Teacher of Biology (Easter 2020 start, or earlier if possible) Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands
Job description
Good classroom practitioner with evidence of setting appropriate expectations to promote learning and to engage and motivate students
Ability to use strategies that improve understanding of Biology
Ability to encourage and maintain a good standard of discipline in the classroom through well focused teaching, positive relationships and good classroom management
Ability to use appropriately a range of teaching and learning strategies for whole classes, individuals and groups which stimulate, challenge, engage and motivate students
Ability to set clear and appropriate targets, feedback to students and make use of assessment information to promote each student’s attainment and progress, and to plan future lessons
Ability to reflect on one’s own practice
Ability to differentiate tasks appropriately
Essential educational requirements
Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in Biology or a related subject
Essential qualifications
QTS status
Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in Biology or a related subject
Essential skills and experience
Secure knowledge and understanding of the knowledge, concepts and skills in teaching Biology at KS3 and KS4
Able to give positive and targeted support to students with special educational needs
Determination to produce the highest quality learning experience for all students
A commitment to equal opportunities
Ability to establish productive working relationships and work well in a team
Ability to communicate effectively to staff, students and parents
Ability to meet deadlines
Able to empathise with young people but be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them
Excellent attendance and punctuality
Enthusiasm, drive and resilience
Sense of humour and perspective
Ambition
Personal presence
About Walsall Academy
Walsall Academy in Bloxwich, Walsall opened in September 2003. The student enrolment is around 1300 with approximately 320 students in the Sixth Form. The School is one of a number of City Academies established in England prior to the expansion of the Academies Programme in 2010 and was originally sponsored by The Mercers’ Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School. We are now a founder school in the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust.
- Address
- Lichfield Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy
- Website
- Walsall Academy website (opens in a new window)