Job Description
POST: Teacher
RESPONSIBLE TO: The Principal, members of Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Classroom Teaching Assistants
LOCATION: Oasis Academy Connaught
START DATE: As soon as possible
SALARY: Main Pay Scale (M1 £32,916 - M6 £45,352) + plus Teachers’ Pension Scheme)
WORKING PATTERN: Part Time (19.5 hours per week)
CONTRACT: Fixed Term until 31/12/2026
DISCLOSURE LEVEL: Enhanced
JOB PURPOSE:
- To offer all learners an effective education in a stimulating environment, which provides equality of opportunity for all
- To deliver the learning experiences relevant to the age and ability group/subject
- To work in collaboration and partnership with learners, parents/carers, governors, other staff and external agencies
- To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
All teachers are required to carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions document. At this school the following areas have been highlighted as being of particular importance.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Teaching
- Be a positive role model in terms of behaviour, work and attitudes
- Set high standards of work and behaviour in the class and all other areas of the school
- Understand and commit whole-school systems that are vital for the effective functioning of the school – both for behaviour and for efficient teaching
- Plan for progression across the age and ability range you teach, designing effective lessons/programmes of work for which support and challenge all pupils.
- Teach stimulating, well organised lessons, using an appropriate range of teaching strategies
- Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a
basis for setting challenging learning objectives and monitoring learners’ progress
- Provide timely, accurate and constructive feedback on learners’ attainment, progress and areas
for development
Advise and work collaboratively with the Principal and others on the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements as appropriate
B. Performance management
- Participate fully with arrangements made in the school’s performance management policy
C. Professional development
- Regularly review the effectiveness of your teaching and assessment procedures and its impact on
pupils’ progress, attainment and well-being, refining your approaches where necessary
- Be responsible for your own continuous professional development and participate fully in training and development opportunities identified by the school or as developed as an outcome of your performance management, understanding that the coaching of ‘teacher craft’ is an integral part of our school.
D. Health and well-being
- Establish a purposeful and safe learning environment for learners
- Manage learners’ behaviour constructively by establishing and maintaining a clear and positive framework for discipline, in line with the school’s behaviour policy
- Use a range of behaviour management techniques and strategies adapting them as necessary to promote self-control and independence of all learners
- Raise all concerns regarding the behaviour, progress or welfare/child protection of any learner with the appropriately identified person
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
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E. Team working and collaboration
- Participate in any relevant meetings/professional development opportunities at the school, which relate to the learners, curriculum or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements and assemblies
- Work as a team member and identify opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing the development of effective practice with them
- Cover for absent colleagues within the remit of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
document
F. External examinations
- Participate in arrangements for external examinations and assessment within the remit of the
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document
G. Management
- Contribute to the professional development of other teachers and take an active role in professional development sessions
- Ensure that colleagues working with you are appropriately involved in supporting learning and understand the roles they are expected to fulfil
H. Administration
- Participate in and carry out any administrative and organisational tasks within the remit of the
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document
- Register the attendance of and supervise learners, before, during or after school sessions as appropriate
I. Exercise of particular duties
- Perform any reasonable duties as requested by the Principal
J. Safeguarding Children
Oasis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Oasis Academy Connaught is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
