Teacher of History
Rothesay Joint Campus
Argyll & Bute Council
- Expired
- Salary:
- £27,438-£36,480
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 February 2019
Job overview
Planning:
To participate in the development of the education service plan by working in partnership with colleagues (within and outwith the service) by implementing national and local priorities to ensure all young people reach their potential.
To support and work with the head teacher in planning how these are delivered effectively and efficiently within the service. These responsibilities as delegated by head teacher, may include:
a) Participation with staff, parents and young people to generate the vision, values and aims
b) Support school management to generate and develop a whole school improvement plan which supports continuous improvements
c) Plan the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence to ensure maximum impact that benefits the young people (curricular maps/plans)
d) In consultation develop effective partnerships within the community which will support service delivery
e) Developing the wider school ethos and strategic direction of pastoral care to young people
Experience
- Experience relevant to leading and managing within a school which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement for every young person.
- Evidence of knowledge about relevant quality standards frameworks and their use in supporting continuous improvement.
- Experience of planning coherent progressive and stimulating teaching programmes
- Experience of incorporating a range of innovative and creative teaching strategies and methodology
- Experience of leading an aspect of school improvement.
- Experience of demonstrating an ability within their class to:
• Develop a culture of respect
• Create appropriate ethos
• Set high expectations
• Model best practice
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the quality of learning in the class using NARS
- Has demonstrated a clear commitment to collegiality and to professional dialogue, empowering and supporting effective teams and young people. This includes building school capacity by developing leadership in others.
- Building positive relationships with parents, professional colleagues, the wider community and other agencies to extend their educational vision embracing an agenda for lifelong learning.
- Can make best strategic and operational use of available resources to create, maintain and monitor an appropriate learning environment to support effective learning and teaching.
- Experience of assessing young people using NARS and/or national qualifications
Closing date: 08/02/2019
Reference: ARB04449
Rothesay Academy, Rothesay Joint Campus, High Street, Rothesay Isle of Bute., Isle Of Bute
About Rothesay Joint Campus
About the Campus
Rothesay Joint Campus occupies a new purpose built campus which has been constructed under the NPDO system in Argyll & Bute. This is a variant on a private public partnership project. The new school is purpose built for 21st century education, the quality of furnishings and fitments is very high with emphasis placed on the latest ICT technologies. The new school is on two levels and all departments are closely grouped together.
Due to Scottish Executive Funding, we are fortunate that all rooms with be equipped with interactive whiteboards and data projectors. Additionally the entire campus is equipped for wireless connection of computers to the main school server and the internet.
The campus is shared between Rothesay Academy, Rothesay Primary School and our Pre-5 facility. Giving an overall pupil population of approximately 630 on the site. The main Assembly Hall, dining room and P.E. facilities are shared between Primary and Secondary sectors. The campus also accommodates Argyll College which is under the management of the University of the Highlands & Islands. This establishment provides high quality Skills for Work courses for our pupils and caters for the island's educational needs up to degree level. External to the buildings there are grass pitches as well as floodlit all weather pitches and extensive facility for car parking.
The Academy is a fully comprehensive school offering subjects for SQA certification under the following faculty headings: English, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Social Subjects, Science, Art, Music, Food & Technology, Computing and Physical Education and Health.
About the Island of Bute
Lying close to the mainland of west central Scotland, and only 15 miles long and 5 miles across at its widest, the Isle of Bute ('fire', or 'beacon fire' or 'victory Isle') is popularly described as "The Jewel of the Clyde". It has also been labelled "the first island in the Scottish Highlands" on account of the Highland Boundary Fault passing roughly NE-SW through the middle of the island - reflected in a dramatic contrast between the higher-lying and more rugged north and the lower-lying and gently undulating southern portions of the island. Not surprisingly the highest points on Bute are in the northern half of the island, and there are three points above 800 feet Windy Hill (911'), Kames Hill (875') and Kilbride Hill (836'). Panoramic views from these, and other high-point locations are simply breathtaking!
The landscape also testifies to the processes of the Ice Age, with numerous glacial valleys, lochs, erratics and raised beaches. Bute's almost 80km coastline boasts five idyllic bays which are over 1km wide, and more than a dozen smaller bays and inlets.
The mainstays of Bute's economy are the hospitality sector, agriculture, retail business, and construction, together with several sizeable individual enterprises including a large Call Centre (Webhelp), FlexiTech (electronics), Bute Fabrics, Ardmaleish Boat Building, and Bute Island Foods. While tourism and agriculture are traditionally seasonal industries, a significant number of public service positions contribute to employment opportunities and to local spending power, and serves as a stabilizing influence on Bute's overall economy.
Developments in ICT mean of course that many businesses now do not need to be as place-bound as in the past. This greater flexibility in workplace location, plus quick and convenient accessibility to the established commercial hubs and even further a-field when needed, makes Bute an ideal base from which to operate. There must be few other places where one can conduct business in such an idyllic setting of beauty, peace, tranquillity, friendliness and security! And this reality is being increasingly recognised by those who seek to abandon the urban jungle and to come and enjoy the unique 'Bute Lifestyle'.
Links
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http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?w=37887068055@N01&q=isle+of+bute&m=pool
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/areabute/index.html
http://www.isle-of-bute.com/
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