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Teacher of English

The Sydney Russell School, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 5QT

This job expired on 22 March 2019 – see similar jobs

Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
22 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
11 March 2019

Job details

Job role: Teacher
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Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £29,664 to £40,372

Teacher of English job summary

As a class teacher, you will be expected to plan your teaching with regard to the school’s strategies and programmes of study. You will be expected to achieve progression in student’s learning by:
• Identifying clear learning and teaching objectives and content and specifying how these will be taught.
• Setting tasks for class, group and individual work, which challenge students and ensure high levels of student interest. This includes teaching through “challenges” where children’s learning is not capped and they have greater ownership of the work they undertake.
• Planning, setting and responding to homework, in line with the agreed policy for each year group.
• Setting high expectations for students’ learning, motivation and presentation of work.
• Setting clear targets for students’ learning, building on prior attainment and ensuring that students understand what is required of them for any given task.
• Identifying students with Special Educational Needs and knowing where to seek advice to give positive and targeted support.
• Planning in the short, medium and longer term lessons which provide pace, motivation and challenge for students.
• Using assessment of students’ attainment to plan future lessons.
• Planning for students’ personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Teaching and Classroom Management
As a class teacher, you will be expected to:
• Ensure that teaching and learning objectives are met through effective teaching, high expectations, sound learning and discipline and a purposeful working atmosphere in the classroom.
• Establish and maintain good discipline, by following the school strategy for behaviour management.
• Establish a safe learning environment in which students feel safe, secure and confident.
• Use a variety of teaching methods which will foster and stimulate enthusiasm for learning, and maintain motivation.
• Differentiate appropriately for all abilities in the class, setting high expectations for all but not cap student learning.
• Give clear instructions, presentations and question students effectively to ensure participation.
• Respond to all students’ work effectively, in line with the school’s assessment strategyso that students are clear about how they have achieved and their next steps.
• Keep effective records of students’ progress.
• Use opportunities to develop students’ personal, spiritual, social, moral and cultural development.
• Establish positive working relationships with all support staff who may work in your classroom and ensure they are informed of lesson planning and your expectations.
Teaching and Classroom Management
As a class teacher, you will be expected to:
• Ensure that teaching and learning objectives are met through effective teaching, high expectations, sound learning and discipline and a purposeful working atmosphere in the classroom.
• Establish and maintain good discipline, by following the school strategy for behaviour management.
• Establish a safe learning environment in which students feel safe, secure and confident.
• Use a variety of teaching methods which will foster and stimulate enthusiasm for learning, and maintain motivation.
• Differentiate appropriately for all abilities in the class, setting high expectations for all but not cap student learning.
• Give clear instructions, presentations and question students effectively to ensure participation.
• Respond to all students’ work effectively, in line with the school’s assessment strategyso that students are clear about how they have achieved and their next steps.
• Keep effective records of students’ progress.
• Use opportunities to develop students’ personal, spiritual, social, moral and cultural development.
• Establish positive working relationships with all support staff who may work in your classroom and ensure they are informed of lesson planning and your expectations.

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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