Head of Department - Brighton, United Kingdom - Nord Anglia Education

Nord Anglia Education

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Brighton, United Kingdom

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About Nord Anglia Education

Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading premium schools organisation, with more than 81 schools located across 32 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East.

Together, our schools educate over 74,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.

Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, well-being, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness.

These are delivered through the innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st-century learning experience for all students.

Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high-quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning.

Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.

The College

The Role

The associated duties and responsibilities of this position can, generally, be broken down into: Managing Staff; Teaching and Learning; Departmental Administration, and Academic Progress and Monitoring.

The expectations of the role should be read as indicative rather than exhaustive.

The Department
All students in Years 9 to 11 will be studying individual Sciences.

In Sixth Form the majority of our students will be studying at least one Science and therefore our Science will be a vital part of our students' academic success.

Managing Staff

Overall responsibility for the quality of teaching and learning in Science and for ensuring that all the students in the department are making good progress, by developing and implementing policies and practices that promote effective teaching and learning.
The ongoing management, monitoring, and support of the teaching staff in the Science departments, both informally and through regular performance reviews.
The Head of Science will normally be expected to conduct professional development reviews for members of their department, completing all necessary paperwork/electronic records as required.
Observing lessons of members of their department and of other teaching staff as required, in line with the College's policies on lesson observation.
Playing a leading role in the induction and, where necessary, training of new members of staff.
Identifying and supporting the training needs of teachers within the department.
Liaising with the Head of Teaching and Learning if there are concerns about the performance of any member of the department.
Assisting the Principal and Head of Teaching and Learning, as required, in the recruitment of members of staff to the Science department.
Liaising with the Head of Teaching and Learning and Principal over the deployment of teaching staff.

Teaching and Learning

Choosing the specification to be followed by teachers within the department and ensuring that the specification chosen is appropriate for any public examination for which the students are to be entered;
Analysing the needs of students, the resources of the department and planning effectively to support student progress;
Devising detailed schemes of work for all year groups; and
Undertaking student learning reviews, observations etc. to ensure schemes of work and specifications are being taught effectively by all teachers in the department.

Departmental Administration**- Writing schemes of learning, departmental development plans and departmental policies, minutes of meetings and reviews of examination results.

Submitting examination entries for the department to the examinations officer.
Submitting and managing the budget of the department.
Developing and maintaining the relevant sections of Firefly/One Note/Teams (or equivalent virtual learning environments), along with the use of other forms of interactive and digital technology.

Academic Progress and Monitoring

Oversee the provision of outstanding teaching and learning in their department.
Collate and submit predicted examination grades for tracking procedures.
Oversee setting and marking of progress tests and mock exams.
Ensure discussion of student progress and development and review of appropriate action plans, as a regular feature of departmental meetings (including monitoring the progress of different student cohorts such as gender, EAL, SEN and most able).
Oversee the calibre and consistency of assessments, feedback, report writing and grade predictions across the department.
Organise and where appropriate run additional clinics or support or revision sessions, both to stretch and extend the most able and to help students who are struggling.
Organise and where appropriate run supercurricular sessions, in liaison with the Super Curricular Manager.
Identify,