Teacher of Maths

Teaching vacancies, Birch, Rochdale

Teacher of Maths

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Teaching vacancies, Birch, Rochdale

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 0d9d10a1dea9427f9385d3ea65f288a2

Full Job Description

  • Use a variety of teaching strategies, which involve planned formative assessment and active learning strategies.
  • Ensure lessons are differentiated for the individual needs of students.
  • Seek to ensure the interests of students are engaged and sustained through provision of clear structure for lessons, maintaining pace, motivation, and challenges.
  • Encourage students to think and talk about their learning, develop self-control and independence, concentrate, persevere, and listen attentively.
  • Work actively to create an ethos that promotes equality, celebrates cultural and academic diversity, and ensures the inclusion of students of all abilities, including those with special educational needs.
  • Plan and work in accordance with subject area course outlines and examination specifications.
  • Display sound knowledge and understanding of their subject area.
  • Establish good relationships that promote the achievement of learning, whilst maintaining a purposeful and positive atmosphere in the classroom
  • Set the learning in the context of what has gone before and make it clear what it is intended to achieve.
  • Monitor and intervene when teaching to ensure effective learning and maintain a safe environment in which students feel confident.
  • Self-evaluate teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
  • Keep full attendance records sending electronic class attendance data promptly.
  • Plan and prepare lessons and schemes of work in accordance with school policy, ensuring a variety of learning opportunities for the development of key skills.
  • Maintain individual records of student experiences and achievements in the lessons taught by you and use data to inform future planning.
  • Prepare, implement, and monitor Individual Learning Plans for students in accordance with school policy.
  • Lead the class team to ensure collaborative working for the benefit of the students.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents/carers, educational psychologists, therapists, social services, and other outside agencies who may be involved with students for whom you have a responsibility.
  • Have a thorough awareness of, and regard for, the confidential nature of many aspects of school information relating to individual students.
  • Co-operate with colleagues to ensure the achievement of the aims of the school.
  • Promote positive student behaviour in line with school policies.
  • Assess academic performance in the light of previous achievement to enhance the value-added results of all students.
  • Assess how well learning outcomes have been achieved and use them to improve specific aspects of learning and teaching.
  • Assess and record students' progress systematically and keep records to check work is understood and completed, monitor strengths and weaknesses, inform planning and recognise the grade/level at which the student is achieving.
  • Set sufficient work for formal assessment, such that students understanding can be regularly checked and so that students can be fully prepared for the demands of public examinations and/or coursework.
  • Mark, monitor and return work within a reasonable and agreed time span providing constructive oral and or written feedback that clearly indicates strategies for improvement - as such that students are very clear as to how to move specifically to the next grade/level.
  • Attend parent's evenings according to the school calendar to keep students' families and/or their carers informed about their progress.

    Edgar Wood Academy is currently one of four institutions in the Altus Education Partnership (a Multi- Academy Trust) alongside Kingsway Park High School, Bamford Academy and Rochdale Sixth Form College ("TES 6th Form College of the Year 2021" and "Ofsted Officially Outstanding 2022"). Edgar Wood Academy and the Trust have a very strong educational reputation in the local community and are in a financially robust position. The Trust works as a partnership of equals, where all Academies are distinctive institutions working together for the benefit of all students, within which, Headteachers and local Governing Bodies have delegated authority and associated autonomy. The Trust expects to expand further in the next few years, working with Academies in the Primary and Secondary phases to improve the quality of education across the borough.
  • Altus Education Partnership are committed to supporting all children in their Academies to progress to a successful career, life and employment path of their choice. All our Academies will share a collective identity as providers of the highest quality teaching with high expectations of learners, coupled with effective assessment and intervention. Young people in our Academies will engage with opportunities to develop their own skills and aptitudes to support their progression, while making valuable contributions to their communities. Leaders and Teachers will take a collaborative approach, sharing best practice at a local, regional and national level, to continuously improve the performance and outcomes of all Academies in the Trust. Altus Education Partnership Values The values of the Altus Education Partnership will be embedded and visible throughout all the academies. Each will have its own unique identity built around the core Trust values. These are:
  • Unrelenting commitment to improve the quality of our provision and enhance the lives of our students.
  • Openness in the way we build trust and bring purpose to our work as a Multi Academy Trust.

    Accountability through the rigorous, transparent and forensic analysis of all aspects of our performance.
  • Commitment to the principles of inclusion and equality.
  • Dedication to the borough of Rochdale and its surrounds.
  • Collective responsibility for one another and results of our students - 'if one fails, we all fail'.
  • The Ambition is that by the time students leave they will:
  • Have achieved their personal academic potential giving them a greater choice in life.
  • Have the highest aspirations and developed the self-esteem, confidence, and emotional resilience to exploit their potential.
  • Be contributing members of the community and have compassion for others.
  • Be able to celebrate their success and that of others.
  • Have developed the confidence to overcome barriers to success.
  • Be articulate, creative, and prepared for future growth and learning.
  • Be happy!
  • Shared Objective for all Staff "To maximise students' achievements"
  • At Altus Education Partnership we do this through engaging our students in their subjects and inspiring them to enjoy their studies in a totally positive atmosphere.
  • Our students are challenged to achieve through a culture of high expectations and a belief in their ability.
  • Above all, staff at Altus Education Partnership like their students and demonstrate this through their daily conduct and interaction.
  • Commitment to safeguarding