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Lead Practitioner

Reference: MAR20180684
Expiry date: 2018-04-05 17:16:40.510
Location: Nottinghamshire
Salary: £39,374.00 - £42,398.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension and CPD
Attachments: Firbeck_JOB-PACK_200418.pdf
LeadPractitionerFirbeck.pdf

Job Description - Lead Practitioner

Reports to: Head of School and Leadership Team

Purpose of the job:

  • To be an exemplar and model of teaching skills within the school, leading the improvement of teaching skills.
  • To impact positively and directly on the quality of teaching and pupil outcomes within the school and where required, beyond the school.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • To promote and be committed to the Nova Education Trust/Firbeck’s aims and objectives
  • To lead the development of improvement strategies
  • To promote and be committed to securing high expectations for learning and the raising of achievement within our academies
  • To lead with the effective operation of quality First Teaching by working individually and with others to:
  • deliver highly effective teaching and impactful intervention
  • design curriculum plans appropriate to curricular and exam board requirements
  • developing schemes of work, resources, teaching and learning strategies
  • mark work, assess, record and report progress
  • provide a stimulating learning environment
  • have due regard for maintaining health and safety and security in the area s/he uses
  • contributing to review, monitoring and evaluation and the development of working practices
  • participating in working groups and projects
  • taking part in other professional development activities

Working with other teachers on classroom organisation and teaching methods/providing model lessons;

  • leading continuing professional development activities
  • holding workshops on classroom management, differentiation
  • pace and challenge, co-coaching
  • matching teaching approaches to student learning styles
  • demonstrating model lessons
  • team teaching
  • developing strategies with colleagues to use with students experiencing difficulties
  • keeping abreast of the new teaching and learning strategies
  • identifying educational research to enhance existing practices
  • developing action planning based on the needs of the department

Producing high quality teaching materials:

  • updating existing and curriculum models alongside staff and supporting their introduction
  • sharing good practice with members of staff

Advising on Professional Development;

  • designing and delivering professional development activities
  • participating in the planning and delivery of focused in-service training days

Helping teachers experiencing difficulties;

  • observing and feeding back on the teaching of colleagues experiencing difficulties
  • providing a structured programme of advice and support
  • give constructive criticism

If required, mentoring Newly Qualified Teachers;

  • providing a weekly discussion and overseeing personal action planning

Initial Teacher Training:

  • providing exemplar lessons for trainee teachers
  • contributing to the assessment of students’ teaching practice
  • participating in the training of teachers within teacher training institutions
  • acting as mentor to trainee teachers

Performance Management responsibilities

  • All members of staff are required to participate fully in the school’s performance management system.

Other professional requirements

  • Have a working knowledge of teachers’ professional duties and legal liabilities
  • Operate at all times within the stated policies and practices of the school
  • Establish effective working relationships and set a good example through their presentation and personal and professional conduct
  • Contribute to the corporate life of the school through effective participation in meetings and management systems necessary to coordinate the management of the school.

Other specific duties

  • To undertake any other duty as specified by the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document not mentioned in the above
  • To comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in the job description