JOB DESCRIPTION: TEACHER OF  MATHEMATICS
 
Salary is paid in accordance with the Teachers' Pay Scale (£33,731 - £51,942) according to experience and qualification.
 
Management
 
What follows is a list of responsibilities which a teacher may be required to undertake. It may be subject to renegotiation should there be changes within the Senior Leadership Team. It further represents a list of responsibilities which cannot be carried out simultaneously and is therefore subject to prioritisation, delegation or to the varying demands of different periods of the academic year. It is also subject to the terms of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Service document which apply to teachers.
 
The Headteacher is responsible for the deployment and management of all staff employed to work at the school and his authority may be delegated to other members of the Senior Leadership Team. On a day to day basis, you are directly accountable to the relevant Head of Faculty/Department for your teaching duties.
 
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
 
General Teaching Duties Duties - Outcomes to Be Achieved:
1. You should seek to support the school’s attempt to secure the best possible attendance and:
Ensure that pupils in your group are registered promptly and accurately
Secure the best possible attendance of pupils in your registration group.
 2. If acting as a registration tutor, you should ensure, as far as possible, that pupils leave registration prepared for the school day and:
Ensure that pupils leave your registration period dressed in accordance with school uniform policy.
Following the “Clean Slate” procedures.
 3. Also in this role, you should promote pupil achievement by:
Passing on positive gossip from staff briefing;
Following the school rewards procedures
Recording particular achievements on achievement log and passing on any particularly noteworthy to the relevant Head of Year and Progress Leader;
 
 
4. In carrying out general supervisory duties you should seek to promote pupil safety and welfare by having due regard to appropriate procedures and in particular:
Be on site by 8.45 a.m. and not leave before 3.25 p.m. unless working shorter part-time hours and/or granted permission to arrive later or leave earlier by a member of SLT
Arrive punctually at lessons, ensuring that pupils line up in an orderly manner before entering and that they remain standing until told to sit and:
Teach or supervise them for the duration of the lesson or such part of the lesson as may be designated;
Not allow pupils to leave the class unless in accordance with school procedures and only after providing them with corridor passes;
Not dismissing the class before the end of lesson bell (but see below);
Be at your designated duty location by 8.45, 10.50 and at the buses by 3.15 (bringing pupils from lesson 6 with you if necessary) on the day when you are designated to undertake duty;
Inform your Duty Team Leader if for any reason (other than unforeseen absence from school) you are unable to carry out the above duties.
 
5. In carrying out your teaching duties, you should seek to secure the highest possible standards of achievement and behaviour of  pupils in your classes by:
Ensuring pupils adhere to school uniform rules
Teaching in accordance with the agreed Faculty/Departmental scheme of work;
Planning and delivering lessons which have due regard to the school’s teaching and learning policy
Plan and deliver effective lessons in line with the new CfW. Lessons should reflect the 4 Purposes and the What Matters statements in the AOLE.
Assessing pupils’ work and recording and reporting on their progress in accordance with the school and Faculty/Departmental assessment policy and marking policy
Assessing pupils’ work and recording and reporting on their progress in accordance with the school and Faculty/Departmental assessment policy and marking policy
Setting appropriate homework
Ensuring that pupils make appropriate use of the homework diary
Preparing pupils for any relevant examination course followed by the Faculty/Department, having due regard to the Faculty/Department Scheme of work, the examination specification and the rules of the examination board;
Following the requirements contained in any IEPs/PSPs relevant to pupils in your classes;
Using the school’s underachievement and behaviour recording systems in accordance with any guidance issued by the Headteacher;
Following the school’s pupil conduct policy and other procedures to promote good behavior;
Following any policies or procedures in relation to the teaching of pupils with additional learning needs (ALN);
Following any policies or procedures in relation to the teaching of able and talented pupils;
Seeking, as far as is reasonably possible, to secure parental co-operation to sustain and improve the levels of their children’s achievement by using the school’s reporting procedures, through the use of the homework diary and through attendance of parents’ evenings
develop curriculum content to ensure that all learners have opportunities to develop and refine the skills set out in the Literacy and Numeracy Framework
integrate literacy and numeracy into their teaching – whatever the subject matter
inform discussions with parents/carers, learners and other teachers about learner performance
help learners with their own self-assessment activities and planning for learning
monitor, assess and report on individual learner performance
identify learners who may benefit from intervention or who are working beyond age-related expectations
 
6. You should promote the pastoral care and welfare of your pupils and in particular  you should seek to:
Be vigilant for any signs of abuse or neglect and report these to the Designated Safeguarding Person,
Seek to assist and support pupils with any pastoral problems and refer on to the Head of Year and Progress Lead.
Be aware of any pupils for whom you are responsible who appear on the school’s medical list and familiarize yourself with the care plans of the small minority who have more severe conditions in order that you can recognize the onset of the condition and secure appropriate assistance.
Deliver the “Thought for the Day” on any day where pupils are in your charge as group tutor for a designated tutor period
Bring pupils to assembly promptly on designated days and remain with them for the duration
Follow the procedures for organising trips
 
7. You should develop your skills as a teacher by:
Participating proactively in arrangements for your professional development;
Reflecting on your own practice;
Sharing good practice with others and contributing to Faculty/ Departmental Schemes of Work and resources any examples of good practice of your own.
 
8. You should support and foster the collaborative working of any team within the school of which you are a part.
 
9. You should assist the work of any faculty or department in which you teach by attending scheduled meetings and contributing good practice to develop the work of the faculty/department
 
10. You should seek to secure the health and safety of yourself and others by:
Having due regard to the school’s health and safety policy
Familiarizing yourself with procedures for fire safety
Reporting accidents and dangerous incidents in accordance with school procedures
 
11. In general you should:
Comply with school policies and act in accordance with guidance and procedures issued by the Headteacher;
Keep the allocated teaching room(s) in good order and report any defects according to school procedures
Follow relevant personnel procedures such as those relating to sickness and leave of absence
Undertake any duties as may be reasonably allocated by the Headteacher, following appropriate consultation, which fall within the duties set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service Document.
 
The job description and allocation of particular responsibilities may be amended by agreement from time to time.