Head of Subject - Art at Harris Church of England Academy in Rugby

About this Role

KEY PURPOSE

• Responsibilityfor teaching and learning, achievement and attainment within the department.
• Organisationof the delivery of the subject inthe academy.
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of whole academystrategy, policies and ethos.

All teachers aresubject to the Conditions of Employment set out annually in the SchoolTeachers' Pay and Conditions Document. These detail the professional andparticular duties required of teachers, together with requirements forManagement time, Working time and Guaranteed planning and preparation time. Theacademy complies with these requirements in order to make reasonable demands ofteteachers.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

The appointee will be line managed by the AssistantHeadteacher/Deputy Headteacher.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic direction and development ofthe subject:

• Todevelop and implement policies and practices which reflect the academy'scommitment to high achievement through effective teaching and learning.
• Todemonstrate an enthusiasm for the subject which motivates and supports othersubject staff and encourages a shared understanding of the contribution thesubject can make to all aspects of students' lives.
• Todisplay a developing and professional knowledge base together with the abilityto identify the key implications for subject development.
• Touse relevant academy, local and national data to inform targets for developmentand further improvement for individuals and groups of students.
• Toestablish clear targets for achievement in the subject and evaluate progressthrough the use of appropriate assessments and records and regular analysis ofthis data.
• Toestablish and implement a variety of systems and processes which provide goodinformation gathering about students' prior learning, their progress andachievements and the quality of teaching and learning in the subject.
• Toinvolve all departmental colleagues in the creation and execution of the termlydepartmental action plan. This will identify clear targets, time-scales andsuccess criteria for its development and/or maintenance in line with the wholeacademy evaluation form (AEF).
• Toregularly review and evaluate the progress towards the targets set in the DepartmentAction Plan and provide regular progress updates to the SLT line manager toensure that they are fully aware of all successes, issues and concerns.
• Toensure, where appropriate, representation of the department at Middle Leadersmeetings. If not attending the Middle Leaders meetings, to keep abreast ofdebate and contribute through a representative colleague.
• Tohold regular departmental meetings; keeping subject staff up-to-date withdecisions and proposals made by different groups to seek departmental views ofthese.

Teaching and learning

• Provideaspirational and effective learning experiences for students, in which lessonsare consistently of at least "good" quality.
• Tolead the subject staff in the teaching of the subject, and provide a role model for high quality teaching and learning in thesubject.
• Tokeep abreast of new developments in content and teaching style.
• Tomonitor and evaluate the department's examination specification and schemes ofwork.
• Toengage all subject staff in the creation, consistent implementation andimprovement of the schemes of work.
• Toensure that all subject staff follow the agreed syllabus/specification.
• Toensure that examinations or other suitable methods of assessment are devisedand applied at appropriate times
• To ensure that all tests, examinations andassessments are based on the department's specification and marked according toa scheme common to the whole year group (except where some sets are followingaccelerated courses).
• Toinitiate and, where appropriate, organise curricular and educationalenhancement activities related to the subject.
• Toprovide regular feedback and INSET to all subject staff on teaching andlearning which recognises good practice and supports their progress.
• Touse a variety of methods to monitor and evaluate the teaching and learningoffered by the subject staff, and take appropriate action to improve furtherthe quality of teaching and learning.
• Toprovide quality assurance monitoring and intervention with all subject staff.
• Tomonitor progress and evaluate the effects of any improvement strategies onteaching and learning by working alongside subject staff, analysing work andoutcomes.
• Toprovide regular feedback to the SLT line manager to help the academy evaluateits practice.
• Toassist the SLT line manager in the regular review of the standards of leadership, teaching and learning in thesubject area
• Toensure that subject staff are aware of the implications of equalityofopportunity which the subject raises.

Leading and managing staff

• Togive necessary help and guidance to department staff.
• Tohelp in the selection of teaching staff for the department.
• Tobe responsible for inducting NQTs and new staff.
• Toensure that all subject staff understand, and are actively implementing, thekey aspects of the academy's behaviour and inclusion policies.
• Toassist members of the department in discipline matters.
• Tosecure, maintain and integrate the collaborative effort of the subject staff sothat involvement, commitment and team spirit are promoted.
• Toensure that subject staff are familiar with and follow all academy anddepartmental policies e.g. reports, disciplinary procedures, setting andmarking of work.
• Tomanage the support staff in the department.
• Toalert the line manager of any complaints regarding subject staff and discussstrategies for the support of teachers as required.
• Toimplement and promote the use of performance management to develop the personaland professional effectiveness of subject staff.
• Toact as a performance management team leader for identified teachers.
• Toensure the performance management arrangements are effectively discharged bythe other team leaders in the department.
• Toensure that all subject staff have high quality professional developmentopportunities.
• Tomonitor and evaluate the contribution and impact of other staff to academyimprovement.
• Takeinitial responsibility for the pastoral care and welfare of all departmentalstaff.

Resource Management

• Tomaintain efficient and effective management and organisation of learningresources, by developing or identifying new resources including ICTapplications to the subject.
• Toadminister efficiently and effectively the resources and capitation of thedepartment.
• Toensure that the teaching area allocated to the department is kept in goodorder.
• Toensure colleagues create a stimulating learning environment for the teachingand learning of the subject.
• Tobe aware of and respond appropriately to any health and safety issues raised bymaterials, practice or accommodation related to the subject.
• Todiscuss departmental timetable schedules with all members of the department andto ensure a fair and realistic distribution of teaching load in accordance withinformation issued by SLT.
• Toplan the deployment of staff expertise to achieve the targets in the AEF.

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