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An exciting opportunity has arisen at a Secondary School in St Austell. We are seeking a Secondary Teacher for general cover and PE cover. The ideal candidate would have experience teaching KS3/KS4 and be confident in covering different lessons including PE.
Purpose of Role:
- To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, personalised and differentiated curriculum for students.
- To provide cover teaching for staff absence
- 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 school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for academic and personal development.
- To monitor and assess the progress of students as a teacher.
- To support the overall development of students as a Form Tutor
Teaching:
- To undertake an appropriate programme of teaching in accordance with the duties of a standard scale teacher.
- Plan work in accordance with department schemes of learning.
- Ensure all lessons are stimulating and accessible to all our students.
- Liaise with relevant colleagues on the planning of units of work for collaborative delivery.
- To ensure that numeracy and other cross-curricular requirements are reflected in the learning experience of students.
- Take account of students’ prior level of attainment and use them to set targets for future improvements.
- To mark, grade and give written, verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.
- Adopt most appropriate teaching strategies to meet student learning needs.
- Set work for students absent from school for long-term health or disciplinary reasons.
- Maintain good discipline by adherence to the advice given to staff in the induction handbook, curriculum team handbook and elsewhere.
- Set high expectations for students’ behaviour by establishing a purposeful working atmosphere in accordance with the school’s behaviour code and assertive discipline policies.
- Set appropriate and demanding expectations for students’ learning, motivation and presentation of work.
- Work in collaboration with Teaching Assistants attached to any teaching group
- To provide and/or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
- To carry out assessment of students as required by examination bodies, departmental and school procedures.
- Provide a stimulating environment by taking responsibility for the assigned teaching space and all equipment Communication
- To ensure effective communication as appropriate with the parents of students.
- To liaise with partner schools, higher education, industry, examination boards, awarding bodies and other relevant external bodies.
Pastoral:
- To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students within the subject area.
- To help monitor students’ attendance together with the students’ progress and performance in relation to targets set for each individual; ensuring that follow-up procedures are adhered to and that appropriate action is taken where necessary.
- To act as a Form Tutor and carry out the duties associated with the role as outlined in the generic job description.
- To contribute to the morals and ethics according to the school policy.
- To assist in the implementation of the Behaviour Management System within the programme/subject area so that effective learning can take place
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