Teacher of Design Technology
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School
Southwark
- Salary:
- main scale/UPS or unqualified scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 July 2024
Job overview
Teacher of Design Technology - Job details
Salary: main scale/UPS or unqualified scale
Contract type: Full-time /part time considered
Reporting to: Senior Leader
Responsible for: Teaching of Food Technology/Textiles and Health and Social Care
Main purpose
The teacher of Design Technology will:
- Fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
- Meet the expectations set out in the Teachers’ Standards
Duties and responsibilities
Teaching and Leading
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons to assigned classes, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work
- Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of pupils
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
- Promote excellent progress and outcomes by pupils
- Demonstrate excellent subject and curriculum knowledge
- Demonstrate their quality of teaching is ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’
- Participate in arrangements for preparing pupils for external tests
Whole-school organisation, strategy and development
- Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
- Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure co-ordinated outcomes
- Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach
Health, safety and discipline
- Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils
- Maintain good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
Professional development
- Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures
- Take part in further training and development in order to improve own teaching
- Take part in the appraisal and professional development of others, where appropriate
Communication
- Communicate effectively with staff pupils, parents and carers
Working with colleagues and other relevant professionals
- Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school
- Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues
Personal and professional conduct
- Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school
- Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality
- Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out their professional duties and responsibilities
Management of staff and resources
- Direct and supervise support staff assigned to them, and where appropriate, other teachers
- Contribute to the recruitment and professional development of other teachers and support staff
- Deploy resources delegated to them
Safeguarding
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
- Work with the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary
- Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school
Additional areas of responsibility
Contribute significantly to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s vision and values
- Have extensive knowledge of the Science curriculum, related pedagogy and assessment
- Provide a critical role in the life of the school/trust
- Be a role model for teaching and learning
- Make a distinctive contribution to the raising of pupil standards
- Take advantage of appropriate opportunities for professional development and use the outcomes effectively to improve pupils’ learning
- Lead on Science teaching and learning, and pedagogy and curriculum initiatives
- Provide pastoral care as required and being aware of mental health and wellbeing needs
- Provide advice, coaching and mentoring to other teachers in order to help them develop and meet the relevant standards
Other areas of responsibility
Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the teacher will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher or line manager.
Attached documents
About Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School
- Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School
- 118 St George's Road
- London
- SE1 6EX
- United Kingdom
Notre Dame Catholic Girls' is a single-sex comprehensive school with students from the ages of 11 to 16 years, based in the south London borough of Southwark.
The school was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1855 and until 1977 it was a grammar school. Today, the school intake is non-selective.
Headteacher
Ms B Byrne
Values and vision
Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School has a mission to nurture Christian women who are confident, think for themselves, who understand the concepts of equality and justice and can play a full and responsible part in a changing and multicultural society.
The school strives to ensure that all aspects of school life reflect the school's distinctive Catholic ethos, and that each girl is given equality of opportunity to achieve her full potential - spiritually, academically and socially. It also adheres to the Notre Dame tradition that a school must be ‘a happy place’ and that “a spirit of joy must exist and a smile must be on hand.”
MAT
The school is proud to be part of the SELCAT Catholic Academy Trust which educates almost 5000 students across its Primary and Secondary schools in the Diocese.
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