AST of English or, teacher aspiring to this status
Permanent - start date: 20th April or sooner
Tunbridge Wells High School is looking to appoint an AST of English, to start in Easter.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambition and innovative individual to make a difference.
If you are not yet AST status, please still apply, we are committed to progressing our teachers careers and will work with you for 6 months to achieve AST!
We are a friendly 11-16 non-selective secondary school, with a passionate teaching team that care about making a difference. We value all of our staff highly and they value our school, encouraging our pupils to be the best that they can be. We believe that teachers want to be memorable rather than just a memory.
We are committed to raising standards in numeracy and literacy, as well as providing training and development for all of our teaching staff. It is for this reason that we are seeking a new addition for our English Department
This is a fantastic time to join a great school:
- You will have favoured access to modern accommodation in close proximity to the school.
- An attractive golden hello.
- Excellent career progression as we aim to double the current roll over the next 5 years
The school is small, friendly, supportive and caring, looking for a passionate English Teacher.
The scope for this role includes making a significant impact in developing the quality of education in English, but also whole school impact.
Working with the Head of Department and colleagues, you will:
- Be proactive in the on-going development of the department and take a positive approach to raising standards, student achievement and development of the learning environment
- To maximise students' participation in the subject and assist with the provision of extra curricular activities in English
- To participate in the creation of schemes of work
- To attend and contribute to department meetings
- Use ICT effectively, both through teaching the curriculum and to support the professional role
- Ensuring up to date knowledge in area of specialism
- Have a full understanding of connections and progressions (subject)
- Quickly understand pupils' perceptions and misconceptions from questions and responses. Support GAP Analysis and remediation
- Model the most effective teaching methods to achieve the teaching objective
- Display creative skills to engage, enthuse and challenge pupils and to use questioning and explanation effectively to secure maximum progress
- Support colleagues in their use of assessment as part of their teaching in order to diagnose pupils' needs and set realistic and challenging targets for improvement
- Help others to evaluate their own practice in relation to pupils' progress, school targets and inspection evidence
- Produce high quality teaching materials
- Lead staff meetings on given initiatives
- Contribute to the in school professional development programme
This is a fantastic role, with bundles of opportunities and involvement.
If you are not yet AST accredited and want to progress your career, we still want to hear from you. We will work with you to achieve AST status over a 6 month period!
To find out more about this role please contact Simon Adams on 0845 3088251 or email: simon.adams@supplydesk.co.uk
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