About this role
plan and facilitate learning that enables individuals and groups of pupils to achieve high standards and make good or outstanding progress ensure learners have access to deep and diverse learning experiences prepare and teach sessions of a high standard to the pupils in the post holder’s class assess and monitor the development, progress and attainment of pupils provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references for individual pupils and groups of pupils set challenging but realistic targets for all children, monitoring and reviewing their progress towards those targets and setting up appropriate intervention where necessary carry out work in accordance with the policy of the curriculum development in the school through content, concept, attitudes and methodology teach children of any age at the discretion of the Headteacher develop and maintain positive working relationships/practices with the regular cover supervisor / teaching assistant in the classroom and additional support staff, ensuring that he /she is actively engaging with children’s learning in every lesson, every subject, throughout the day communicate and feedback effectively with pupils, parents/carers and colleagues maintain positive working relationships with all colleagues monitor and encourage the safety and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to the post holder promote a positive learning attitude and maintain discipline in accordance with school policies make records of and report on the personal and social needs of pupils create a secure, welcoming, orderly and aesthetically stimulating classroom environment support the philosophy and ethos of the school communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the school participate in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above attend assemblies register the attendance of pupils and supervise pupils (before, during and after school sessions) and facilitate learning that enables individuals and groups of pupils to achieve high standards and make good or outstanding progress
- Ensure learners have access to deep and diverse learning experiences
- Prepare and teach sessions of a high standard to the pupils in the post holder’s class
- Assess and monitor the development, progress and attainment of pupils
- Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references for individual pupils and groups of pupils
- Set challenging but realistic targets for all children, monitoring and reviewing their progress towards those targets and setting up appropriate intervention where necessary
- Carry out work in accordance with the policy of the curriculum development in the school through content, concept, attitudes and methodology
- Teach children of any age at the discretion of the Headteacher
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships/practices with the regular cover supervisor / teaching assistant in the classroom and additional support staff, ensuring that he /she is actively engaging with children’s learning in every lesson, every subject, throughout the day
- Communicate and feedback effectively with pupils, parents/carers and colleagues
- Maintain positive working relationships with all colleagues
- Monitor and encourage the safety and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to the post holder
- Promote a positive learning attitude and maintain discipline in accordance with school policies
- Make records of and report on the personal and social needs of pupils
- Create a secure, welcoming, orderly and aesthetically stimulating classroom environment
- Support the philosophy and ethos of the school
- Communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the school
- Participate in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above
- Attend assemblies
- Register the attendance of pupils and supervise pupils (before, during and after school sessions)
Appraisal
The post holder is required to participate in arrangements made in accordance with regulations made under the current Act for the appraisal of his/her performance and that of other teachers.
Review, induction, further training and development
The post holder is required to review teaching methods and programmes of work at least annually, in addition to participating in further training and professional development as a teacher.
Educational methods
The post holder is required to advise and co-operate with the Headteacher and other teachers (or any one or more of them) on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.
Discipline, health and safety
The post holder is required to maintain good order and discipline among the pupils and safeguard their health and safety both when they are authorised to be on the school premises and when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.
Staff meetings
The post holder is required to participate in meetings which relate to teaching and learning at the school or the administration or organisation of the school, including pastoral arrangements.
Cover
The post holder is required to supervise and so far, as practicable, teach any pupils whose teacher is not available to teach them, subject to the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (except in the case of a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing such cover, no teacher shall be required to provide such cover for more than 38 hours in any school year).