Teacher of Maths
The St Leonards Academy, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HHThis job expired on 23 February 2019 – see similar jobs
Closing date
23 February 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
13 February 2019
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £23,720 to £39,406
Additional allowances
Benefits
We offer a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits to all our employees, including: flexible working to maintain a healthy work-life balance, competitive annual leave entitlement, maternity and paternity leave, and discounts and offers with popular retailers.
Teacher of Maths job summary
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To deliver high quality, engaging and effective Learning through comprehensive curriculum knowledge and excellent professional skills.
CORE REQUIREMENTS
• Inspire trust and confidence in students and colleagues.
• Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom, engage and motivate students.
• Demonstrate analytical thinking, improve the quality of students’ learning, contribute to the Academy improvement/development planning and promote the learning priorities of the Academy Development Plan.
• Contribute to the development and/or implementation of Academy policies.
• Use the performance management process to advance student learning and enhance professional practice in line with the Academy’s aspirations and priorities.
• Have lead responsibility for a subject or aspect of the Academy’s work and develop plans which identify clear targets and success criteria for its development and/or maintenance.
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the Academy.
PLANNING, TEACHING AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Teach allocated students by planning their teaching to achieve progression of learning through:
• understanding and applying effective classroom management,
• understanding and applying a range of teaching strategies,
• positively targeting and supporting individual learning needs,
• maintaining high levels of behaviour and discipline,
• effectively using homework and other extra-curricular learning opportunities,
• demonstrating appropriate consistent progress:
o for the majority of students
o across all teaching areas
o across all spectrums of background, ability and behaviour that compares favourably with students in similar settings,
• effectively managing other adults in the classroom.
MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, RECORDING, REPORTING
• Use performance data to evaluate students’ progress and set appropriate targets for
• improvement.
• Use assessment to inform planning and teaching.
• Report on progress to all stakeholders.
PASTORAL DUTIES
• Be a form tutor to an assigned group of students.
• Promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the Form Tutor Group as a whole.
• Liaise with the Pastoral Leader to ensure the implementation of the Academy’s pastoral system.
• Register students, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of Academy life.
• Contribute to the preparation of Action Plans and progress files and other reports.
• Alert appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and make recommendations as to how these may be resolved.
• Communicate, as appropriate, with parents of students and persons or bodies outside the Academy concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with appropriate staff.
• Contribute to PSCHE and citizenship and enterprise according to Academy policy.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
• Have a working knowledge of teachers’ professional duties and legal liabilities.
• Operate at all times within the stated policies and practices of the Academy.
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of good practice in teaching techniques.
• Know subject(s) or specialism(s) to enable effective teaching.
• Take account of wider curriculum developments.
• Incorporate national strategies in all teaching.
• Communicate learning objectives.
• Contribute positively and effectively to the ‘Every Child Known’ agenda.
• Undertake professional development to enhance teaching and students’ learning, apply outcomes and identify impact and share outcomes with colleagues.
• Take responsibility for professional learning.
• To carry out all activities in such a manner that data protection requirements are met and are in line with the Academy’s policies for Health and Safety, and Equal Opportunities
• To participate in professional development activities and performance management activities as required
• To undertake other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
About The St Leonards Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1432 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The St Leonards Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@brightonacademiestrust.org.uk
The St Leonards Academy
Here at The St Leonards Academy, we have a clear vision of what creates successful learners. And we know how to implement it.
Our students are enthusiastic about learning because we make sure we supply excellent teaching and exceptional pastoral care.
As well as focussing on academic achievement we are equally committed to the improvement of our students' character through the promotion of our five virtues of kindness, respect, honesty, resilience and self-discipline.
They have opportunities galore to develop these virtues through our personal development curriculum and our enrichment programme that offers everything from rock-climbing to formal debating. Above all, they take pride in themselves, their school, and their learning.
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