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Lead Practitioner of Science

Walbottle Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 9TP

This job expired on 27 June 2019 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  27 June 2019 at 1am

• Date listed

  13 June 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £46,658 to £51,486

Lead Practitioner of Science job summary

Leading Learning:
• To support the development of a departmental ethos of high expectation and achievement that reflects whole school policy and principles.
• To use data to inform groupings, analyse preferred learning styles, and to set individual learning targets for students and to review whole department progress and targets.
• To ensure the regular monitoring of student progress to provide feedback to students and parents.
• To support the creation of a stimulating learning environment within the department and ensure that current student work is prominently displayed.
• To ensure that learning is inclusive and takes account of the individual needs of all students, ranging from those with learning difficulties to those who are more able.
• To encourage off-site learning and to ensure that all requirements for Educational Visits are adhered to.
• To lead and deliver appropriate initiatives in order to raise achievement of pupils in line with expected progress.

Leading Teaching:
• To maintain high levels of personal subject expertise and to act as a model practitioner and subject trainer in order to identify and share good practice.
• To lead staff in the use of a wide range of approaches to the pedogogy of teaching.
• To lead and support staff in the department’s implementation of the school behaviour policy.
• To monitor the quality of teaching within the department, to celebrate and disseminate good practice and to challenge poor performance if it occurs.
• To support the implementation of whole school marking and feedback.

Leading Staff:
• To support new staff, including ITT students, to become happy, valued and valuable members of the department. Encouraging effective teamwork and good relationships between staff.
• To support the Leaders of Science in the 1:1 Monitoring Meetings, Participate in reviews of progress and recommendations for improvements.
• To manage the Appraisal process for a given number of department staff, including the identification of their C.P.D. needs and regular 1:1 meetings.
• To direct other staff, including support staff and learning support assistants, on a day to day basis.
• To support the Leaders of Science in monitoring the consistent application of whole school policies by staff.
• To be an advocate for the subject, and to deputise, as necessary, for the Leaders of Science at meetings, as required

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.

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About Walbottle Campus

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1617 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@walbottlecampus.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walbottle-campus (opens in new tab)

Walbottle Campus is an 11 to 18 secondary school and sixth form with approximately 1650 students, occupying a large, beautiful site in the Tyne Valley. The school has a thriving community of students, parents, staff and governors who work together to provide an engaging learning environment which encourages students to reach their full potential.

The core values of respect, ambition and determination are demonstrated throughout the curriculum as well as within extra-curricular opportunities. Academic excellence is at the heart of the school and learning is designed to be exciting, stimulating and relevant to students' lives in the 21st century.

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