Food Technology Teacher

Job Title: Teacher of Food Technology

Responsible to: SLT

Important Functional Relationships:

Governors, Headteacher, members of Senior Leadership team, Heads of Key Stages; Academic Tutors; members of teaching and non-teaching staff; students; parents; external agencies.

Main Purpose of Job:

1. To teach Food as required at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

2. To understand and uphold the values and practice of the professional       code for teachers.

3. To improve teaching by evaluating it, learning from the effective practice of others and taking responsibility for one’s own professional development.

4. To have a secure knowledge and understanding of the subject(s) they are trained to teach.

5. To plan, prepare and teach courses and lessons to a high standard.

6. To have high expectations of all students.

7. To assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Professional values and practice:

• To have high expectations of all students; respect their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic backgrounds; and be committed to raising their educational achievement.

• To understand how students’ learning can be affected by their physical, intellectual, linguistic, social, cultural and emotional development.

• To treat students consistently, with respect and consideration and be concerned for their development as learners.

• To demonstrate and promote the positive values, attitudes and behaviour that they expect from their students.

• To communicate sensitively and effectively with parents and carers, recognising their roles in students’ learning, and their rights, responsibilities and interests in this.

• To contribute to, and share responsibly in, the corporate life of the school.

• To value the contribution that support staff and other professionals make to teaching and learning.

• To improve their teaching by evaluating it, learning from the effective practice of others and take responsibility for their own professional development.

• To work within the statutory frameworks relating to teachers’ responsibilities.

2. Knowledge and understanding of the subject(s) the teacher is trained to teach:

• To have a secure knowledge and understanding of the subject(s) they are trained to teach.

• To teach their specialist subject(s) competently and independently using, as relevant to the subject and age range, the related schemes of work or programmes specified for national qualifications.

• To be aware of the pathways for progression through the 14 – 19 phase in school, college and work-based settings and know the progression within and from their own subject and the range of qualifications to which their subject contributes.

• To provide guidance and advice to students on educational and social matters and on their future education and future careers, including information about sources of more expert advice.

• To use ICT effectively, both to teach their subject and to support their wider professional role.

3. Teaching

• To have high expectations of students and build successful relationships.

• To establish a purposeful learning environment.

• To set challenging teaching and learning objectives which are relevant to all students in their classes.

• To differentiate teaching to meet the needs of students, including the more able and those with special educational needs.

• To plan and teach clearly structured lessons or sequences of work which interest and motivate students, making learning objectives clear to students; employing interactive teaching methods and collaborative group work; promote active and independent learning enabling students to think for themselves.

• To select and prepare resources, and plan for their safe and effective organisation.

• Where applicable to plan opportunities for students to learn in out-of-school contexts e.g. visits, field work, museums.

• To set high expectations for students’ behaviour and establish a clear framework for classroom discipline to anticipate and manage students’ behaviour constructively, and promote self-control and independence.

• To provide homework and other out-of-class work which consolidates and extends work carried out in the class and encourages students to learn independently.

• To use appropriate range of monitoring and assessment strategies to evaluate students’ progress towards planned learning objectives.

• To monitor and assess as they teach, giving immediate and constructive feedback to support students as they learn.

• To assess students’ progress accurately using, as relevant, criteria from national qualifications, requirements of the awarding bodies or objectives from the national strategies.

• To record students’ progress and achievements systematically.

• To report on students’ attainment and progress orally and in writing, concisely, informatively and accurately for parents, carers, other professionals and students.

• To take part in, and contribute to, teaching teams, as appropriate to the school working collaboratively with specialist teachers and other colleagues.

• To advise and co-operate with the Headteacher and other teachers on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.

• To take on the duties and responsibilities of an Academic Tutor as outlined in the Staff Handbook.

• To participate as required, in meetings at the school which relate to the curriculum, organisation or pastoral arrangements of the school.

• The postholder must at all times carry out his or her responsibilities with due regard to the Authority’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

• Work at all times within the code of requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act.

• The postholder must also undertake other duties which may reasonably be given to him / her by the Headteacher from time to time.

This post is subject to the conditions of the latest School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions Document and Guidance on School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions.

This job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post.  It will be reviewed at least once a year and it may be subject to modification or amendment at any time after consultation with the holder of the post.