Head of Geography - Guilsborough, United Kingdom - Guilsborough Academy

Guilsborough Academy

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Guilsborough, United Kingdom

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Description

Key Responsibilities:

Teachers should seek to enhance student selfesteem through a supportive, encouraging, yet challenging approach to learning, employing a wide variety of teaching styles suited to the needs of individuals and small groups as well as whole classes.
All teachers will be expected to prepare, teach, mark work and maintain records of attendance, progress, behaviour and achievement in accordance with agreed school policies, using the information to raise standards of learning, with target grades set and reviewed regularly with students.
Teachers are encouraged to take the initiative in putting forward ideas and to assist in the development of any aspects of the school.
All teachers will be expected to work collaboratively with other staff as members of teams, departments and other crosscurricular groups. Their contributions of their own particular talents and skills to such groups will aid the production of new initiatives, policies, resources, schemes of work etc.
In collaboration with students, all staff are responsible for caring for the school environment, ensuring health and safety requirements are met and that a good learning environment is created.
All staff should work in partnership with parents, communicating with them and always seeking to achieve the best outcome for each student.
All staff should establish high expectations of positive student behaviour and appearance.
In order to meet their own professional needs and the aims of the school all staff have the right to appropriate support and professional development opportunities, both through training and through formal and informal contact with colleagues. This is accessed through the performance management review programme.
Teachers should be aware of the school's agreed policies in all areas and work together to implement these effectively.

Leadership:

The Head of Department will be expected to:

Provide a role model for pedagogy/methodology
Use data effectively to raise standards
Create ambience/climate for learning and set high expectations
Organise and facilitate the delivery of training
Develop learning styles and thinking skills for staff and student

Management:

The Head of Department will be expected to ensure quality and consistency of:

Marking and assessment
Reporting
Planning, schemes of work
Organisation of teaching
Meeting needs of all pupils (including management of behaviour and its impact on learning)
Educational enhancement (e.g. booster classes, trips/visits)
Oversee exam entry

Performance Management
The Head of Department will be expected to line manage a number of team members in relation to:

Totality of performance
Challenging objectives
Development to reflect school, departmental and individual needs/aspirations
Capability

Knowledge/skills/expertise

The head of department will be confident with:

Use of comparative data
Statutory requirements
ICT
Commitment to own development

School Level

The Head of Department will be expected to:

Liaise with the Director of Faculty on whole school issues at an appropriate level
Liaise with external agencies
Represent team views, concerns and interests
Support school ethos and policies
Support links with parents

Personnel

The Head of Department will be expected to:

Participate in selection of new staff
Use good delegation, communication and organisational skills (Team Work)
Support, guide and motivate team members and support staff
Heighten common purpose/shared vision secure commitment (team buys in)
Chair meetings
Coach
Mentor
Direct TAs/support staff
Liaise with the Director of Faculty to help provide threshold and upper pay spine assessment, references, promotion, induction, ITT

Pupil Outcomes
The Head of Department is responsible for raising achievement and monitoring pupil outcomes:

Key stage 3, 4 &
Post 1
Other examinations/accreditation

Resources

The Head of Department is responsible for:

Work alongside Director of Faculty to oversee any risk assessments and Health and Safety in the area
Effective deployment of staff e.g. during gained time

General:

To attend relevant meetings and training sessions
Promote and safeguard the welfare of young and vulnerable people.
To be aware of, and assume the appropriate level of responsibility for, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and to report any concerns in accordance with the school's safeguarding policies.
To maintain high standards of confidentiality
To be aware of and work in accordance with the school's child protection policies and procedures, and to raise any concerns relating to such procedures which may be noted in the course of duty
To be aware of and adherre to applicable riles, regulation, legislation and procedures including the schools equlity policy and Code of Conduct and national regulations such as Data protection