Lead Practitioner in Spanish

The Lead Practitioner of Spanish role is an exciting addition to the Gloucester academy team. The Department: Our MFL department nurtures a love for languages for our students by focussing on Hispanic culture and a Conti EPI instruction method that promotes use of target language and successful production through chunking. The team has a positive outreach with the community with weekly support from local native speakers delivering conversation sessions to KS4 as well as strong connections with other MFL teams to collaborate on visits and events. We focus on building confidence and are passionate about empowering our pupils to use their language to communicate and connect with the wider world. We enrich the lives of our pupils through challenge, extracurricular activities and a well-planned curriculum carefully interwoven to encourage retrieval, progress and success. Currently we only teach Spanish to all year groups giving each Year group 5 hours per fortnight curriculum time with Year 11 receiving an extra hour a fortnight from 3.00 - 4.00pm on either a Monday or Friday. KS4 study Edexcel Spanish. We run community languages and currently have 12 different languages taking their GCSEs in Year 10 with the support of the local community and members of staff in the school. As a school we are open to discussing introducing another language for our students. Resources: In each classroom there is a visualiser which the MFL team uses during the input part of every lesson. Each student has their own mini whiteboard enabling teachers to assess their class with ease. We use Sparx with our Y7 through to Y11. Students have weekly homework tasks set on these platforms, the tasks are centred around retrieval practice. The team works on and embed the latest mathematical pedagogy into our continually developing shared lesson bank. Each lesson has been designed with a retrieval segment to start the lesson, the main body of the lesson focuses on I Do, We Do, You Do, with students completing at least 20 minutes of silent independent work to master their learning. Curriculum: Students are examined through Edexcel, and our Schemes of Learning allow for a seamless transition between KS3 and KS4, with topics mapped out from one year to the next. Assessments are completed during the school assessment windows, with time built into the schemes of learning for students to work on their individual gaps of knowledge. All Year 11s attend a weekly period 6, this time is used for exam practice and to support students with essential exam topics. The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not restrictive and the post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time. Any such duties should not however substantially change the general character of the post. Job Purpose:

• To work with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to promote inclusion, and equality of opportunity for both students and staff.
• To share in the corporate responsibility for, and commitment to, the safeguarding and promotion of the well-being and discipline of all students.
• To progress the education and welfare of designated groups of students in accordance with the prevailing School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, having due regard to the requirements of the National Curriculum, the aims, objectives and schemes of work of the Academy/Learning Area, Year Cohort, and any policies of the Academy Trust.
• To perform particular assigned duties at the reasonable direction of the Headteacher or his/her designated representative(s).
  
  A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
• Employer contributions to Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gym membership scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Childcare Voucher scheme
• Car benefit scheme
• My Health discounts