Teacher - Primary Specialist Provision KS2 SPL class

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Teacher - Primary Specialist Provision KS2 SPL class, Londonderry

Client: Education Authority

Location: Londonderry

Job Category: Education

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 3db0a7acbaa9

Job Views: 3

Posted: 18.04.2025

Expiry Date: 02.06.2025

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Teacher - Primary

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1987

1. Exercise of general professional duties - A teacher who is not a principal shall carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require.
2. Exercise of particular duties - A teacher employed as a teacher (other than a principal) in a school shall perform, in accordance with any directions which may be reasonably given to him/her by the principal from time to time, such particular duties as may reasonably be assigned to him/her.
3. Planning
   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.
4. 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. Communicating and co-operating with such persons or bodies outside the school as may be approved by the employing authority;
   6. Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.
5. Assessment/Reporting - Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.
6. 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. Advising and co-operating with the Principal and other teachers on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment.
7. Discipline/Health and Safety - Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils in accordance with the policies of the employing authority.
8. Public Examinations - Participating in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations.
9. 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.
10. Number of days/Hours of work
    1. A full-time teacher shall be available for work on 195 days in any year;
    2. A teacher may not be required to teach for more than 25 hours in any week in a primary or special school.
11. Staff cover - Supervising and teaching any pupils whose teacher is not available.