MFL Teacher (Maternity Cover)
Manchester Communication Academy, Manchester, M40 8NTThis job expired on 23 April 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
23 April 2019 at 1am
Date listed
8 April 2019
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- French
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £23,720 to £35,008
Additional allowances
Manchester Communication Academy is fully committed to its ethos ‘with you…for you…about you…’ Not just for our students but also for all of our staff.
We offer the following:
* Trust, Respect, Honesty and Kindness.
*Teachers teach in both break out areas and flexible learning bases where they can learn from one another through team teaching, coaching and mentoring.
* Teaching staff have two planning sessions in their daily timetable per week to collaboratively plan with colleagues.
* Excellent career progression routes through a talent management strategy for those who are ambitious and keen to develop.
* We have a half day on a Friday with an hour's training from 1 to 2pm with a variety of teaching and learning communities to participate in.
* A staff well-being group who meet regularly to discuss workload and work-life balance and organise wellbeing and social events.
* MCA offers a number of recognised professional development programmes such as The Outstanding Teacher Programme and we have recently partnered with the Institute for Teaching with involvement in their Transforming Teaching programme.
* “No lesson judgements” policy, we discuss how to improve together.
* Smaller than average class sizes with constant support for teachers.
* Staff can take one 'flexi day' holiday per year.
MFL Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary
Manchester Communication Academy is looking for a talented, ambitious and innovative teacher of MFL with a desire to excel both now and in the future. Applications from both NQT and experienced teachers are welcome.
The team consists of a number of subject specialists who are committed to improving student outcomes. High quality teaching and learning is at the heart of the department and through sharing good practice, team teaching, working with external partners and protected collaborative planning time, staff are given the tools to thrive. We are looking for someone who will consistently model effective teaching and learning and can demonstrate vision, imagination, creativity and a commitment to inclusive education and community cohesion. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to join an Academy that values staff well-being and development.
Specific Areas of Responsibility
Key Tasks
1. To be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
2. To plan appropriate, differentiated learning for all children, monitoring progress and intervening when there is underperformance.
3. Create a high quality, rich, stimulating, safe and enabling learning environment.
4. Work collaboratively and flexibly to ensure: effective planning, successful learning, better than expected progress and accurate and moderated assessment outcomes.
5. Manage the learning environment, resources and time to ensure effective learning takes place.
6. Monitor and celebrate children’s learning, progress and achievement and record and report upon progress, including details on attendance, behaviour, development and additional
needs.
7. Be able to set clear targets, based on prior attainment, for pupils’ learning.
8. Have a detailed professional knowledge of the curriculum including an understanding of the progression of learning development and national testing.
9. To accurately assess children’s development and to help create a successful framework for assessment.
10. To work effectively with TAs and other colleagues who support children in their learning and beyond.
11. To maintain a positive attitude, seeking to bring out the best in learners and having high expectations for all.
12. Establish positive relationships with parents/carers, ensuring parental involvement in learning and progress.
13. Constantly strive to improve own performance and identify areas for self - improvement, attending appropriate training.
14. To keep own CPD record up to date.
15. To undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the line manager and commensurate with the post.
Standard Duties
1. Have due regard to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
2. Promote and implement equality and diversity.
3. Adhere to legislation and the Academy’s policies and procedures.
4. Participate in performance reviews and professional/personal development activities.
5. Will model the Academy’s values at all times to generate a shared purpose.
6. Respect confidentiality. Confidential information to be kept in confidence and not released to unauthorised persons.
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.
About Manchester Communication Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1224 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@mca.manchester.sch.uk
Manchester Communication Academy serves the community of Harpurhey and its surrounding districts. We are an 11-16 secondary school with a primary school also on site. Close collaboration between the two schools is fundamental to our way of working.
Not only is the Academy committed to offering our students the highest quality learning experience but the Social Investment Department is dedicated to offering opportunities and support to our local families and wider community. Together, our driving force is to mitigate the impact of disadvantage and ensuring that the young people that we serve are equipped and ready to be successful and happy adults who we are proud to know.
Everyone at MCA shares these same values and this is important to us.
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