Art Teacher

BOWER PARK ACADEMY JOB DESCRIPTION 

Post: Teacher of Art

Grade: Main Scale or UPS

Accountable to: Head of Department for Art and Design

Accountable for:

Ensuring good quality teaching and learning 

• The standards of attainment – ensuring that Academy targets for your classes are met or exceeded
• Student Progress – Ensuring that all students in your classes make good progress 
• The quality of marking and feedback to students so that they are fully aware of what they do well and how they can improve
• Establishing a culture of high expectations and embedding ambition
• Creating a positive learning environment where students are stimulated and motivated to learn 
• To support the Principal and SLT in meeting whole school priorities and realising the Academy’s shared vision.
• To fulfil the duties of a Learning Family Tutor

Accountabilities Roles and responsibilities

Teaching and Learning 1. To fulfil the schoolteacher’s conditions of service as detailed in the School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions Act.

2. Delivering the National Curriculum for the subject to all age groups and all ability levels. 

3. Take responsibility for the development, organisation, monitoring and evaluation of courses or schemes of work or series of lessons as part of your contribution to the subject team.

4. To plan and deliver lessons of the highest quality that meet the needs of all students in each classs so that all students make excellent progress over time.

5. To assess student progress on a regular basis in order to monitor learning and progress.  To use assessment to plan lessons designed to meet the needs of all students.

6. Marking, assessing and recording progress in line with Academy policies ensuring that all students receive high quality feedback on their work in line with the Academy’s marking policy so that learners know what they have done well and understand how to improve.  

7. To set and mark homework that motivates students, contributes to their learning and helps develop effective skills for learning.  

8. To create an effective climate for learning so that all students can learn effectively and make progress in every lesson.

9. To ensure that the Academy’s Behaviour for Learning Policy is followed so that students are motivated and rewarded when they do well and that inappropriate and distruptive behaviour is dealt with consistently and effectively.  

10. Attending meetings in line with Academy policy.

11. To fully commit to your own professional development in order to improve pedagogy and deliver lessons of the highest possible quality

Support& Guidance: The role of a Learning FamilyTutor 1. Focusing on progress of students in Learning Family:

• Checking assessment data regularly to monitor the progress of students in Learning Family 
• Ensure every student has an Individual learning Plan (ILP) by Target Setting Day with clear targets (numerical and learning targets)
• Monitor the ILP through half termly 1:1 learning conversations 
• To build aspirations and encourage students to think about and plan for their future

2. Ensure tutor time is purposeful and focuses on learning:

• To ensure there are opportunities for students to talk about their learning and other key issues in order to develop oracy skills
• To ensure older students support younger ones with their learning, planning and organisation

3. Attendance & Punctuality

• Take accurate registers at every session
• Challenge students over attendance and punctuality

4. Rewards and Behaviour

• Ensuring your Learning Families regularly celebrates learning success in order to build self-esteem and promote confidence
• To monitor the rewards and behaviour of students 
• To monitor, challenge and support improvement in behaviour through the Academy’s reporting system
• Check uniform, equipment, planners regularly

Your duties will be as set out in the above job description but please note that the Academy reserves the right to update your job description, from time to time, to reflect changes in, or to, your job.  You will be consulted about any proposed changes.The list of duties in the job description should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake various other reasonable duties. 

Compiled by: S McLaughlin