Teacher of History

Landau Ltd; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance

LGPS or TPS

Healthcare Cash Plan

Complimentary gym membership

Job summary

Landau Forte Charitable Trust, a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies in the Midlands, seeks an inspirational History teacher. Established in 1989, the Trust aims for world-leading innovation and care for every child. They emphasise student wellbeing and safety, with Safer Recruitment practices in place.

The role offers opportunities within a vibrant Multi Academy Trust, with a focus on enthusiastic students and professional development.

Qualifications

• Graduate with qualified teacher status required.
• Relevant qualifications (formal or through experience) to meet appointment challenge.

Responsibilities

• Meet learner needs through effective teaching, learning and assessment.
• Direct student learning within remit and ensure high standards.
• Set and maintain high expectations and provide guidance and support.
• Prepare, plan and deliver departmental learning programmes with flexible approaches.
• Set challenging attainment targets and monitor progress against targets.
• Evaluate attainment against targets and benchmarks.
• Demonstrate interest in latest developments in History teaching.
• Maintain excellent relationships with students and parents.
• Explore innovative and dynamic methods for teaching and learning.
• Show enthusiasm, energy, resilience and determination.
• Use ICT competently as an administrative tool and in teaching.

Skills

ICT competence

Enthusiasm

Resilience

Teaching passion

Innovative teaching methods

Education

Qualified teacher status

Relevant qualifications/experience

Tools

ICT in teaching

Job description

• Ensure that teaching, learning and assessment meets the needs of learners, impacting positively upon student attainment and achievement; that it fulfils as appropriate the demands and requirements of the published Academy curriculum maps, tutor guides and student guides, and external examination syllabuses


• Provide overall direction for student learning within your remit, ensuring that provision is made for students of all abilities, that they are effectively taught and that learning and achievement are evident. Work with other staff in contributing to the total learning of students including extension and enrichment activities


• Set and maintain high standards, expectations and aspirations for both staff and students, ensuring that they are treated with dignity and respect and that they receive appropriate guidance, support and recognition


• Ensure the preparation, planning and delivery of the agreed departmental learning programmes, utilising flexible approaches to learning including the application of online learning.


• Ensure that appropriate, challenging attainment targets are set and used with all students and monitor their performance in terms of attainment, achievement (both quantifiable value added measures and broader qualitative achievements) and progress in respect of the outcomes from learning programmes and activities.


• Evaluate classes' levels of attainment and achievement against both Academy targets and nationally recognised benchmarks.


• A graduate with qualified teacher status


• Relevant qualifications (both formal and through appropriate experience) to meet the challenge of the appointment


• Desire to improve outcomes for all young people in History, across all ages and abilities


• An interest in the latest developments in History teaching


• Excellent relationships with students and parents


• Willingness to explore innovative and dynamic methods for teaching and learning


• High levels of enthusiasm, ambition, energy, resilience and determination


• Competent in the use of ICT both as an administrative tool and in teaching and learning

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care. We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend., The Trust will conduct all necessary searches and checks as relevant and in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines, our Safer Recruitment policy can be found on our website at www.lfct.org.uk

• The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students


• Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust


• A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours


• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)


• Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health


• Complimentary gym membership