History Teacher

We require a History Teacher to join our highly successful department in September 2021. History at St Charles College is popular option and within a thriving department. The exam board taken by History A-Level students is Edexcel.

The History options have been chosen to focus on issues of conflict, the clash of cultures, democracy and dictatorship to reflect the backgrounds and interests of many of our students, and links to A Level Politics. In the first year students study Components 1A and 2A: Conquest, control and resistance in the medieval world. (The Crusades; Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England).

In the second year students the examination option studied is Germany, 1871-1990: u7nited, divided and reunited. Students currently submit coursework based on the debates surrounding Hitler’s popularity in the years 1933-1939.

Job Description:     

• Plan and work in accordance with subject area schemes of work and examination specifications, ensuring all lessons are thoroughly prepared and structured, with clear aims and learning objectives.
• Demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of students and set appropriate standards for students’ learning, motivation, attendance, punctuality, submission of work and presentation of work and addressing non-compliance.
• Set sufficient work for formal assessment such that students’ understanding can be regularly checked, so that they can be fully prepared for the demands of public assessment through examination and/or or coursework, in accordance with the College formal assessment policy.
• Take responsibility for your own professional development and participate in staff training when provided and seeking out other opportunities for personal development. 
• Reflect on your own practice as well as the practice of the school with the aim of improving all that we do. 
• Read and adhere to the various policies of the school as expressed in the School Development Plan, the Staff Handbook, subject area/year group documentation, etc. 
• Maintain an excellent knowledge of relevant subjects you teach coupled with powerful subject pedagogy to inspire and interest students in their learning and address misunderstandings.  
• Plan and deliver effective lessons, building on students’ prior attainment, that promote a love of learning and intellectual curiosity in accordance with the school policy on teaching and learning, adhering to the subject specification and relevant schemes of learning. 
• Set demanding expectations for students’ learning behaviour at all times by establishing a purposeful working atmosphere in your classroom, making full use of the rewards system to encourage excellent work and positive attitudes and applying sanctions according to our behaviour policy where necessary.  
• Know how and when to differentiate appropriately and routinely review your lesson delivery particularly in relation to content and relevance for students of varying abilities.  
• Mark, monitor and return work within a reasonable and agreed time span in accordance with the school marking and assessment policy providing constructive oral and written feedback and clear targets for future learning as appropriate. 
• Assess student progress levels regularly and write reports in line with school policy and as specified in the published calendar.  
• Provide detailed formative and summative feedback at Parent-Teacher Consultation evenings.   

Please download an application form and the detailed job description from the documents below.

For more information please contact myself Miss Dodd on: qdo@stcharles.ac.uk   

The closing date for applications will be 5pm on 18th May 2021

Interviews to be held week commencing 24th May 2021

Please no agency applications.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Candidates for vacant posts are expected to share this commitment and all appointments will be subject to appropriate vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure check. We are an equal opportunities employer.