Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning in Alnwick

• A highly effective classroom practitioner with a strong current teaching record, who intends to keep teaching
• Successful leadership of teaching and learning or professional development beyond your own classroom
• Experience of leading change that improved practice in other people's lessons
• Experience of designing and delivering professional development for teachers
• Experience of working with and developing middle leaders
• The ability to develop colleagues without diminishing them
• The ability to gather and interpret evidence about classroom practice accurately, and to translate research into practical classroom routines
• A genuine appetite for improvement, in yourself and in others, and the patience to keep going when there are no quick wins
• The judgement to know when to hold a line and when to adapt, and the confidence to change what is not working once you understand it
• Qualified Teacher Status, a good honours degree and evidence of continuing professional development
• A deep understanding of safeguarding practice and principles
• Desirable: experience at senior leadership level in a secondary school; experience of ITT or ECT induction; experience of instructional coaching; an NPQ in leading teaching or senior leadership; familiarity with Making Every Lesson Count or a comparable framework

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