JOB TITLE
Primary English Teacher
DEPARTMENT
Academic
SUPERVISOR
Subject Coordinator/Head of School
TEACHING AND LEARNING
- Contribute to the holistic wellbeing of all pupils and specifically to those assigned to your individual care
- Undertake class management as a class teacher including discipline, standards of dress, safeguarding and ensuring that students understand and follow the school rules
- Teach according to departmental schemes of work
- Complete teaching plans on time and to a high standard
- Ensure that lessons are well prepared, efficiently resourced, and appropriate to the ability level of the pupils
- Participate in planning and departmental meetings
- Regularly assess the students’ work through formative and formal termly / half-termly assessments as directed by your line manager.
- Communicate with your Head of Department regarding any student whose progress or behaviour gives cause for concern
- Constantly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your teaching, maintaining good standards of practice and ensuring progression
- Participate fully in the Staff Appraisal system, with classroom observation of colleagues and a willingness to be personally observed within the classroom. Submit books, records or planning as required for monitoring by colleagues or the Head of Department.
- Be involved in developing your department including the implementation and monitoring of relevant school policies and the resourcing of the department as appropriate
- Remain mindful of cultural sensitivities
- Develop and share teaching resources
- Assist the Head of Department in areas such as preparing internal exams and schemes of work
- Follow the school’s SEN policy
- Communicate with parents as required, whether in writing, telephone calls or meetings
- Attend Continued Professional Development (CPD) training as required (and, ideally, volunteer to lead CPD sessions occasionally)
- Support the School’s Development Plan generally and in so far as it relates to your subject
- Attend and participate fully in Staff Development and INSET programmes
- Attend staff meetings and briefings as and when required
- Keep up-to-date with school policy documents and procedures, such as fire evacuation
- Cover lessons as required
- Invigilate exams as required
HOME-SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
- Make parents feel welcome and build a good relationship with them
- Familiarise the parents with the curriculum
- Collect information on pupils’ interests, aptitudes and growth from parents
- Stimulate pupils’ study by making use of parents’ strengths
- Provide consultations and support to parents’ enquiries
- Share students’ information provided by parents with co-teachers
- Attend Parents’ Meetings as required and provide accurate, honest information regarding their child’s progress
- Report to the parents in the form of regular written reports, and also when additionally required by your Head of Department
TUTORING
- Most staff are expected to be a tutor. This will involve being the child’s ‘parent away from home’. You will be their advocate and their parents’ first line of communication at the school.
- Make sure the register is taken accurately each day
- Inform parents of any upcoming events related to their child that are not in the school calendar
- Help mentor, guide and support the children through their daily school life
- Liaise with the academic, pastoral, medical and special needs teams on behalf of the children in your tutor group
- Conduct weekly tutorial sessions
- Deliver the school’s moral education programme
- Attend pastoral meetings as required
- Write reports on pupils as required (for Interims and Full Reports)
- Assist with writing pupil references
- Track academic performance and raise standards
- Be mindful of the school’s Safeguarding Policy and remain vigilant of the children’s welfare
- Help pupils achieve a satisfactory work / recreation balance and, if necessary, involve parents
- Attend events such as plays, sporting events, concerts and social events for their year group.
BASIC QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor of Education or a subject degree plus PGCE
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
- A minimum of two years of teaching experience
- In-depth knowledge of your teaching specialism
- Native English speaker
PREFERRED APTITUDES
- Ability to assess pupils’ interests, needs and developments
- Ability to administer and develop a curriculum
- Embody the Huili Values
- Technical literacy with proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Personal integrity, accountability and credibility.
- Strong mind-set for continuous improvement to meet or exceed expectations.
- Cross-cultural work experience is preferred
