Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 27 January 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 19 January 2025
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £33,594.00 - £50,589.00
Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week
Location: Viewforth High School, Kirkcaldy
Purpose and Values of Education & Children's Services Directorate
The Education & Children's Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
1. Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values: Consider how you have promoted health and wellbeing for all; built positive relationships based on trust and respect; motivated and included all learners; demonstrated your values and moral purpose.
2. Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge: Consider how you have increased your knowledge of research and used this to enhance your professional practice; engaged with professional learning that has enhanced your practice; used innovation and creativity, including digital technologies, to motivate and engage learners.
3. Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners' needs: Consider how you have used assessment evidence to support and enhance learning, leading to positive outcomes for learners.
4. Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships: Consider how you have demonstrated care and commitment when engaging with learners about their wellbeing; established positive relationships within your school community; worked collaboratively to improve outcomes for learners.
Job Details
We are looking for a highly-skilled and dynamic teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all, through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our young people so that they achieve their full potential. As a teacher in Fife, you will be responsible for leading learning within your classroom context, promoting inclusion, diversity and equality, communicating with other stakeholders, and contributing to wider improvements across the school community.
Viewforth High School is a six-year comprehensive school in Kirkcaldy, Fife. We aim to provide the highest quality educational experience focused on positive outcomes for all our learners.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting. You must demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and show how this has impacted your practice.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
For posts within Primary, you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Primary. For posts within Secondary, you are required to be fully registered with the GTCS in Secondary for the specific subject.
Full registration is required for all Permanent posts; for temporary class teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.
Further Information
* Role Profile: Review the role profile when preparing your supporting statement.
* How We Work Matters: Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.
* Employee Benefits: Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
* Directorate Information: Council Department information.
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For further information please contact: Scott Jamieson - Scott.Jamieson-vr@fife.gov.uk
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