Teacher

Job Description

Main Job Purpose

To carry out the responsibilities as a subject teacher. To carry out the responsibilities of a Tutor. To support the ethos and vision of The Taunton Academy.

Dimensions

To ensure the highest possible academic outcomes for all students taught and contribute to the development of an enriching, relevant and innovative curriculum.

As a Tutor to support the personal development and academic progress of a group of students through mentoring and intervention support.

To promote good relationships and communications between all members of the Academy and wider community and to attend relevant Academy and community meetings including Progress Evenings and promotion / information events.

To maintain the highest possible personal, presentational and professional standards as an example to colleagues and students.

To assist in the setting of the Academy’s goals and targets through the implementation of the Academy’s Development Plan.

To support the Academy’s ethos by ensuring our values are at the heart of the Academy’s learning.

Principal Accountabilities:

Subject teacher

Teachers are responsible for creating working conditions where each student can demonstrate consistently thoughtful behaviour, showing consideration for others and offers support to them.

Teachers will take an active part in the school’s rewards programme celebrating achievement and where necessary applying school sanctions.

The lessons taught will be planned as a part of schemes of work developed by Academy staff to fulfil the Academy’s learning aims and all teachers share responsibility for this planning and development.

Teachers will use the full range of assessment techniques to ensure learning and progress are maximised. They will participate fully in the assessing and tracking of progress towards academic targets and support interventions where there is underachievement. Teachers are expected to prepare and mark students work and internal and external examinations as directed by their Head of Faculty.

Teachers will use a range of teaching styles and activities which sustain students concentration, motivation and application; time will be used effectively, differentiation used to ensure match of ability to task and new technologies used to maximise learning.

Expert subject knowledge will be used to inspire students and build their understanding and to prepare them for progression to the next stage of education, training or employment.

By directing and engaging support staff colleagues, teachers are responsible for support of vulnerable students and the maintenance of highly supportive learning environments.

By attending Progress Evenings and other meetings with colleagues in their teams, each teacher will play an effective part in the communication of individual student progress and in the development of courses.

To participate in performance management processes and contribute to and participate in staff development to progress in the professional standards for oneself and for other teachers.

Tutor

For teachers (as opposed to support staff) who are Tutors these teachers are expected to be the first point of contact between the school and parents and a Tutor is responsible for knowing well each individual child in their group. Tutors meet with parents on Progress Evenings and on other less formal occasions and are responsible for fostering good home/school relations.

Tutors will lead ‘Tutor’ time with their group and deliver aspects of care guidance and support, PSHE and other activities as directed by the Year Leader. Tutors will support individual consultation or guidance in the designated session and at other times.

Tutors will plan, lead and implement enrichment activity including engagement with employers both within formal curriculum time and in the designated enrichment session.

Tutors will support induction from previous phases of education and prepare and guide on transition to next phases and maintain relationships with graduates from the Academy.

Tutors ensure that student attendance is monitored and general administration is carried out for their group.

Tutors prepare reports and references and have responsibility for monitoring records of student’s progress. They take responsibility for monitoring and supporting children’s learning through individual action planning including interventions where there is underachievement.

Tutors carry out supervision at break time and other times published in advance, in accordance with directed time.

Tutors are expected to attend assemblies with their group and to participate in the assemblies and supervise their groups as necessary.

Teachers who are not Tutors are expected to be available as necessary to support the above functions and to be attached to a Year Group to support the academic and personal development of students, as directed by the Year Leader.

General

This job description and allocation of responsibilities may be amended, after consultation, from time to time. Performance Management procedures will aid this process by considering the relevance of the teacher’s role in the context of the changing needs of the Academy and the professional development of the teacher.

The Governing Body and Head Teacher reserve the right to ask teachers to carry out other such duties as may from time to time be reasonably assigned operating within the conditions of service. The job specification does not allocate a particular amount of time to any of the above responsibilities. In carrying out these responsibilities the teacher will use PPA and directed time in accordance with the school's published time budget and will have regard to the teacher's conditions of service.

Job Description prepared by Head teacher April 2017