General Information for Applicants.pdf

An equal opportunites employer

RECRUITMENT

• Pupil progress and standards
• Strategic direction and development
• Teaching and learning
• Leading and managing staff
• The efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources.

• To ensure that the department culture, policies and practices follow and contribute to those of the school.
• To contribute to a whole-school culture and climate which enables staff and pupils to develop and maintain positive attitudes towards the subject.
• To create an annual development plan which contributes to the achievement of the School Improvement Plan and which involves all department staff in its design and evaluation. This will reflect the school’s commitment to continuous improvement, high achievement, effective teaching and learning, and inclusion.
• To ensure that the Every Child Matters agenda is addressed by the department.
• To set the highest expectations and goals for colleagues and pupils in relation to standards of attainment achievement and behaviour.
• To contribute to whole school planning, review, monitoring and evaluation.
• To monitor, evaluate and review standards of leadership, teaching and learning and pupil achievement against school, local and national standards, including by regular lesson observation, sampling work, collating and interpreting data; to report annually on the above.
• To represent the department in the wider school community and liaise with the rest of the school, governors, partner schools, the Local Authority, further and higher education, industry, outside agencies, examination boards etc.
• To keep up to date with national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and methodology.

• To lead staff in the creation, consistent implementation and improvement of courses/schemes of work which meet school and national requirements and are accessible to and provide suitable challenges for all students.
• To lead the development and implementation of effective teaching and learning strategies, including ICT-based developments, e.g. the school’s online Managed Learning Environment.
• To lead the development and implementation of effective assessment policies within the framework of those for the whole school.

• Within the framework of whole-school policies, to apply and monitor appropriately challenging subject targets for pupils which will make a measurable contribution to the fulfilment of those for the whole school; to manage interventions to maximise pupil progress.
• To maximise achievement by ensuring that examination entries are at an appropriate tier and non-entries are minimised; to assist with the management and conduct of examinations.
• To promote, manage and be responsible for high standards of pupil behaviour.
• To implement creatively the school’s systems for rewarding good pupil performance and to ensure all staff use them effectively.
• To ensure effective communication with parents/carers, so they are kept up to date with curriculum developments and their children’s progress.

• To build a team in which good practice is shared and meeting time is used effectively to raise achievement and support pupils’ personal development and well-being.
• To monitor the performance of staff and take responsibility for any necessary action arising.
• To support/challenge and professionally develop staff so that they are effective in their role(s) and provide high quality teaching and learning; the above to include participating in and leading the school’s programmes of staff training and development.
• To ensure that Performance Management (PM) is carried out according to school and national regulations and that staff receive regular feedback, which supports progress against their PM objectives.
• To communicate effectively with staff so that they are properly informed of developments across the school and that their views are represented.
• To ensure that staff understand and effectively implement school policies.

The efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources

• To manage efficiently the available resources of staff, space, finance and equipment within the limits and guidelines laid down.
• To assist in the recruitment of staff.
• To be responsible for the effective deployment of staff and to make appropriate arrangements in their absence.
• To ensure that the department’s accommodation/area, resources and equipment are maintained in good order, including the management of a) health and safety and b) security.
• To provide a stimulating environment, including maintaining displays that promote interest and learning.

• To convene, chair and attend meetings as appropriate.
• To undertake the above responsibilities in addition to those held by a standard scale teacher at the school.
• To undertake any other duty as specified by the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document not mentioned in the above.
• Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task may not have been identified; therefore employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager, including ad hoc projects, to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in the job description.