Teacher

Job Purpose

To carry out professional duties and to have responsibility for an assigned class.

To be responsible for the day-to-day work and management of the class and the safety and welfare of the pupils, during on-site and off-site activities.

To promote the aims and objectives of the academy and maintain its philosophy of education.

Main duties and responsibilities

To create and manage a caring, supportive, purposeful and stimulating environment which is conducive to children’s learning.

To plan and prepare lessons in order to deliver the curriculum and bespoke academy curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance in all subjects.

To plan and deliver a creative, responsive and appropriate curriculum for the profile of learners in your class

To identify clear teaching objectives and learning outcomes, with appropriate challenge and high expectations.

To strongly develop basic skills in Language and Mathematics, ensuring good progress

To maintain good order and discipline among the pupils, safeguarding their health and safety.

To organise and manage groups or individual pupils ensuring differentiation of learning needs, reflecting all abilities.

To provide high quality play and experiential learning.

To develop a high quality environment both indoors and outdoors.

To plan opportunities to develop the social, emotional and cultural aspects of pupils’ learning.

To support inwardly mobile pupils through baseline assessment, knowledge of pupil records and appropriate pastoral and teaching support

To maintain a regular system of monitoring, assessment, record-keeping and reporting of children’s progress.

To prepare appropriate records for the transfer of pupils.

To ensure effective use of support staff within the classroom, including parent helpers.

To participate in staff meetings as required.

Contribute to the development and co-ordination of a particular area of the curriculum.

To be part of a whole academy team, actively involved in decision-making on the preparation and development of policies and programmes of study, teaching materials, resources, methods of teaching and pastoral arrangements.

 To ensure that academy policies are reflected in daily practice.

 To communicate and consult with parents over all aspects of their children’s education – academic, social and emotional.

 To liaise with outside agencies when appropriate eg. Educational Psychologist.

 To meet individual needs of all groups of pupils.

 To continue professional development, maintaining a portfolio of training undertaken.

 To meet with parents and appropriate agencies, to contribute positively to the education of the children concerned.

 To support the Principal and Vice Principal in promoting the ethos of the academy.

 To promote the welfare of children and to support the academy in safeguarding children though relevant policies and procedures.

 To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.

 To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the Academy’s Health and Safety policy and any academy-specific procedures / rules that apply to this role.