Head of EYFS

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Core Purpose

As the Foundation Stage leader to share in and support the leadership of the school.

To help lead the school in the policies and practices of continuous school improvement and staff development in relation to the Foundation Stage/Early Years.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Strategic direction and development of the Foundation Stage/Early Years

• Lead teacher in establishing FS2 setting (mentored by SLT member for 1st year).

• To help to formulate the aims and objectives of the Foundation Stage/Early Years and policies for their implementation.

• To keep up to date with current issues in teaching and learning and in school improvement in the Foundation Stage/Early Years and to share this with staff.

• To work in partnership with the Head, Deputy and members of the management team in the cycle of planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan.

Teaching and Learning

• To be an excellent role model for all staff.

• To teach pupils across the Foundation Stage/Early Years.

• To play a major role in the development of high quality teaching and learning in the Foundation stage/Early Years including the monitoring of curriculum planning and the giving of feedback and advice and assisting and supporting colleagues with the planning and delivery of a differentiated curriculum.

• To lead the Foundation Stage/Early Years team in the delivery of a creative and stimulating curriculum

• To help to ensure that all the children in the Foundation stage/Early Years are able to learn and achieve to the best of their ability.

• To ensure that the requirements of the Foundation Stage/Early Years including arrangements for assessment and moderation are met.

• To seek ways of sharing good practice in the Foundation Stage/Early Years and to ensure dialogue about teaching and learning amongst school staff.

• To ensure curricular policy development is focussed on continuous improvement.

Leadership and Management

• To organize the day to day running of the Foundation Stage/Early Years classes including the efficient management of school resources.

• To work with the Leadership Team to present an accurate and coherent account of the school’s performance to a range of audiences, enabling them to play their part effectively.

• To liaise with colleagues in order to support the successful transition of all pupils from the Early Years to Key Stage 1.

• To liaise with outside agencies and local feeder Early Years settings to ensure appropriate provision for all children is in place prior to admission

Curriculum Management

• To contribute to the School’s Mission Statement and Development Plan by working collaboratively with appropriate colleagues in the composition, implementation and evaluation of an agreed Departmental Plan, supporting and applying the strategic policies of the School.

• To ensure effective student-centred delivery of the National Curriculum / Strategy Guidelines by the careful consideration and implementation of appropriate Schemes of Work, examination syllabi and appropriate styles of teaching and learning and methods of delivery.

• To support Line Managers in adhering to School assessment, recording and reporting processes and deadlines for all classes assigned, ensuring that formative, diagnostic and summative processes are accurately recorded within the deadlines assigned and meet the needs of the students, parents and national requirements.

• To undertake and present, as required, effective lesson planning, coursework assessments and other marking, and report on examinations within the protocols, polices and deadlines as assigned, maintaining a Record Log / Planner showing lessons delivered, and those to be delivered, at least one week in advance as required by the Headteacher and/or Line Managers.

• To participate fully in meetings arranged which relate to the curricular, administrative and pastoral arrangements of the school, including Parents’ Consultation Days or events, Daily Briefing and Professional Development Days. 

• To support Line Managers in supporting the delivery and evaluation of Key /Core Skills development, ensuring a consistency of high quality approaches to teaching and learning throughout the curriculum.

• To keep abreast of current local and national curriculum developments, ensuring effective dissemination amongst appropriate colleagues as a feature of professional development.

• To work collaboratively in the implementation of all School policies, such as Special Needs, Equal Opportunities or Assessment, ensuring that such policies are consistently reflected in the teacher’s own professional relationships and activities.

Staff Management

• To collaborate in the development of a climate of mutual support in which self-confidence and self-esteem can grow and effective teams established and nurtured.

• To share responsibility for the training and development of colleagues within the area assigned, including the induction of newly qualified or unqualified teachers, and student teachers, acting if/when appropriate as Team Leader in the Performance Management procedures.

• To ensure that monitoring, evaluation and celebration are explicit in the postholder’s own professional development, meeting regularly with Line Managers to discuss the planning, implementation and review of objectives.

• To work co-operatively in consultative procedures as a two-way channel of communication with Line Managers and to attend and positively contribute to regular and meaningful professional meetings as reasonably required.

• To liaise effectively with all relevant colleagues, specifically including Learning Support staff and collaborating in the sharing of good practice, team teaching, lesson observations and in the monitoring of students’ work.

Student Management

• To take a lead in the implementation of the pastoral aims and objectives of the School at classroom and at tutor level in association with the relevant Line Managers, actively pursuing ways of celebrating student successes at every level and proactively advising students regarding moral issues, positive citizenship and ownership of their own learning.

• To set and take action to fulfil the highest expectations of standards of achievement, attendance and behaviour, establishing and maintaining managerial systems to maximise student safety, well being and development.

• To identify students with particular needs, liaising with appropriate colleagues and outside agencies to ensure that individual student needs are met, notably working collaboratively with any learning support assistance assigned in support of student learning.

• To have oversight of the work and behaviour of all students in the classes or groups assigned, proactively taking appropriate action in matters of academic progress, care and discipline in relation to the learning situation.

• To act as a member of a pastoral team, attending Year and other School assemblies and leading form-based Personal and Social Education programmes and activities as required.

Resource Management

• To advise the Line Manager on any aspect of the School’s timetable, resource deployment or matters of professional concern.

• To actively support Line Managers in exercising effective care over the organisation, accommodation, movement and teaching resources of the School to ensure most efficient and effective use with minimal loss damage or wastage.

• To manage the classroom effectively, paying particular regard to the maintenance of a purposeful, safe and stimulating learning environment and the security of School equipment and resources.