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Professional Responsibilities

General Duties

As a Classroom Teacher, to:

• Provide outstanding instruction in the Sciences.

• Implement the scope and sequence of curriculum for teaching your core secondary class in order to ensure effectiveness of the curriculum

• Use instructional strategies that fully support the curriculum and mission of the school

• Use knowledge learned about a particular core subject.

• Take responsibility of the progress of your class of students

• Actively promote equality of opportunity within an inclusive and diverse classroom

• Maintain an attractive, dynamic and emotionally safe learning environment

• Work to inspire in all children a desire for success and a passion for learning

• Deliver learning to meet the needs of all groups of learners including those with additional needs

• Manage behaviour with consistency and fairness in line with our school Behaviour Policy, to ensure a safe, ordered atmosphere for all

• Prepare pupils for qualifications and external examinations such as the SAT

• Effect regular and efficient formative assessment to inform planning and learning; using data to identify gaps in learning, to inform teaching and, therefore, to maximise students’ progress

• Be a proactive member of the departmental team, taking the lead in curriculum or pastoral strengths to inform and monitor curriculum content, standards and resources

• Show a willingness to be involved in the extra-curricular life of the school

• Foster and maintain an efficient and productive relationship between home and school.

• Undertake any tasks as reasonably required by the Secondary Principal.

Teaching and Learning

• Demonstrate consistently outstanding teaching skills, managing students and maintaining high standards of behaviour and creating a calm, purposeful learning environment

• Take initiative in becoming familiar with all aspects of the curriculum in Secondary that differ from previous experience or training

• Take responsibility for all administrative tasks associated with the role of Secondary teacher

• Work with Secondary team in the development and delivery of a creative and stimulating curriculum

• Work with the Secondary team in the development and maintenance of a stimulating teaching environment that ensures optimum use of time, space and facilities

• Work with the Secondary team to ensure that the requirements of the curriculum are met, including arrangements for assessment and moderation

• Be an active member of Secondary team meetings and take a role in developing and implementing policies, initiatives, discussing samples of work, assessment and record keeping, moderation, etc.