Teacher - Health %26 Social Care to A Level with KS3 French %26 RE

Education Authority; Strabane; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Teacher - Post-Primary

REPORTS TO: Principal

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER

A teacher who is not a principal shall carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require:

1. Planning and preparing courses and lessons;
2. Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere;
3. Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

2. General

1. Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to him/her;
2. Providing advice and guidance to pupils on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers;
3. Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils;
4. Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils;
5. Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.

3. Assessment/Reporting

Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.

4. Staff Development/Professional Development

1. Participating, if required, in any scheme of staff development and performance review;
2. Reviewing from time to time his/her methods of teaching and programmes of work;
3. Participating in arrangements for his/her further training and professional development as a teacher.

5. Discipline/Health and Safety

Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils in accordance with the policies of the employing authority and safeguarding their health and safety.

6. Public Examinations

Participating in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations and in assessing pupils for the purposes of such examinations.

7. Review and Development of Management Activities/Administration

1. Contributing to the selection for appointment and professional development of other teachers;
2. Co-ordinating or managing the work of other teachers;
3. Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties.

8. Number of days/Hours of work

A full-time teacher shall be available for work on 195 days in any year, of which not more than 190 days should involve teaching children in a classroom situation.

9. Staff cover

Supervising and teaching any pupils whose teacher is not available.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

NOTES TO JOB APPLICANTS

1. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the required criteria.
2. Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria.

SECTION 1 - ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

1. Hold a teaching qualification which meets the requirements for recognition to teach in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland.
2. Minimum of one year's paid experience of teaching Health and Social Care at Key Stage 5.
3. Minimum of one year's paid experience of teaching RE and French at Key Stage 3.

SECTION 2 - ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Knowledge of Northern Ireland Curriculum and current assessment methods.

SECTION 3 - DESIRABLE CRITERIA

Minimum of one year's demonstrable experience of teaching PE at Key Stage 3.

DISCLOSURE OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 defines working directly with children as ‘regulated activity’.

APPLICANT GUIDANCE NOTES

To view the applicant guidance notes, please click here.

The Education Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.