Secondary Maths Teacher - Maternity Cover - May 2024

• Setting tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest
• Setting clear targets, building on prior progress and attainment
• Identifying SEN/EAL pupils
• Providing clear structures for lessons, maintaining pace, motivation and challenge
• Making effective use of assessment and ensure coverage of programmes of study
• Maintaining high standards of work and homework
• Using a variety of teaching methods to match approach to content, structure information and present information.
• Use effective questioning, listen carefully to pupils, give attention to errors and misconceptions
• Select appropriate learning resources and develop study skills through library, I.C.T. and other sources
• Ensuring pupils acquire and consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding appropriate to the subject taught
• Ensuring the effective and efficient deployment of classroom support
• Encouraging pupils to think and talk about their learning, develop self-control and independence, concentrate and persevere, and listen attentively
• Involved in developing, implementing and monitoring subject policy and to assist in the production of such documentation when required
• Ensures that the children’s work is marked, displayed and presented to a high standard in the classroom and throughout the school and are changed regularly
• Consistently and diligently apply and uphold the rules of the school in order to maintain discipline, dress code and to ensure the happiness, safety and well-being of all pupils and community
• Maintains, with the rest of the staff, high standards of conduct both in and out of the classroom, acting in a way that is honest, justifiable and in the best interests of the pupils
• Maintains smart and professional standards of appearance with particular attention to, and awareness of, cultural sensitivities
• Supports the School Improvement Plan in relation to the curriculum and the continuing improvement of student achievement

Monitoring, Assessing, Recording and Reporting

• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of personal teaching to maintain high standards and ensure student progression
• Evaluates own teaching critically to improve effectiveness
• Participates in classroom observation of colleagues (peer observations) when required and participates in observations by peers
• Submits books, records or planning as required for monitoring by colleagues or SLT
• Marks and monitors pupils' work and regularly set targets for progress
• Assesses and records pupils' progress systematically and keep records to check work is understood and completed, monitors strengths and weaknesses
• Plans and recognizes the level at which the pupil is achieving;
• Undertakes assessment of students as requested through departmental and school procedures
• Prepares and presents informative reports to parents
• Regularly assesses the pupils’ work by means of formal and informal termly, half termly assessment and end of units as directed by SLT
• Communicates with the school SENCO and Head of Key Stage regarding any pupil whose progress or behaviour gives cause for concern
• Keeps records and ensures that they are available for sharing with colleagues and / or inspection by members of the SLT, ISP and ADEK Inspection team
• Assists with the resourcing of the subjects taught, as directed by the Head of Key Stage/department