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The Stourport High School & VIth Form CentreJob Descriptionclass, group and subject level, policies, plans and priorities, the success in meeting objectivesand targets and subject-related improvement plans.• Subject Leaders meet regularly with HOFs and agree plans and targets, reporting back on keyissues at key times and ensuring the HoF is aware of any major success and/or issues forattention.• Subject Leader’s will agree with the HOF the role they play in producing termly reports that goto make up the HOFs SQAD report for the Principal and Governors. This is an up to datesnapshot of progress against plans and targets, areas of strength and success and areas forpriority action. This analysis will form the basis of the faculty and school SEF and school profile.• All Subject Leader’s are entitled to professional development and every effort will be made toprovide relevant InSET within the resources of the school and where relevant to schoolpriorities.Knowledge and UnderstandingSubject Leaders will need to have knowledge and understanding of:• our school's aims, priorities, targets and action plans;• the relationship of the subject to the curriculum as a whole;• any statutory curriculum requirements for their specific areas of responsibility within the facultyand the requirements for assessment, recording and reporting of students' attainment andprogress;• the characteristics of high quality teaching and the main strategies for improving and sustaininghigh standards of teaching, learning and achievement for all students and develop within theirrole;• the role of teachers and managers and how good leadership and good management can impacton improving standards;• the implications of the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs for teaching andlearning;• how students learn and how teachers can best facilitate learning through planning and anunderstanding of students’ differing learning styles;• the 14-19 curriculum and the changes required to meet student need and the curriculum offer;• how ICT and new technologies can be effectively used and managed to improve studentindependent learning, access and achievement.Planning and Setting ExpectationsSubject Leaders are expected to support the HoF in the following and take specific responsibility forsome aspects of planning and setting expectations as agreed in the detailed job description.• Set expectations and targets for staff and students in relation to standards of studentachievement and the quality of teaching.• Establish a baseline expectation for the faculty in terms of students’ behaviour, achievement,attitude, learning environment, respect, rights, responsibilities and resilience.• Establish a baseline expectation of all staff in terms of professionalism, work ethic, presence,respect for colleagues, students and parents, management of the learning environment,management of student behaviour and achievement.• Work with the SENCo any other staff with Special Educational Needs expertise, to ensure thatindividual education plans are used to set subject specific targets and match work well tostudents' needs.• Establish, with the involvement of relevant staff, short, medium and long term plans for thedevelopment and resourcing of the subject which: contribute to whole-school aims, policies and practices, including those in relation tobehaviour, discipline, bullying and racial harassment;Date of issue: September 13 Page 2
The Stourport High School & VIth Form CentreJob Descriptionare based on a range of comparative information and evidence, including the attainmentof students and the regular monitoring and reporting through the Faculty SEF;identify realistic and challenging targets for improvement;are understood by all those involved in putting the plans into practice;are clear about action to be taken, timescales and criteria for success;are based on empirical evidence collected by the HoF and Subject Leader identifyingareas of strengths and weakness and formulated into the faculty improvement plan.Teaching and Managing Student LearningHOFs will delegate some of the following aspects of teaching and learning to the Subject Leader toensure:• curriculum coverage, continuity and progression in the subject for all students, including thoseof high ability and those with special educational or linguistic needs;• teachers are clear about the teaching of objectives in lessons, understand the sequence ofteaching and learning in the subject, and communicate such information to students;• guidance is provided on the choice of appropriate teaching and learning methods to meet theneeds of the subject and of different students;• effective development of students' literacy, numeracy and information technology skills throughthe subject;• teachers of the subject are aware of its contribution to students' understanding of the duties,opportunities, responsibilities and rights of citizens;• teachers of the subject know how to recognise and deal with racial stereotyping;• effective development of students' individual and collaborative study skills necessary for them tobecome increasingly independent when out of school.• appropriate independent learning plans are drawn up, published and monitored for completion• Whole school curriculum issues, including Every Child Matters, Enterprise and Work RelatedCurriculum and Spiritual Moral Social and Personal Education are considered and addressedwithin the taught curriculum.Assessment, Evaluation & MonitoringSubject Leaders will provide empirical evidence within the faculty and take specific responsibility foraspects of monitoring so that HoFs• Analyse and interpret relevant national, local and school data, research and inspectionevidence, to inform policies, practices, expectations, targets and teaching methods.• Establish and implement clear policies and practices for assessing, recording and reporting onstudent achievement, and for using this information to recognise achievement and to assiststudents in setting targets for further improvement.• Ensure that information about students' achievements in previous classes and schools is usedeffectively to secure good progress in the subject.• Monitor the progress made in achieving subject plans and targets, evaluate the effects onteaching and learning, and use this analysis to guide further improvement.• Evaluate the teaching of the subject in the school, use this analysis to identify effective practiceand areas for improvement and take action to improve further the quality of teaching.• Report to the Line Manager, Principal and Governors on progress through the SQAD and examresults reports.Student AchievementSubject Leaders should be aware of how the HoF will work with all faculty staff toDate of issue: September 13 Page 3
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