Second in Humanities

Bartley Green School; Woodgate; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Bartley Green School in England is seeking a committed science teacher with Qualified Teacher Status and a degree in Science to teach KS3 and KS4. The post involves leading department initiatives and collaborating with colleagues to raise achievement using ICT to enrich lessons.

The successful candidate will monitor progress, set high standards and build strong relationships with pupils, parents and the wider school community, contributing to CPD and extra‑curricular activities.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher status and degree in science.
• Experience teaching KS3 and KS4.
• Experience leading department initiatives.
• Postgraduate professional qualification.
• Knowledge of literacy and numeracy development.
• Strong behaviour management.
• Ability to use ICT in teaching.

Responsibilities

Skills

Good classroom teacher

Motivate pupils

Set high standards

Assessment for progress

Literacy and numeracy development

ICT use

Curriculum knowledge

Behaviour management

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Planning and organisation

Communication skills

Knowledge of KPI

EAL/SEN awareness

Understanding child development

Education

Qualified teacher status

Degree level qualification in Science

Relevant postgraduate professional qualification

Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4

Tools

ICT

Job description

QUALIFICATIONSAND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Qualified teacher status
• Degree level qualification in Science
• Experience of teaching at KS3 and KS4
• Experience in leading on department initiatives
• Relevant postgraduate professional qualification

DESIRABLE

• Some teaching experience in a school with asimilar context.
• Previous experience of working with parents

KNOWLEDGEAND SKILLS

ESSENTIAL

• Good classroom teacher
• Ability to motivate and interest pupils
• Ability to set and attain high standards frompupils
• Commitment to the role of assessment to monitorprogress
• Knowledge and understanding of literacy andnumeracy development within English
• Ability to use ICT
• Sound understanding of the curriculum
• Excellent behaviour management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of key performance indicators and theability to use them to monitor progress
• Awareness of the needs of children who speakEnglish as an additional language or have SEN
• An understanding of how a pupil’s learning isaffected by their intellectual, emotional and social development, and thestages of child development

PERSONALQUALITIES

ESSENTIAL

• High degree of commitment to subject and teachingchildren
• Sets self high standards and targets
• Willingness to undertake CPD
• Ability to maintain emotional resilience
• Exaluative and reflective approach to our practice
• Supportive of colleagues
• Good attendance and punctuality
• Pro-active in the working environment
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Ability to accommodate changes in work priorities
• Ability to anticipate workload and plan aheasd
• Ability to develop effective relationships withparents
• Ability to encourage and enable others to reachtheir full potential

DESIRABLE

Willingnessto contribute to extra-curricular activities