Teacher of IT and Business (Maternity Cover) in Dinnington

We are currently seeking to appoint anexceptional IT and Business teacher to provide maternity cover at DinningtonHigh School. The successful candidatewill be an inspirational teacher, able to demonstrate a passion for theirsubject and have the ability to engage and motivate students of all abilitiesin the 11 – 18 range. With a demonstrable record of good or outstandingresults, you will have a commitment to raising aspirations and supporting thewider school community

Youwill be teaching BTEC IT KS4 and KS5.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE POST

To secure a high standard of learning andachievement for all students through the delivery of high-quality teaching andthe effective use of resources.

MAIN DUTIES

Relationships with Young People

• Have high expectations of youngpeople including a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their fulleducational potential and to ensure students are treated as unique individuals.
• Hold positive values and attitudesand adopt high standards of behaviour in their professional role.
• Motivate and build self-esteem andself-worth/self-belief, developing a ‘can do’ attitude with students.

Communication

• Communicate effectively withstudents and colleagues.
• Communicate effectively withparents and carers at appropriate times, conveying relevant information aboutattainment, objectives and progress.
• Participate in open events andparents/student consultation evenings as appropriate.

Teachingand Learning

• Demonstrate a good up to dateworking knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning andassessment strategies and know how to use and adopt them to provideopportunities for all learners to achieve their potential.
• Be fully conversant with theassessment requirements for the subjects/curriculum areas taught, includingthose relating to public examinations and qualifications.
• Being fully conversant with arange of approaches to assessment including the importance of formativeassessment.
• Understand what makes good ‘one toone’ academic monitoring interviews with students, in order to provide studentswith constructive individual feedback on strengths and recipes for improvementincluding action plans for improvement.
• Demonstrate a secure knowledge andunderstanding of your subject and related pedagogy.
• Teach challenging, well organisedlessons and sequences of lessons across the ability range taught in which:

• -An appropriate range of teachingstrategies and resources are utilised.
• -Students’ prior knowledge andattainment are built upon, in order that they meet learning objectives and makesustained progress.
• -Adapt language to suit thedifferential ability of students, when introducing new ideas and concepts usingexplanations, questions, discussions and plenaries effectively teach engagingand motivational lessons designed to raise levels of attainment.

• Keep adequate records of studentsin your charge.
• Follow the school’s scheme ofwork, homework assessments and be involved in regular updating and review.
• Manage the learning of individualsand whole classes effectively, modifying teaching appropriately to suit thestage of the lesson and needs of the learner.
• Use assessment as part of teachingto diagnose needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvements andplanning future teaching.
• Review the effectiveness of teaching and its impact on student progress and attainment through reviews with the Head of School.

TeamWorking and Collaboration

• Work with team member and as ateam member; identify opportunities for working colleagues and sharingeffective practice with them.
• Participate in School Meetings andcontribute to the use and development of appropriate specifications/syllabuses,schemes of work, assessment strategies and teaching and learning approaches.

AdditionalDuties

• Contribute to and participate incontinuous professional development activities and whole staff meetings/CPD.
• Be committed to the safeguardingand wellbeing of Young People.
• To observe at all timesconfidentiality appropriate to the post and work within Trust guidelines ofData Protection.
• You may be required to work up to 2 eveningsper academic year to support trust events.