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Teacher of Food Technology

Part time.

Salary £34,000 per year pro-rata.

KEY PURPOSE:

To support the department to achieve the department vision by developing pedagogy and embedding academy policies across the team.
To support the delivery of high quality teaching and learning which collectively raises standards including levels of engagement, aspiration and attainment.
To ensure that department policies are fully communicated, implemented, monitored and evaluated.
To contribute to developing and enhancing the teaching practice of others by setting high expectations for standards of teaching and learning.
To share and support the academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth through provision of a broad and balanced range of opportunities for learners both within and beyond the classroom.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
The appointee will be line managed by the Head of Department.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic direction and development.
Promoting the building and sharing of good practice and successful innovation within the team.
Ensuring the consistent application of teaching and learning strategies and tailored provision that meets the needs of all learners.
Ensuring the development and evaluation of appropriate specifications and schemes of work including national developments and that these are followed by all teachers.
Supporting the Head of Department to monitor and evaluate standards of teaching and learning through classroom observation, sampling students’ work and student feedback.
Assisting the Head of Department to monitor and evaluate standards of attainment for classes and priority groups through the collection, analysis and reporting of performance data using SISRA.
Contributing to regular academy and team self-evaluation in conjunction with Head of Department.
Contributing to regular team meetings for briefing, consultation, sharing of good practice and training.
Supporting effective induction for new staff and support for trainees.
Extending and embedding effective assessment that leads to rapid and sustained progress, including further APP development.

Teaching:

Teach students according to their individual educational needs, including the setting and marking of work.
Assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
Provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
Ensure that transferable literacy skills are promoted and cross curricular application reinforced in the teaching/learning experience of students.
Provide aspirational and effective learning experiences for students, in which lessons are consistently of at least “good” quality.
Use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to student needs and meets the demands of the syllabus.
Maintain positive behaviour for learning in accordance with the academy’s procedures and encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, independent learning, standards of work and homework.
Consistently apply whole academy and department Behaviour Management systems so that effective learning can take place.
Undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and academy procedures.
Mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback in line with the whole academy assessment and marking policy.

Pastoral System:

Liaise with Heads of House to ensure the implementation of the academy’s Pastoral System and Worship practices.
Register students, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of academy life, when required.

Operational/Strategic Planning:

Assist in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies in the Curriculum Area.
Contribute to the Curriculum Area Self Evaluation and Development planning and support its effective implementation. Curriculum.
Assist the Head of Departments and SLT member with responsibility for Teaching & Learning, to ensure that the curriculum area provides a range of teaching which complements the academy’s strategic objectives.
Assist in the process of curriculum development and change to ensure the continued relevance to the needs of students, examining and awarding bodies and the academy’s Mission and Strategy.

Staffing:

Participate in the academy’s staff development programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development as appropriate.
Continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods.
Engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.
Ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support.
Work as a member of a designated team and to contribute positively to effective working relations within the academy.

Quality Assurance:
To help to implement academy quality procedures and to adhere to those:

Contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum area in line with agreed academy procedures, including evaluation against quality standards and performance criteria and implement modification and improvement where required.
Periodically review methods of teaching and programmes of work.
Participate in, as may be required, in the review, development and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the academy.

Management Information:

Maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to-date information for MIS, registers, etc.
Complete relevant documentation to assist in progress tracking.
Track student progress and use information to inform provision, in terms of tailored wave 1 provision as well as additional support and intervention.

Communications:

Communicate effectively with stakeholders as appropriate.
Follow agreed policies for communications in the academy.
Alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and to make recommendations as to how these may be resolved.
Communicate as appropriate, with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the academy concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff.

Marketing and Liaison:

Participate in marketing and liaison activities such as Open Evenings and Parents’ Evenings.
Contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies. Management of Resources.
Co-operate with other staff to ensure a sharing and effective usage of resources to the benefit of the academy, department and the students.
Further information about the job.
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding:

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):

Childcare disqualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Medical.
Online and social media.
Prohibition from teaching.
Right to work.
Satisfactory references.
Suitability to work with children.

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job:
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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