Principal Teacher

Fife Council; High Offley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits package

Job summary

Fife Council Education Directorate is seeking a highly-skilled Principal Teacher who will lead school improvement and support the senior leadership team. The role focuses on implementing and pursuing policy objectives to achieve positive outcomes for children and families within the Fife community.

The successful candidate will contribute to shaping a strategic vision, collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, and help develop a self-improving education system.

Qualifications

• High levels of interpersonal skills to lead and manage school improvement at strategic and operational levels.
• Commitment to career-long professional learning and evidence of impact on practice.
• PVG scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland before appointment.
• GTCS registration required for primary/secondary posts as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the senior leadership team to deliver strategic school improvement.
• Contribute to the development of a self-improving system across the education community.
• Work with stakeholders to implement policies and pursue objectives set in guidance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Commitment to professional learning

Education

GTCS registration (Primary)

GTCS registration (Secondary)

Job description

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

We are looking for a highly-skilled Principal Teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As a principal teacher in Fife you will be responsible for supporting the senior leadership team by contributing to the strategic vision for the school, working with a wide range of stakeholders to implement and pursue the objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a self-improving system across the education community.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

• You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of the senior leadership team to lead and manage school improvement, both at strategic and operational levels, to ensure continuous improvement.
• You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
• Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
• Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration.
• For posts within Primary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Primary.
• For posts within Secondary you are required to be fully registered with GTCS in Secondary for the specific subject.
• You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
• Full registration is required for all Permanent posts, for temporary class teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.
• Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold Primary or Secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife Council.
• For teaching specific subjects you must be fully registered with GTCS to teach those subjects.

For further information regarding Fife Council's essential criteria for GTCS registration please review:

Further Information

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