Teacher of History in Southampton

Job purpose: To have commitment and enthusiasm and work closely as part of a team. To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and adapted curriculum for students studying in your lesson, in accordance with the aims of the school. To aim to make your subject effective and high profile within the school and community. To prepare, develop and deliver appropriate schemes of work, which provide challenging lessons that stimulate students and allow them to succeed. To provide information to parents about the achievements and progress of their child as required through parents’ evenings and reports. Have excellent subject knowledge and understanding of current developments. To effectively inspire students and improve their achievement. To be focused consistently, inspiring confidence and commitment from students and colleagues. To use self-evaluation in a well-informed manner and effective analysis of performance. To participate in collaborative planning and the effective sharing of good practice. To teach effectively across the full age and ability range. Have ambitious aims for the subjects you are teaching and its relevance to the students attending USH. To communicate these aims effectively to students and staff. To take on the role of a tutor within the team and be responsible for the academic and pastoral well-being of a tutor group. To take an active interest in their own personal development and keep professional skills up-to-date. To complete all other reasonable tasks as directed by the Headteacher or line manager.

Key Duties:

• Achievement of students: Enable almost all students, including, where applicable, disabled students and those with special educational needs, to make rapid and sustained progress in the subject over time given their starting points. To enable the students to develop and apply a wide range of skills to great effect, including reading, writing, communication and mathematical skills that will ensure they are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their education, training or employment. To focus where standards of attainment of any group of students are below those of all students nationally, to close the gap over a period of time. Supporting and owning excellent subject knowledge, resulting in planning astutely, setting challenging tasks based on systematic, accurate assessment of students’ prior skills, knowledge and understanding.

Curriculum Provision:

• To provide highly positive, memorable experiences and rich opportunities for high quality learning. To deliver a subject which impacts on student behaviour. To add to student achievement and where appropriate to moral, social and cultural development. To liaise with the Head of Department to ensure the delivery of an appropriate comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum programme which is in line with the school priorities. Deliver a subject which provides constant opportunities for discovery and challenge, where students take greater responsibility for their learning.

Curriculum Development:

• To participate in, and contribute to, curriculum development for the whole department. To keep up-to-date with national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and methodology. To actively monitor and respond to curriculum development and initiatives at national, regional and local levels. To ensure that the development of the subject is in line with national developments. To work collaboratively with other departments to develop cross-curricular links.

Additional Duties:

• To take responsibility for, and demonstrate commitment to, own professional development. To engage actively in the performance management review process. To undertake any other duty as specified by STPCB not mentioned in the above.

Supporting the school:

• At an appropriate level, according to the job role, grade and training received, all employees in the school are expected to support the aims, values, mission and ethos of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life. Attend and contribute to staff meetings and INSET days as required and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop. Take appropriate responsibility for safeguarding and children’s welfare and be aware of confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school and keep confidences appropriately. Be aware of health and safety issues and act in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy.

Other Duties:

• The postholder may be expected to carry out duties other than those given in the job description where the level of responsibility is similar and he/she has appropriate qualifications or receives appropriate training to carry out these duties. The postholder must ensure that Trust policies and procedures are implemented and followed. Work as appropriate with the Trust Central Services team in matters relating to finance, HR, IT and Health and Safety.