Subject Specialist Leader (Geography)
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Inspiration Trust
East of England
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- Salary:
- Salary: £52,414 - £57,934 (L12-16)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
Job overview
Subject Specialist Leader (Geography)
Salary: £52,414 - £57,934 (L12-16)
Permanent, full time
Starting January 2020
Based in Norwich, with regular work across Norfolk and north Suffolk
Are you passionate about geography teaching and geography education? Are you committed to improving the life chances of young people? Are you a real curriculum thinker?
We are seeking an expert subject specialist leader for geography to work as part of our central education team. This is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing geography teacher and leader, with a proven track record in achieving exceptional outcomes, to have a significant impact across several schools.
Inspiration Trust is at an exciting point in its development. Twice ranked the country's top comprehensive secondary schools group, we have invested significantly in our long-term curriculum development to transform outcomes in our schools. We are also proud to be forerunners in developing a knowledge-rich approach to curriculum You will play a significant role in our mission to dramatically improve life chances for disadvantaged young people in Norfolk and north Suffolk.
Our central team subject specialists are senior, highly visible within the MAT, and play a key role in working with principals and senior leadership teams to support and to help improve departments within our schools and develop our subject communities. As a specialist lead you will have an extremely varied role involving engaging with research, coaching and mentoring, leading CPD, developing robust improvement strategies and helping to establish new departments or lead rapid recovery where required. This is an exciting post providing enormous scope for a talented and passionate practitioner to work alongside a team of highly experienced and committed geography practitioners with a wealth of knowledge and expertise.
The successful candidate will understand that high-impact teaching is informed by effective subject specific curriculum design and a knowledge-thorough pedagogy. The role will involve some teaching, so that there is the opportunity to develop our curriculum alongside geography specialists in our schools. Our subject specialists work across all phases; however experience of secondary teaching is essential.
There will be opportunities to play a part in our school-based Initial Teacher Training programme, training the classroom leaders of the future. For the right candidate, with the relevant expertise, there would also be the opportunity to take on a leadership role within our ITT leadership team.
The Trust has a strong programme of induction and professional development for its staff, with regular courses run by some of the best-known names in education. The Trust may offer support with relocation costs for candidates moving from outside the area.
To apply for this role please click the button on this page to complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications: Midday, Monday 7th October 2019
Interview date: Thursday 17th October 2019
inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer
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About Inspiration Trust
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- Inspiration Trust
- Weights and Measures Building, 28 Bethel Street, Norwich
- Norfolk
- NR2 1NR
- United Kingdom
Inspiration Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Norfolk and north Suffolk. We support a family of 14 academies, train more than 40 teachers a year and offer continuing professional development (CPD) courses to teachers across the region. We also spearhead Inspiration Teaching School and Angles Maths Hub.
We believe that every child deserves an excellent education. Our family of schools collaborate, support and innovate to give every child the best start in life. We’re proudly committed to improving the standards of education in the East of England.
We care about every child that comes through our school gates, our staff, families and wider community.
We share our knowledge, ideas and expertise locally and nationally. Our teachers and leaders can benefit from our CPD programme and inspire the next generation of teachers through Inspiration Teacher Training.
We dare to do more for our children. We believe in a knowledge-rich curriculum combined with cultural opportunities, sports, music and enrichment. We’re proud to support schools in some of the region’s most disadvantaged areas – we believe every child can succeed.
Our vision
- To be the highest performing Trust in the country – to achieve our goal of every children receiving an excellent education.
- To be a model of best practice for inclusion for all pupils, particularly for our most vulnerable and disadvantaged students.
- To have exceptional pedagogy and curriculum in all our schools.
- To be an employer of choice in the Eastern region for teachers, leaders and business support staff.
- To be the first choice for parents in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Our principles
Principle one - routines and preparation for adulthood
We use routines to make school efficient and increase learning time. But, we ensure that over time this scaffolding is removed to prepare children for the independence of adulthood.
Principle two - social norms
We raise our children to be comfortable in the social norms of most workplaces. But, we think hard about where those norms may not feel inclusive; we want our children to feel welcome.
Principle three - powerful knowledge
We teach powerful knowledge so that children can understand, access and influence our society. But, we also teach critiques of this knowledge - to give our children an edge and show them that a canon is always up for debate.
Principle four - thinking
We guide learning carefully to ensure all children can access the curriculum and know it. But, we also challenge children to apply their thinking to complex problems to strengthen their intellectual resilience.
Principle five - teaching behaviour
We have rules and systems to ensure good behaviour so that all children can learn, disruption free. But, we realise that behaviour needs to be taught, and some children need more support to reach that standard than others.
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