Maths Teacher

Thank you for your interest in the position of MathsTeacher (TLR responsibilities available for the right candidate) at AIM North London. This position is open to Newly Qualified and Trainee Teachers.

Job Description

A. PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

As a leader within the Academy, you will role-model the values that we live by:

Love: We show love and respect for all members of the community in words and actions

Endeavour: We work hard in all that we do; we know there are no shortcuts.

Act: We act today for positive change. We do not wait till tomorrow.

Dream: We dream big and know that we can determine our own destiny.

B. JOB PURPOSE:

As a member of the AIM North London team, your aim is to ensure that ALL students are safe, cared

for, and are on a journey to becoming Leaders for Tomorrow.

To meet this aim, you will

• Actively demonstrate, recognise and reward the LEAD values in all aspects of your work

• Develop students’ character through your role as a House Coach, and delivering the LEAD curriculum

• Contribute to the AIM8 wider curriculum as appropriate (opportunities for students to enjoy wider experiences that develop cultural and social capital)

• Ensure safeguarding procedures are always followed and that student well-being is core in all parts of your practice.

As a member of the teaching team, your aim is to ensure that ALL students learn and thrive in every lesson, on their journey to become Leaders for Tomorrow.

To meet this aim, you will work towards ensuring that the five ‘pillars’ for Teaching and Learning are met in every lesson:

1. Students learn in disruption-free classrooms

2. Teachers plan backwards from a challenging end point (daily, fortnightly, per cycle), with clearly defined knowledge and skills required for learners

3. Teachers design the knowledge-based curriculum sequenced to help students remember over time.

4. Teachers explicitly teach using pre-prepared models and exposition (with appropriate scaffold) and ensure students deliberately practise application of knowledge

5. Teachers check for understanding systematically (daily, fortnightly, per cycle) and close gaps accordingly

In order to embed these five pillars, you will:

• ensure that students consistently display a thirst for knowledge and a love of learning

• follow the Academy behaviour policy at all times

• have the highest possible standards and expectations for all students

• complete end-point assessments, and create model answers prior to teaching sequences of lessons

• deconstruct model answers, identifying knowledge, skills and misconceptions

• plan for all students to reach the highest end point, and scaffold to support individual students where required

• ensure that your own subject knowledge is excellent in all areas of the curriculum

• follow the academy model of direct instruction and well-designed purposeful practice

• forensically evaluate student progress routinely through rigorous monitoring of evidence in books, lessons and assessments

• keep systematic records to show students' understanding and completion of work and the identified strengths, areas for development and grades awarded

• consistently seek to dismantle barriers to learning for individual students and groups, working with other colleagues where appropriate.

As a member of the teaching team, your aim is to become a better teacher every single day.

Teaching is a research-informed, performance profession made up of learnable skills that can be practised and improved over time. Teaching practice improves through instructional coaching and improvement is accelerated by seeing models of other practitioners. You are well-supported in this aim through mentoring, line management and professional development.

In order to meet this aim, you will:

• take a keen interest in the evidence about how students learn best and be committed to evidence-based practice and continuous improvement

• develop habits in which you script and rehearse key explanations, and routines on your own and with colleagues

• regularly visit other colleagues’ lessons, review books and have professional dialogue about improving classroom practise

• engage fully in coaching and development to improve practice.

Next Steps

Please watch this video to learn more about our school: https://vimeo.com/503005263 

Please visit our website to view further information about the role and application process: https://www.aimnorthlondon.org.uk/321/current-vacancies 

If you would like to arrange an informal conversation with the Principal, a member of the department you are applying to or a current trainee, or if you would like to arrange a tour of the Academy (in-line with Government guidance), please get in touch with the Principal’s PA, Callum O’Grady on c.ogrady@aimnorthlondon.org.uk 

To find out more about our School’s Direct training program, including links to the UCAS application form http://www.aimallianceschools.org/train-to-teach/secondary-teacher-training/

For any further queries about recruitment and applications, please contact recruitment@aimnorthlondon.org.uk