Outstanding School requires Head of Music to run a popular and thriving department. Excellent rate of pay plus TLR.
- Head of Music
- Required to teach Key Stage 3: 4 Music
- Full time, permanent position
- Fantastic facilities including music practice suites and performance centre
- Excellent pay and TLR
- Development pathways include promotion to SLT after successful period as Head of Music
Core Purpose
Raise standards of teaching, learning, levels of progress and exam performance within Music and Performing Arts area.
Responsibilities
The main scope of the responsibilities is maximising the progress and achievements of all pupils in the subject area, through the following:
Monitoring progress
- To monitor the progress of all students within the subject area, ensuring that performance is in line with the schools aspirational targets
- To ensure that students with special educational needs are making appropriate progress and that their needs, as set out in their IEP (if applicable) are being met
- To take action in support of the subject teacher when underachievement is identified, ensuring that all interventions are logged. Initiate dialogue with the relevant tutor, Year Leader, Head of 6th form, Director of Studies, special needs staff or Deputy Headteacher (Teaching and Learning) as necessary
- To take the lead in maintaining discipline and good order within the department. Support departmental staff with individual cases of indiscipline as necessary, using a wide range of strategies. Seek advice from the relevant year leader, and obtain their support if required
Monitoring of Teaching and Learning
- To ensure the highest quality of classroom teaching through an insistence on the schools teaching and learning policy being applied by all members of department
- To support the development of teaching skills through classroom observation, coaching and the dissemination of good practice
- To encourage departmental staff to go on development and training courses, through effective use of the staff development budget
- The schools appraisal policy to every member of the department in a timely fashion
- To ensure that continuity of learning occurs in the event of the absence of the normal subject teacher
Leadership of the department
- To foster a positive atmosphere of teamwork within the faculty as Head of Music
- To deploy support staff as effectively as possible, within the constraints of their job description (where applicable)
- To set the highest possible personal example through your own professionalism
- To construct an effective Departmental Improvement Plan, in line with the School Improvement Plan. Ensure that this is put into effect
- To attend faculty/departmental meetings in accordance with the school calendar. Clear agendas need to be established which focus on teaching and learning. Outcomes of meetings should be recorded
- To maintain and develop a departmental handbook, which at least contains schemes of work and policies
- To prepare, review and revise as necessary
