teachers.
• Worked closely with the head teacher to implement new strategies for managing student behaviour.
• Deputised in head teacher's absence.
• Ran regular whole school assemblies and parent meetings.
• Took a lead on improving punctuality and attendance across the school.

• Set up systems and processes for all SEN records
• Introduced small group and 1:1 interventions
• Provision mapping across the school
• Applied successfully for multiple EHCNA requests
• Set up parent support group
• Ran multiple teacher and teaching assistant training sessions
• Line managed a large group of teaching assistants

• Member of Senior Leadership September 2010 - August 2021
• Maths coordinator September 2010 - April 2015
• Science coordinator November 2008- August 2010
• Taught years 2, 5, 6 and mixed year 5/6 classes
• Consistently observed as an outstanding classroom teacher
• Children made significant progress in all core subjects

• Taught years 2 and 5
• Ran gifted and talented maths clubs
• Planned an enriched curriculum with high quality text drivers, for a class with high numbers of EAL
• Promoted safe behaviours and safeguarding in a country where this was of paramount importance

• Providing 1:1 and small group interventions