Science Lead Practitioner (Accredited/Aspiring)
Harris Academy South Norwood
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership L9 – L12 (£49,857 - £53,155) + Health Cash Plan + Generous Harris Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 15 May 2016
Job overview
We amalgamated with Harris Academy Upper Norwood in September 2014 to create one academy operating across two sites. The leadership group and teaching staff work across both sites and we have one Governing Body. In the next two years, as the academy continues to grow, we will have over 2,500 students including 500 in the 6th form. Harris South Norwood is an outstanding Academy and has excellent facilities for teaching and learning.
We have the highest standards of behaviour and expectations. We have been recognised by the DFE as being one of the best school in England for our type of intake and one of the most effective schools in the country. Our programmes for professionally developing staff are first class.
The purpose of the Lead Practitioner post is to help secure the highest standards of teaching and learning across the Academy through exceptional classroom practice, promoting and disseminating evidence-informed teaching, and providing intensive support to colleagues to help them develop their teaching potential.
With nearly 140 teachers in our amalgamated Academy we are looking to appoint a team of Lead Practitioners who will:
- Model for and coach other teachers to become consistently brilliant in the teaching of their subject
- Deliver high quality professional learning which draws on the most robust research
- Contribute to the work of the Teaching School through high level mentoring for our School Direct training teachers
- Work as required in other academies to spread the very best of teaching practice such as delivering training sessions/masterclasses
- Play a lead role in developing subject rigour across all year groups to prepare students for the demands of the new GCSE and AS/A-level examinations.
We would especially like to hear from existing or aspiring Lead Practitioners. You will join a supportive and aspirational team and have the opportunity to teach across key stages three, four and the 6th form. We are happy to accept applications from teachers at any stage in their career, the key is appointing an outstanding teacher with the skill set to coach/mentor other teachers. You will predominantly assist in developing the best quality teaching across the academy.
As a member of the Harris Federation of schools we can offer:
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- A range of staff benefits including private health care
- A modern and attractive working environment
If you would like to come and see us in action or have an informal chat about the role please contact Elouise Gillette, Senior HR Administrator, by email: gillettee@harrissouthnorwood.org.uk.
Please apply for this position online using our Harris careers portal. You can make a quick and simple online application from any device. To download the Job Description and Personal Specification, please click here to register and start the application – https://careers.harrisfederation.org.uk/vacancy/science-lead-practitioner-262460.html
Harris Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
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About Harris Academy South Norwood
- Harris Academy South Norwood
- Cumberlow Avenue, South Norwood
- London
- SE25 6AE
- United Kingdom
Harris Academy South Norwood is an 11-18 Academy for 1,100 students that opened in September 2007, located in a purpose built, state-of-the-art new building.
Harris Academy South Norwood is an outstanding Academy and has excellent facilities for teaching and learning. We have the highest standards of behaviour and expectations. We have been recognised by the DFE as being one of the best schools in England for our type of intake and one of the most effective schools in the country, with pupil progress in the top 1% nationally. Our programmes for professionally developing staff are first class.
The Academy is a happy, hard-working and highly ambitious community in which students and staff treat one another with care and respect. It combines traditional values of discipline and good-manners with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with a specialism in Enterprise.
Our Sixth Form has grown to be the largest in the Federation, from 43 students in 2007 to 380 in 2013. We are full in all other year groups and we believe this is a testament to the reputation and continued success of the academy.
Academy Ethos
A vision for every teacher, every student and every leader to be outstanding: the expectation is to foster a culture of academic excellence, ambition and aspiration. All students yet in particular our most vulnerable are nurtured and cared for in a holistic way.
There is a culture of high expectations for all students, which underpins every development in the Academy. Harris Academy South Norwood has developed flexible and creative approaches to teaching and learning that raises standards for all.
Using the specialism of Business and Enterprise six core principles have been established that are recognised across the Academy as promoting enterprising learning:
· Learning first
· High aspirations
· Business environment
· Celebrate success
· Growing confidence
· Spirit of enterprise
An Academy ethos of encouragement is central to the promotion of good learning. Rewards are one of the means of achieving this, playing a motivational role in helping students to realise that good behaviour and high achievement is valued.
Academy Specialism
Enterprise
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