Main Areas of Responsibility
The purpose of your role will be:
* To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
* To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor.
* To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
* To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
* To share and support the academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:
* Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan).
* Curriculum planning.
* Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process).
* Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area).
* Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress).
* Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders.
* Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students).
* Teaching, ensuring a high-quality learning experience for students.
Skills
The successful candidate will:
* Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree.
* Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school.
* Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning.
* Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor.
* Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work.
* Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff.
* Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive whiteboards.
* Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students.
* Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary.
* Have good written and spoken communication skills.
* Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively.
* Have excellent time management skills.
* Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies.
Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
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