Teacher of Languages (Maternity Cover)

Crosfields wishes to appoint a language teacher who can lead, support and promote the teaching of languages, in particular French, and ideally some Spanish in KS3 and KS4.

This is a maternity cover commencing 1st September 2023 and ending Easter 2024 (end of Spring Term). Applications will close once a suitable candidate is found.

Key areas of responsibility

• With support from the Head of Languages, you will lead the French GCSE course.
• Teach French, and potentially Spanish, across KS3 & 4.
• Assist in the development of appropriate lessons, resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies in the subject area.
• Provide student support during Language Clinics once to twice per week during a lunch time or after school.
• Attend all appropriate meetings.
• Plan and prepare lessons by using/adapting resources currently available in the department as well as creating and sharing your own.
• Provide students with constructive feedback on their progress, achievement and attainment with classwork and prep according to department guidelines.
• Assess and track the development, progress and attainment of students.
• Engage with research and/or literature around teaching and learning and to implement this in lessons.
• Reflect on feedback given and use assessment information to deliver lessons that meet student needs in terms of challenge, relevance, continuity and progression.
• Report regularly on student progress and attainment to parents, students and other staff.
• Teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the student.
• Ensure that any other adults who assist in lessons are fully briefed on curriculum planning and are deployed effectively in order to maximise student progress
• Contribute to the whole school’s planning activities.
• Assist the head of department.
• Carry out all duties and responsibilities in accordance with school policies, procedures and statutory health and safety requirements.
• Continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject.
• knowledge and teaching methods.
• To engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.
• Evaluate teaching and strive to maintain and improve quality.
• Play a full part in the life of the school community, to support the school aims and to encourage staff and pupils to follow this example.
• Communicate effectively with the parents as appropriate.
• Where appropriate, to communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the school.
• Lead and support co-curricular and enrichment activities.
• Be a form tutor.
• Promote the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of the form tutor group as a whole.
• Ensure the implementation of the school’s Pastoral System.
• Register pupils, accompany them to collects, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of school life.
• Apply the Behaviour Management systems so that effective learning can take place
• Comply with all school policies.
• Adhere to the National Standards for Teachers.
• Partake in continuous professional development around safeguarding

SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

As a result of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, employers now have to verify that new recruits who are not British nationals are eligible to work in this country. Therefore, any applicant who is offered an interview will asked to provide official documentation to verify their ID, address and right to work in the UK. It is also normal practice for the School to ask for original qualifications and professional membership documents to be presented at interview as detailed on the application form.

Crosfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, online checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service.