Teacher of Home Economics - Post Primary in Carrickfergus

Primary Location: Antrim-Carrickfergus-Carrickfergus Academy Junior Campus

Other Locations: Antrim-Carrickfergus-Carrickfergus Academy Senior Campus

Contract Type: Fixed-Term (May be subject to extension or reduced for any valid reason)

Duration of Contract/Contract End Date: 29.06.2027

Status: Full-Time

Hours per Week: Full-Time

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday

Grade/Scale: Teacher | Main Pay Scale, M2 - UPS 3 | £32,916 - £50,876 per annum

Allowance(s): Not Applicable

Anticipated Interview Date(s): TBC

Additional Information: Carrickfergus Academy is a split site school and the successful candidate must have a valid driving licence or access to a form of transport to allow travel between Junior and Senior Campus.

JOB DESCRIPTION

REPORTS TO: Principal

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons;
• Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere;
• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

General Duties

• Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to him/her;
• Providing advice and guidance to pupils on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers;
• Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils;
• Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils;
• Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.

Assessment/Reporting

• Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.

Staff Development/Professional Development

• Participating, if required, in any scheme of staff development and performance review;
• Reviewing from time to time his/her methods of teaching and programmes of work;
• Advising and co-operating with the Principal and other teachers on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment.

Discipline/Health and Safety

• Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils in accordance with the policies of the employing authority and safeguarding their health and safety.

Public Examinations

• Participating in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations and in assessing pupils for the purposes of such examinations.

Review and Development of Management Activities/Administration

• Contributing to the selection for appointment and professional development of other teachers;
• Co-ordinating or managing the work of other teachers;
• Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties.

Number of days/Hours of work

• A full-time teacher shall be available for work on 195 days in any year.

Staff cover

• Supervising and teaching any pupils whose teacher is not available.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Hold a teaching qualification which meets the requirements for recognition to teach in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland.
• Hold a degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification which has prepared the applicant to teach Home Economics as his/her main subject.
• Minimum of 1 years’ demonstrable experience of teaching Home Economics at Key Stage 3 & 4.
• Demonstrable experience of teaching Hospitality and Child Development at Key Stage 4.
• Hold a valid driving licence or have access to a form of transport to allow travel between Senior and Junior Campus.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Demonstrable experience of using a range of effective classroom approaches to provide support and challenge children and young people of all abilities.
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring pupil progress, performance, target setting and intervention.

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 defines working directly with children or young people or in specified places as ‘regulated activity’. In the event that you are recommended for appointed to a post that involves ‘regulated activity’, the Education Authority will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure of Criminal Background.