The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre<strong>Job</strong> Description• Establish clear targets for student achievement <strong>and</strong> evaluate progress <strong>and</strong> achievement by allstudents, including those with exceptional ability <strong>and</strong> those with special educational needs <strong>and</strong>linguistic needs.• Use data effectively to identify students who are underachieving <strong>and</strong>, where necessary, create<strong>and</strong> implement effective plans of action to support those students.Relations with Parents <strong>and</strong> Wider CommunitySubject Leaders are expected to contribute to at least one aspect of the following• Establish a partnership with parents to involve them in their child's learning of the subject, aswell as providing information about curriculum, attainment, progress <strong>and</strong> targets.• Develop effective links with the local community, including business <strong>and</strong> industry, in order toextend the subject, enhance teaching <strong>and</strong> develop the students' wider underst<strong>and</strong>ing.• Communicate effectively, orally <strong>and</strong> in writing with parents, governors, external agencies <strong>and</strong>the wider community, including business <strong>and</strong> industry.Managing Own Performance <strong>and</strong> Development• Prioritise <strong>and</strong> manage own time effectively, particularly in relation to balancing the dem<strong>and</strong>smade by teaching, subject management <strong>and</strong> involvement in school development.• Achieve challenging professional goals.• Take responsibility for their own professional development.Managing <strong>and</strong> Developing Staff <strong>and</strong> Other Adults – under direction of the HoF, takeresponsibility for aspects of:• Helping staff to achieve constructive working relationships with students.• Establishing clear expectations <strong>and</strong> constructive working relationships among staff, includingthrough team working <strong>and</strong> mutual support; devolving responsibilities <strong>and</strong> delegating tasks,appropriate evaluating of practice <strong>and</strong> developing an acceptance of accountability.• Appraising staff as required by the school policy on Performance Management <strong>and</strong> use theprocess to develop the <strong>person</strong>al <strong>and</strong> professional effectiveness of the teacher.• Leading professional development through example <strong>and</strong> support, <strong>and</strong> co-ordinate the provisionof high quality professional development by methods such as coaching or drawing on othersources of expertise as necessary, for example higher education, LEAs <strong>and</strong> subjectassociations.• Ensuring that trainee <strong>and</strong> newly qualified teachers are appropriately trained, monitored,supported <strong>and</strong> assessed in relation to st<strong>and</strong>ards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status, theCareer Entry Profiles <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ards for induction.• Attending Academic Board meetings <strong>and</strong> other meetings as outlined in the meetings policy <strong>and</strong>practice – as required due to absence.Managing Resources – support the HoF in managing resources so that the HoF may:• Establish staff <strong>and</strong> resource needs <strong>and</strong> advise the Principal <strong>and</strong> leadership group of likelypriorities for expenditure, <strong>and</strong> allocate available resources with maximum efficiency to meet theobjectives of the school <strong>and</strong> subject plans <strong>and</strong> achieve value for money.• Deploy or advise the Principal on the deployment of staff involved in the subject, to ensure thebest use of subject, technical <strong>and</strong> other expertise.• Ensure the effective <strong>and</strong> efficient management <strong>and</strong> organisation of learning resources, includinginformation <strong>and</strong> communications technology.Date of issue: September 13 Page 4
The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre<strong>Job</strong> Description• Maintain existing resources <strong>and</strong> explore opportunities to develop or incorporate new resourcesfrom a wide range of sources inside <strong>and</strong> outside the school.• Use accommodation to create an effective <strong>and</strong> stimulating environment for the teaching <strong>and</strong>learning of the subject.• Ensure there is a safe working <strong>and</strong> learning environment in which risks are properly assessed.Strategic Leadership – support the Principal, Leadership Group <strong>and</strong> HoFs to:• Create a climate which enables other staff to develop <strong>and</strong> maintain positive attitudes towardsthe subject <strong>and</strong> confidence in teaching it.• Develop <strong>and</strong> implement policies <strong>and</strong> practices for the subject which reflect the school'scommitment to high achievement, effective teaching <strong>and</strong> learning.• Ensure that the Principal, leadership group <strong>and</strong> governors are well informed about subjectpolicies, plans <strong>and</strong> priorities, the success in meeting objectives <strong>and</strong> targets, <strong>and</strong> subject-relatedprofessional development plans.• Establish a clear, shared underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the importance <strong>and</strong> role of the subject in contributingto students' spiritual, moral, cultural, mental <strong>and</strong> physical development, <strong>and</strong> in preparingstudents for the opportunities, responsibilities <strong>and</strong> experiences of adult life.Liaison – to undertake liaison as directed by the HoF:• within school;• with contributory schools <strong>and</strong> with other high schools;• with parents;• with other institutions such as colleges of further education, local industry etc.Notes:a) The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties <strong>and</strong> responsibilities contained in themost recent statement of conditions of employment.b) The Governing Body reserves the right to alter the content of this <strong>Job</strong> Description afterconsultation to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the generalcharacter or level of responsibilityc) The duties described in this <strong>Job</strong> Description must be carried out in a manner which promotesequality of opportunity, dignity <strong>and</strong> due respect for all employees <strong>and</strong> service users <strong>and</strong> isconsistent with the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy.Signed (issued by) ………………………………….. Date …………………………………………Signed (received by) ………………………………… Date …………………………………………Date of issue: September 13 Page 5