Teacher of Maths
Thorp Academy
Gateshead
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS. Recruitment allowance available
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st January 2015
- Apply by:
- 3 October 2014
Job overview
Principal Responsibilities:
Job Description: Professionally Qualified Teacher
Responsible to: Principal
Job Purpose: To teach Maths to students of various abilities throughout the academy.
The professional competences for teaching staff are laid down in the Teacher Training Agency's National Standards. The responsibilities listed below are intended to act as a summary of the duties and should be read in conjunction with the Teacher Training Agency documentation.
The academy seeks to appoint a committed and enthusiastic teacher who can teach Maths. The candidate appointed will be expected to demonstrate knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject and a desire to communicate this to students.
Person Specification
- A knowledge of and enthusiasm for all aspects of the subject, to teach their subject through to A Level
- A focused, committed and innovative teacher
- A willingness to work as part of a team, and the individuality to question and expand the philosophy and practice of that team
- The ability to employ a variety of teaching styles
- The ability to assess and record student achievement regularly and in accordance with policy
- The ability to create and sustain good working relationships with students and staff
- High expectations as to what students can achieve
- A sound understanding of approaches to assessment and differentiation
- Flexible, with vision and an abundance of energy
- A willingness to contribute to the extra-curricular provision
- To demonstrate a willingness to experiment with and develop new activities to stimulate and motivate student learning
- Establish and maintain discipline while insisting on the highest standards of work in order to ensure students are stretched and able to achieve their potential.
CURRICULUM
- Preparing, teaching and evaluating lessons throughout an agreed age and ability range in accordance with statutory requirements, academy aims and objectives, academy policies and Curriculum Area schemes of work.
- Using a range of teaching and learning strategies and resources so that individual students have access to the curriculum.
- Contributing to the teaching of cross-curricular themes, skills and dimensions.
STUDENTS
- Being familiar with and supporting all academy policies, especially those on behaviour, discipline, student welfare and Health and Safety.
- Liaising with the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator over students with Special Educational Needs and modifying teaching accordingly.
- Ensuring that targets outlined in a student's individual educational plan are pursued.
- Liaising with and clarifying the role of any Teaching Assistant attached to the class.
- Ensuring that homework is set in line with academy policy and regularly marked and that record of marks are maintained.
- Ensuring that the reward and behaviour systems are used.
- Setting and maintaining high standards of student work in the classroom.
ASSESSMENT
- Assessing students' work in accordance with statutory requirements and academy policy. Maintaining a record of students' attainments. Using Assessments to diagnose students' individual strengths and weaknesses and planning subsequent teaching accordingly.
- Writing reports on students and attending Parents' Evenings.
- Assisting the Head of Department in setting and marking internal examinations.
ACADEMY DUTIES
- Undertaking duties at break, and after the academy day on a rota basis.
GENERAL
- Undertaking reasonable care of the academy's resources and accounting for any resources used.
- Attending meetings as directed and assisting in planning and evaluation.
- Setting cover work when absent if it is at all possible.
- Liaising with a reviewer and more senior staff over career and professional development.
- Reporting anything which could endanger or threaten the health and safety of students or staff to the Head of Department.
The job specification is current at the date shown, but in consultation with you, may be changed by the Principal to reflect or anticipate changes to the job commensurate with the grade and job title.
We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity or religion.
NOTE: The address for applications for this vacancy is: https://www.hirewire.co.uk/job/54629/.
If successful you will have to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 3 October 2014
Attached documents
About Thorp Academy
A welcome from the Principal
I would like to welcome you to Thorp Academy, a Northern Education Trust academy which is one of the top performing schools in the local area. At Thorp, English & Mathematics are the cornerstones of our curriculum model as we believe attaining a strong pass in these subjects will open up our students life chances. Our model is tried, proven and successful and that is why both our English & Mathematics pass rates are significantly above the national average and in the top 20% of schools in the North East of England for this performance measure.
Thorp Academy has a reputation for commitment to students of all abilities and a renowned level of pastoral care. This is the result of a stable, dedicated and highly effective team of staff ensuring that pupils have every opportunity to succeed in a huge variety of activities in and out of the classroom.
We aim to find the route to excellence for every pupil in their time with us and to develop a lifelong love of learning. We expect every student who joins us to do his or her very best, to be happy and feel safe at the academy.
Thorp is part of the Northern Education Trust (NET) together with nine other secondary schools and ten primaries across the North of England. Being part of the NET family enables us to share best practice in order to progress the life chances of all of our students.
The resources of all schools are used to provide a stimulating learning environment which inspires children to do their best. The trust is distinctive in its values but inclusive in its nature.
Choosing a school for your son or daughter can be amongst the most difficult decisions a parent has to make. At Thorp they will have the benefit of a safe and successful school with strong academic curriculum that has been developed to put students first and give them every opportunity to succeed in their future careers.
We look forward to working with parents as close partners in providing a challenging and exciting education for young people.
Karen Hailes
Principal at Thorp Academy
On behalf of the Northern Education Trust Board, welcome to Northern Education Trust Thorp Academy.
We are unswerving in our commitment to ensure that the outcomes our young people secure prepare them fully for life beyond school. Our Academies are happy and thriving communities where children both achieve and feel safe and cared for. As an inclusive Trust we strive to help young people overcome any barrier to learning.
We are a caring employer and invest heavily in professional development, allowing our staff opportunities to take the next steps in their career. We hope you find our website holds all the information you need to believe that whether you are a parent or prospective employee, your next steps should be taken with us.
Rob Tarn
Chief Executive
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