Main Purpose of the Role:

Under the direction of the Phase Lead and Deputy Head Teacher you will :

• have a subject leader responsibility
• have responsibility for planning and delivering learning, including producing resources and effectively assessing progress
• be an excellent classroom practitioner
• have pastoral responsibility for a form group
• be committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding
• promote the school vision, aims and ethos.

Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching and Learning Responsibility

• Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject(s) that you teach
• Be responsible for the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangement as appropriate.
• Be accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils you teach
• Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn
• Have a clear understanding of the many varied needs of our pupils, and demonstrate a commitment to continually improving understanding of special educational needs in order to become an expert practitioner
• Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English (whatever your specialist subject)
• If teaching early reading, demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies e.g. systematic synthetic phonics
• Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions, monitoring learners’ progress and levels of attainment
• Make accurate and productive use of assessment to secure pupils’ progress
• Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback, reflect on progress, their emerging needs and to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study
• Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons
• Set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired as appropriate
• Participate in arrangements for examinations and assessments within the remit of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

Leadership Responsibility

• Support and implement the vision and ethos of the school
• Work in a multi-disciplinary way to develop individualised plans and implement strategies to best support our pupils.
• Work closely with parents to best support our pupils needs
• Promote cross curricular approaches to teaching and learning
• Provide leadership for support staff to ensure the most effective practice within your lessons
• Effectively demonstrate positive behaviour management to foster an effective learning environment.
• Be an effective role model for your team in terms of teaching, behaviour and classroom management
• Participate in EHCP reviews and monitor the implementation of provision for your students.
• Take a lead role on an identified subject area across the whole school