Reception Class Teacher - London, United Kingdom - Prestige Teaching Ltd

Description

DutiesandResponsibilities

Teaching,LearningandAssessment

• To teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire, and improve pupilattainment.
• Think carefully about the needs of your class and plan innovative and inspiring sequence oflearningto help childrenachievetheirgoals.
• Use regular, measurable, and significant assessments to monitor pupil progress, review andsettargets.
• Workwithcolleaguestoimprovemyownpracticethroughmonitoringand teamwork.
• Ensure that all students achieve age related expectations and good level of development, or,if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving theirindividualtarget.
• Useeffectiveteachingstrategiestosupportthosewithadditionaleducationalneeds.
• Maintain regular and productive communication with parents, to report on progress,rewardsand consequences andallother feedback.

PastoralCare

• Tohelppromoteandsafeguardthewelfareofallchildren.
• To promote selfdiscipline, high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes on the part ofallstudentsandto implement policiesandprocedurestofosterthem.
• To ensure that a high standard of care and behaviour is maintained through thedevelopmentandimplementationofbehavioursystems.
• Toestablishandmaintainaneffectiveenvironmentforgoodlearning.

CommunicationandCommunityLinks

• To fully support the life and work of the school.
• To develop and maintain positive and effective professional relationships with colleagues, parents, the local community, Trustees and NSCT schools.
• To ensure that parents, carers and pupils are well informed about the curriculum,attainment and progress and are able to understand and contribute to targets forimprovement.

Other

• Ensure that the classroom environment is organised, tidy, stimulating, and attractive throughdisplaysand useof resources.
• Todirect,asrequired,supportstaffwithinyourclassroomtoensuretheyeffectivelysupport children'slearningandpromoteprogress.
• Ensure that agreed school policies are followed and understood.
• Ensure that the school's Racial Equality and Equal Opportunity policies are always adheredto.
• Provide regular written reports as part of the required professional role.
• Attend staff meetings and engage in continued professional development.
• Ensure that the school's Health & Safety procedures are always followed and adhered to.

PersonSpecification:
ReceptionClassTeacher(EYFS)
Qualifications-Essential

• Bachelor'sDegreeorequivalentteachingqualification
• Rightto workintheUK
• QualifiedTeacherStatus

Qualifications-Desirable

• FurtherDegreeorrelevantqualifications

Experience-Essential

• Highlevelskillsasaclassroompractitioner
• AsoundgraspoftheEYFS,DevelopmentMattersandtheEYFSFramework
• Experienceofeffectivelessonplanning,markingandassessmentpractice
• Experience of using a range of positive behaviour management techniques to create aneffective climateforlearning
• Experienceof workingwellasateammember
• Experienceofcommunicatingandpresentingtoothers
• Improvingpracticethrougheffectivemonitoringandfeedback
• Theabilitytomotivateandinspirechildren
• Goodorganisationalandtimemanagementskills
• Experienceof adaptingteachingtorespondtotheneedsofallpupils

Experience-Desirable

• ExperienceofEYFS
• Experienceoftargetsettinganddatatrackingsystems
• Theabilitytoanalysedatatoidentifyunderperformance
• Experienceofraisingattainmentusingeffectiveinterventionstrategies
• Experienceofgoodcommunicationwithparentsandcarers

KnowledgeandUnderstanding-Essential

• An understanding of the features of effective EYFS pedagogy, child development and EYFScurriculum
• AnunderstandingofwhateffectiveteachingandlearninglookslikeintheEarly Years
• Knowledgeandunderstandinginhowtoteachearlyreading,writingandmaths
• Knowledgeofbarrierstolearningandhowtosupportpupilstoovercomethese
• Understandingofsafeguarding/ChildProtectionrequirements
• Knowledgeandunderstandingoftheimportanceofcontinuedprofessionaldevelopment
• Understandanddeliverthevisionoftheschool
• Understandandpromotetheschools'ethosandvalues

KnowledgeandUnderstanding -Desirable

• Knowledge of research and evidenced best practice relating to the quality of teaching andlearninginearly years
• Knowledgeofcurriculumdesignanddevelopment
• Understanding of the latest Ofsted inspection framework and how this should be reflected inpractice
• Knowledge of recent developments at national level, pertaining to examination reform,curriculumreform andschool accountabilitymeasures
• Knowledgeofinternalandexternalmonitoringandmoderation

Personal&ProfessionalQualities-Essential

• Beingapositiverolemodel
• Valuediversityandpromoteequalopportunities
• CommitmenttoownCPD
• Determination,resilience,anddrive
• Enthusiasm,creativity,andinitiative
• Excellentrecordofattendanceandpunctuality

Equal Opportunities-Essential

• Understanding of different social backgrounds of students
• Understanding the needs of students and the appropriate policies and strategies to support them
• Understand and meet the needs of bilingual students

_The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerableadultsandexpectsall staff and volunteers to share this commitment._
Do you want to make a real difference to children? Are you passionate about early years education and committed to developing the best early years provision for every child? If so, we would like to hear from you

Our Client is looking to appoint a forward thinking, dynamic class teacher.