Teacher of English (Easter 2020 or September 2020 start) Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands
Job description
Knowledge and understanding of English at KS3, KS4, and ‘A’ level of strategies that improve understanding
Good classroom practitioner with evidence of setting appropriate expectations to advance learning and engage and motivate students.
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, feed back 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 own practice
Ability to differentiate tasks appropriately
An expectation that students can achieve better than expected outcomes
Essential educational requirements
Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in English or a related subject
Essential qualifications
QTS status
Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in English or a related subject
Essential skills and experience
Secure knowledge and understanding of the knowledge, concepts and skills in teaching English
Determination to encourage the highest quality of learning
experience for all students
A commitment to equal opportunities
Ability to establish good and productive working relationships, and work well in a team
Ability to communicate effectively to staff, students, parents, orally and in writing
Ability to meet deadlines
Able to empathise with young people and yet be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them
Excellent attendance and punctuality
Ability to work in and to lead a team
Enthusiasm, personal dynamism, edge and stamina
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)