Second in Humanities

QUALIFICATIONS AND 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
  
  

  DESIREABLE

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

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

ESSENTIAL

• Good classroom teacher
• Ability to motivate and interest pupils
• Ability to set and attain high standards from pupils
• Commitment to the role of assessment to monitor progress
• Knowledge and understanding of literacy and numeracy 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 the ability to use them to monitor progress
• Awareness of the needs of children who speak English as an additional language or have SEN
• An understanding of how a pupil’s learning is affected by their intellectual, emotional and social development, and the stages of child development
  
  

PERSONAL QUALITIES

ESSENTIAL

• High degree of commitment to subject and teaching children
• 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 with parents
• Ability to encourage and enable others to reach their full potential
  
  DESIREABLE

Willingness to contribute to extra-curricular activities