5300317 – Teacher – MPS

To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for young people and to lead a designated curriculum area as appropriate.

The post holder will work as a member of a team of teaching staff and teaching assistants providing a broad and balanced education to young people who attend Secure Education.

• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of young people as a teacher.
• To plan, facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides young people with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.

Key Responsibilities:

TEACHING

• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the student in school and elsewhere.
• To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
• To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
• To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy and the schools Special Needs strategy is reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students
• To undertake a designated programme of teaching
• To ensure a high-quality learning experience for students which meets internal and external quality standards.
• To prepare and update subject materials.
• To use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to young people’s needs and demands of the syllabus
• To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework
• To undertake assessment of young people as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school procedures
• To mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.

      OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC PLANNING:

• To development appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies within an identified Curriculum Area.
• To contribute to the Curriculum Area’s development plan and it’s implementation.
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons.
• To contribute to the whole school’s planning, recording and monitoring systems.
• To contribute to the systems which inform the SEF and SIP.

CURRICULUM :

• To assist the Head Teacher, to ensure that the curriculum area provides a range of teaching which complements the school’s strategic objectives.
• To assist in the process of curriculum development and change so as to ensure the continued relevance to the needs of young people.

      STAFFING:

• To take part in the school’s staff development programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development
• To continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods
• To engage actively in the Performance Management Appraisal process as described the ‘Centrally Employed Teachers pay Policy’.
• To ensure the effective and efficient deployment of classroom support.
• To work as a member of a designated team and to contribute positively to effective working relations within Secure Services

      QUALITY ASSURANCE:

• To help to implement school quality procedures and to adhere to those.
• To contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum area in line with agreed school procedures, including evaluation against quality standards and performance criteria. To seek/implement modification and improvement where required.
• To review from time to time methods of teaching and programmes of work.
• To take part, as may be required, in the review, development and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the secure unit.

      MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION:

• To maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to date information for recording systems.
• To complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of students.
• To track student progress and use information to inform teaching and learning.

      COMMUNICATIONS & LIAISON:

• To communicate effectively with residential staff as appropriate.
• T o communicate and co-operate with other professionals.
• To follow agreed policies for communications in the school.
• To take part in whole school events and activities
• To contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies.

      MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES:

• To contribute to the process of the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.
• To assist the Head Teacher to identify resource needs and to contribute to the efficient and effective use of physical resources.
• To co-operate with other staff to ensure a sharing and effective usage of resources, and share good practice to the benefit of the secure unit, and young people.

      PASTORAL SYSTEM:

• To act as an education tutor to a ‘House Group’ of young people.
• To promote the general progress and well-being of individual young people.
• To liaise with residential staff to ensure the implementation of the young peoples incentive scheme
• To assist in the induction of young people as they are admitted
• To evaluate and monitor the progress of young people and keep up-to-date records as may be required within the tutor group