Primary Teachers Full Time

Responsibilities:

Teaching and learning:

• Demonstrating a clear understanding of the KS1 Curriculum for effective implementation to match learning outcomes.

• Teaching using appropriate syllabus, materials, and schemes of work.

• Organizing the classroom provision and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive learning environment.

• Supporting the KS1 leaders in improving the development of teaching and learning across the key stage.

• Planning, preparing, and presenting sessions that cater to the needs of the whole ability range within the class.

• To plan lessons and sequences of lessons consistently and effectively, in the long, medium and short-term, to meet pupils’ individual learning needs.

• Motivating students by delivering enjoyable and creative lessons that both challenges pupils and promotes critical thinking.

• Observing and assessing pupils in line with school assessments.

• Being reflective of the classroom provision, sessions taught, progress made, and adjusting environment, planning and curriculum to reflect this.

• Supporting SEN (POD), EAL and G&T students and ensuring that their needs are met through differentiation.

• Meeting with other professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and educational psychologists, if required, to best cater to diverse learning needs of pupils.

• Facilitating Hybrid / Distance Learning / Face to Face lessons.

Assessment and data:

• Taking responsibility for student progress of the class. Consistently and effectively making use of data relating to student’s prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations/targets for pupils, monitor their progress and to give constructive feedback.

• Meeting requirements for assessments and recording students’ development using Target Tracker.

• Using data gathered from assessments to inform decisions regarding further planning, provision, and interventions.

• Providing feedback to parents and carers on students’ progress and development at Parent Teacher conferences and meetings (PTMs).

Behavior management and duties:

• Follow the school’s established policies and procedures, e.g., behavior, code of conduct and child safeguarding policy.

• Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to students’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.

• Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary, within the school’s established policies.

• Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values, and behavior, which are expected of pupils.

• Have high expectations of good conduct, promoting self-control and independence of all learners.

• To ensure a safe and secure environment that allows for appropriate social, emotional, and academic growth for all students.

Wider professional responsibilities:

• To work as part of a curriculum action group, supporting planning, assessment, resources, and special events linked to the team.

• Support in organizing and taking part in school events, outings and extra-curricular activities (ECAs).

• Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regards to student’s achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate.

• Take initiative of own professional development to secure high quality teaching and for successful execution of roles and responsibilities.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education or a Bachelor’s degree with a mandatory post teaching qualification (PGCE or similar in Primary Education).

Minimum Experience: A minimum of 1 year experience teaching the England National curriculum (ENC) in a similar role.

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:

•   Experience working with students whom English is not their first language (EAL) students.

•   Mandatory experience teaching the England National Curriculum in a primary setting.

•   To be able to deal professionally with a range of stakeholders.

•   Passion for teaching and commitment to educating and nurturing children.

•   A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children.

•   Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities.

•   A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.

•   Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child centered.

•   To be able to prioritize workload and multitask.

•   IT Literate and familiar with online technologies to aid in 21st century teaching.

•   Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with parents in a diverse multi-cultural environment.