Technology Secondary School Teacher

Job Purpose

Ensure students make outstanding progress in their learning by:

• Providing an inspiring and effective education in the relevant curriculum areas.
• Engineering and exploiting opportunities to enhance student wellbeing and positive attitudes to learning.
• Building trusting and honest relationships with parents through timely and effective communications.
• Creating inspiring and safe learning environments that encourage innovation and risk-taking and celebrate Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
• Acting to support colleagues within your teams, the wider school, and in our multiple communities.
• Committing to Continuing Professional Development to enhance practice and increase impact on student learning.
• Playing an active and positive role in promoting a school culture based on Excellence, Respect, and Service.

Teaching

• Providing an inspiring and effective education in the relevant curriculum areas.
• Plan effective lessons that reflect the department Unit Planners.
• Lead lessons which reflect the school's Teaching and Learning Charter and effectively assess student progress in order to provide students with support and challenge where appropriate.
• Provide regular verbal and written feedback on learning to students, in line with the school's assessment policy, so that they understand how to make further progress.
• Maintain sufficient records of student attainment using official platforms and methodology, in order to track and demonstrate progress in learning.
• Participate in curriculum-based field trips and co-curricular activities to encourage a deeper understanding of the curriculum area, including NAE Global Campus.
• Prepare students for external examinations, including determining predicted grades.
• Provide students with advice on option choices.
• Support named students in undertaking Personal Projects and DP Extended Essays and assessing accordingly.
• Participate in Academic Board meetings to support individual students.

Pastoral

• Engineering and exploiting opportunities to enhance student wellbeing and positive attitudes to learning.
• Keep regular records of attendance in lessons.
• Report to and liaise with relevant teams to ensure extra support is provided to those students who need it.
• Carry out break time and lunchtime duties according to the school timetable.
• Report any concerns about children in danger or vulnerable situations to the Safeguarding team.
• Mentor older students if and when appropriate.
• Uphold the school Code of Conduct for students at all times.

Role of Tutor

• Undertake the role of Form Tutor.
• Ensure Daily Wellbeing Time and lessons are effective.
• Build relationships and trust with students.
• Support the assemblies program through personal presentations and helping prepare class assemblies.
• Support tutee transition into and out of Hamelin-Laie.
• Support tutees with CAS responsibilities.

Parents

• Building trusting and honest relationships with parents through timely and effective communications.
• Complete regular reports and attend arranged conferences, as per the school calendar.
• Maintain ongoing records of student attainment on the education management program, as per the subject Assessment Policy.
• Undertake proactive, informal communication, including positive updates.
• Promote the outstanding practice of yourself, your teams, and the whole school through newsletters, yearbook, and social media posts, and informally through all conversations.
• Support the admissions team with open days.

Environment

• Creating inspiring and safe learning environments that encourage innovation and risk-taking and celebrate Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
• Ensure a positive attitude to learning in all lessons by all students through planning carefully for classroom management and following up any concerns as per the school Behavior Policy.
• Ensure that the organization of classrooms is conducive to learning and that classroom displays are used to aid teaching and learning or to celebrate student success.
• Report any Health and Safety or IT issues to the relevant teams in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all students are treated with equity, that diversity is celebrated, and inclusion is realized at all times in every classroom.

Teamwork

• Act to support colleagues in our multiple communities.
• Support Heads of Subject and Heads of Year in the planning and implementation of department development plans.
• Support the Head of Subject Group with curriculum development, including the creation, discovery, and sharing of materials, teaching ideas, and ed-tech resources.

Professional Development

• Committing to Continuing Professional Development to enhance practice and increase impact on student learning.
• Utilize feedback from lesson observations, data analysis, and student voice to strive for improved practice and impact.
• Keep up to date with changes to the relevant subject matter, changes to curriculum requirements, and subject-specific teaching approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience of A Level, AP, IB MYP, IB DP, or ESO with at least 3 to 5 years' is essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Evidence of personal commitment to continuing professional development.
• English: native or advanced level.
• Spanish: knowledge (desirable).

Experience

• Experience of working in an international setting.
• Demonstrable passion and detailed knowledge of subject areas.

Start Day

• 08/01/2025