Overview of Role
The Academy of St. Nicholas is looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious Teaching Pastoral Lead to join our team. In this role, you will teach a load of between 20-25 hours per fortnight, based on a 50 period per fortnight timetable, and will work alongside non-teaching Pastoral Managers to ensure the smooth daily operation of a year group.
The Academy is part of the All Saints Multi Academy Trust. There is a trust wide commitment to improve, accelerate and enable ambitious life goals amongst all young people in our academies living out the core values of ASPIRATION, INCLUSION & SERVICE.
Main Roles and Responsibilities:
* Ensure the effective development and delivery of assemblies.
* Maintain a focus and overview of students’ behaviour & attendance in the year group with a view to continual improvement and high achievements.
* Maintain a focus and overview of students’ rewards across the year group.
* Monitor the effectiveness of interventions in place to support students across the year group.
* Induct all new staff into the procedures and practice for the subject ensuring they know about expectations, resources, planning, record keeping, etc.
* Liaise across phases and, as appropriate, with primary and secondary schools and outside agencies.
* Maintain a good level of personal knowledge of current educational developments.
* Promote parental engagement amongst the year group
* Responsible for leading a team of Life Tutors Provide positive and dynamic leadership of a year group by creating a supportive and innovative environment that encourages a culture of high performance.
* Pursue and promote the achievement and integration of diversity and equality of opportunity throughout the Academy’s activities.
* Maintain effective relationships with local, regional and national agencies, as appropriate.
* Develop appropriate external relations with other senior professionals and to represent the Academy at external meetings, as required.
* Report to the Deputy Headteacher (B&A) as required and chair any relevant subject working groups.
* Participate in the Academy’s appraisal process and engage in continuous professional development and networking to ensure that professional and strategic contributions are up to date.
* Undertake Home Visits (occasionally) to support the welfare and wellbeing of students.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of specific subject or phase areas.
* Use a variety of learning and teaching strategies to deliver innovative and effective lessons at a pace and style that meets the needs of students of all abilities.
* Have an up-to-date knowledge of national strategies to support effective teaching and learning.
* Understand and integrate the use of new technologies into learning experiences to continually raise levels of achievement.
* Plan lessons and extended learning opportunities thoroughly and in line with the Academy’s curricular plans and schemes; ensure that learning objectives and desired outcomes are communicated to all students.
* Adapt students’ learning to take of account of learning needs, appropriate challenge and preferred learning styles. Make use of extended learning opportunities for use outside the Academy lessons.
* Participate in the Academy’s Quality Assurance programme and the agreed framework.
* Work efficiently and creatively using the full range of resources available, including other adults.
* Provide a positive learning climate within lessons to promote a strong and meaningful staff – student relationship.
* Apply the agreed policies and ensure implementation in everyday life at the Academy.
* Regularly assess and evaluate students’ work and progress in relation to their prior attainment and to use data to further inform teaching plans.
* Report students’ progress within the Academy and for the benefit of parents and carers.
* Support curriculum planning to ensure that learning and teaching remain active, relevant and responsive to change.
* Maintain good order and behaviour for learning among students with particular regard for health and safety both on the Academy site and when engaged in authorised activities elsewhere.