English Teacher

What skills and experience we're looking for Job description Particular Duties Professional Development

• Keeping up to date with research and developments in pedagogy and in any subjects taught, raising, when appropriate, issues with Head of English/Head of School.
• Evaluating their own teaching critically and using this to improve their effectiveness.
• Building up a thorough understanding of their professional responsibilities in relation to school policies and practices.
• Setting a good example to the pupils they teach in their presentation and their personal conduct.
• Participating in Performance Management arrangements.

• Meet pupils’ entitlement for the National Curriculum by teaching English across Key Stage 3 and Yr 10.
• Under the guidance of the Head of English, teach the English curriculum across the school and provide specific subject expertise to the development of practice and curriculum policies.
• Under the guidance of the Head of English, plan and prepare appropriately differentiated programs to meet the needs and aptitudes of each pupil setting suitably challenging targets ensuring educational programs are tailored to meet pupil needs.
• Identify clear teaching objectives, content, lesson structures and sequences appropriate to the subject matter and the pupils being taught.
• Be aware of and sensitive to the particular complexities pertaining to the education of pupils with SEMH.
• Set appropriate and demanding expectations for pupils’ learning and motivation.
• Set clear targets for pupils' learning, building on prior attainment and considering each pupil as an individual and taking into account their emotional and social needs.
• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groups and individuals so that teaching objectives are met, momentum and challenge are maintained, and best use is made of teaching time.
• Use teaching methods which keep pupils engaged, including stimulating pupils’ intellectual curiosity, effective questioning and response, clear presentation and good use of resources.
• Organise and maintain the school’s teaching rooms to ensure that the organisation and display of pupils’ work is designed to promote pupil learning and reflect their achievements.
• Set high expectations for pupils' behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of discipline through well-focused teaching and through positive and productive relationships, acting to pre-empt and deal with inappropriate behaviour in the context of the behaviour policy of the school.
• In consultation with the Head of English, ensure that pupils are thoroughly prepared for their examinations and that any examination coursework is completed and marked according to examination board and departmental criteria.
• Liaise effectively with support staff.
• Act as form tutor, providing pastoral support and having oversight of a small group of pupils.
• Contribute to the wider curriculum on offer at Canterbury Campus, where all teaching staff provide a wide range of Social Development Opportunities that motivate and engage our pupils.

• Assist in the schools arrangements for the assessment and monitoring of the educational functioning of the pupils and other written reports as required.
• Mark and monitor pupils’ class and homework providing constructive oral and written feedback, setting targets for pupils’ progress.
• In liaison with the Head of English, assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this assessment for future teaching.
• Maintain full records of attendance, homework, National Curriculum Attainments, and examinations for pupils taught, including members of your tutor group.
• Produce and analyse teaching group examination predictions and results as requested by the Head of English/SLT.
• Participate in discussions of pupil targets and progress and of the development of strategies to meet school targets.
• Oversee the pastoral needs of all pupils taught and passing on any concerns to the appropriate member of staff.
• Mentor and negotiate individual targets for pupils.

• Select and make good use of learning resources to enable teaching objectives…