Being an effective teacher

• To deliver lessons that are typically good over time. Please see National Standards for Teachers for individual skills.

Leading Teaching and Learning

• To ensure that the quality of teaching and learning ensures at least expected progress of students throughout the department.
• To develop and enhance the teaching practice of others through observation and peer support.

• To ensure that literacy and numeracy are given a high profile within teaching and assessment.
• To follow the Academy Appraisal Policy, setting challenging objectives and reviewing progress against them.

Leading accountable for professional development

• To take an active part in performance management, team and academy wide professional development opportunities.
• To share good practice across the team and academy through ‘Magpie Walks’ and the use if ‘Iris’.

Being accountable for Standards and Progress

• To raise standards of student achievement so they are at least in line with national averages.
• To ensure that exam results/ teacher assessments show added value against student starting points.
• To follow the ‘Academy Achievement Strategy’; to monitor student progress and create intervention procedures as a teacher if students are off target.
• To complete the annual exam review document and have clear knowledge/ understanding of successes and areas of development.

Leading Assessment/Reporting

• To implement the academy marking/assessment policy.
• To monitor the quality of students work/ assessment, sharing good practice and intervening where the policy is not being met.
• To monitor the accuracy of tracking information and annual reports.
• To create a programme of on-going moderation to ensure levels/ grades are consistently awarded.

Leading Curriculum Development

• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum
• To lead the development of appropriate syllabuses and schemes of learning that ensure progression of knowledge and skills.
• To ensure the curriculum is up to date with national/ local/ exam board developments.
• To ensure that the Academy Home Learning Policy is implemented and is effective in supporting student progress.

Being accountable for resources

• To effectively manage and deploy teaching/support staff and physical resources within the team to ensure maximum impact on student progress.

Being accountable for the Learning Environment

• To ensure that the appearance and ambiance of the classroom in the subject is conducive to learning and promotes pride and high expectations.
• To ensure that the ‘Encouraging Positive Behaviour Policy’ is implemented consistently so that effective learning can occur.
• To ensure that the subject area is safe and report any Health and Safety concerns. To ensure Risk Assessments are updated annually or after an incident.

This job description is current at the date below but will be reviewed on an annual basis and, following consultation with you, may be changed to reflect or anticipate changes in the job requirements which are commensurate with the job title and grade.

For application details please go to www.academytransformationtrust.co.uk/vacancies

Opening date: 9th April 2019

Closing date: 24th April 2019

Interview date: w/c 29th April 2019