Class Teacher with TLR for curriculum responsibility - Oldbury, United Kingdom - Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Description

Required from: September 2024

Closing Date: 13th May 2024 at 12pm

Shortlisting: 14th May 2024

Interviews to be held on: 22nd May 2024

We are currently seeking a curriculum leader for our vibrant and dynamic 2-form entry school in the heart of the local community. With a clear vision of igniting passion, empowering learners to develop lifelong skills to meet the challenges of the future, we are committed to providing an exceptional education to all of our pupils.

The successful candidate will have a passion for education and a strong commitment to the personal development of pupils. The Governors at Causeway Green Primary School are seeking to appoint an excellent middle leader for September 2024 to join our amazing team.

Are You?

• Experienced in teaching as a consistently good or outstanding practitioner with the enthusiasm to make a real difference?

• Ready to lead an overarching curriculum area (dependant on the candidate's strength)

• Committed to doing what you can to get it right for every child in your care?

• Creative in the way you approach new challenges?

• A desire to collaborate and develop professionally through research and learning new things?

• Able to demonstrate composure through everything?

• Focused on your 'why' and able to think through the purpose of everything?

• Willing to incessantly model our school values, whilst always leading with integrity?

We can offer you:

• a friendly, caring and supportive team ethos

• quality professional development opportunities

• well behaved, polite and enthusiastic pupils

• a supportive senior leadership team and governors.

Job Purpose

To meet the requirements of:

• A teacher as set out in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document

• The Professional Standards for Teachers (available for reference from the head teacher)

• To lead an overarching curriculum area across the whole school.

TLR teachers play a critical role in the life of the school via:

• Being a role model for teaching and learning.

• Making a distinctive contribution to the raising of pupil standards through effective subject leadership

• Contributing effectively to the work of the wider school team

• Taking advantage of CPD opportunities and using the outcomes effectively to improve pupils' learning.

Duties and responsibilities – General.

• Planning and preparing work for pupils assigned to him/her.

• Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils assigned to her/him including the setting and marking of work.

• To ensure that the registers are marked punctually and kept up to date as required by law. All absences should be accounted for and any problems or concerns reported to the Head Teacher.

• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment achieved by those pupils assigned to him/her as per School Policy.

• Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils he/she is assigned to teach.

• Participating in the arrangements for the appraisal of his/her performance.

• Participating in arrangements for his/her further training and professional development as a teacher as appropriate under Performance Management.

• Taking all reasonable steps in class and around the school environment to maintain good order and discipline among pupils and safeguarding their Health and Safety both when they are authorised to be on school premises and when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.

• Participating, as appropriate, in meetings at school which relate to the curriculum, administration or organisation of the school.

• To be actively involved in and support the wider life of the school

Leadership of an overarching curriculum area:

• To have a clear vision for the leadership of the designated overarching curriculum area

• To create relevant action plans and rigorously monitor for impact

• To develop subject knowledge and expertise keeping up to date with national developments, teaching practice and methodology to support staff and pupils in achieving the highest standards

• To support colleagues in ensuring effective curriculum coverage, continuity, progression and challenge through the application of extensive knowledge and well-informed understanding of assessment requirements and arrangements for the core subject area

• To regularly monitor and evaluate subject delivery (e.g. learning walks, work scrutiny, planning audits, resource audits, pupil views and data analysis) and produce reports and development plans

• To manage the allocated budget for the designated core subject areas and arrange for the purchase of appropriate resources to enable colleagues to teach the subject effectively

• To ensure resources are well organised, well maintained and accessible to colleagues

• To offer guidance and support to staff in developing the subject and to the leadership team in leading, managing and developing the subject

Applications are invited from prospective candidates who are able to demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification.

Visits to the school and meeting the headteacher are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office on to book an appointment.

Completed forms should be returned directly to the school via the post or the email address:

Causeway Green Primary School as part of Sandwell Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) clearance is required for this role.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role'

This post requires a Children's Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post.

If you are shortlisted for the position, we will also conduct an online search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.

Hours

Full time

Grade

Main Pay Range/Upper Pay Range (£30,000 - £46,525) Plus TLR2a £3,214

Location

Causeway Green Primary School, Penncricket Lane, Oldbury B68 8LX

Contract Type

Permanent

Closing Date

13th May 2024 at 12 noon