Senior School Mathematics Teacher

Wellington College China Recruitment Open Day 

21st and 22nd January 2018

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Senior School Mathematics Teacher

General Role Description:

A well-qualified teacher of Mathematics, with at least two years’ experience of teaching at

Senior / High School level (UK Key Stages 3-5 or equivalent).

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum:

• To teach Mathematics within the Mathematics department.
• To work with the Head of Mathematics and other staff on the development of schemes
• of work, helping to build opportunities for:

- Ensuring progression

- Active learning

- Assessment for learning

- Meeting the needs of all learners

- ICT

- Enrichment and external links

Learning:

• To maintain up-to-date records of student progress across all aspects of performance
• To ensure that your students make good or outstanding progress in Mathematics
• To deal effectively with behaviour, attendance and punctuality issues

Assessment:

• To carry out the regular assessment and marking of students' work, according to the
• departmental and whole school assessment and marking policy
• To keep records of student attainment and progress
• To monitor student achievement against school and national data at individual student
• and teaching group level, and to take action to improve achievement and combat identified
• under achievement
• To carry out assessment and feedback

Guidance & Welfare:

• Where appropriate, act as a form tutor, fulfilling the following functions:
• To take overall responsibility for monitoring tutees’ academic and wider progress and
• development, acting in line with school policies in this area;
• To review progress and support students in target setting and action planning;
• To ensure that all students are valued and treated according to the aims of the school.

2 Knowledge, Experience and Profile

Required Qualifications / Skills:

• A relevant degree (BSc or equivalent) and professional teaching qualification is essential
• A passion for Mathematics and the ability to share this with as wide a range of students
• as possible
• Excellent subject knowledge and an interest in current developments in Mathematics
• Fluency in written and spoken English to enable effective communication with students
• and in working relationships
• Knowledge of A-level/GCSE/IGCSE curricula, their delivery and assessment is desirable
• The desire to put the wellbeing each student at the heart of what they do and can 
• demonstrate how they will support the development of the school’s core values.
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Honesty, integrity, compassion, flexibility and a good sense of humor
• Strong organizational, self-management and problem-solving skills

Desirable Qualifications / Skills:

• Experience teaching A-level (or equivalent) in your subject specialism
• Experience teaching the Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE Mathematics
• Experience using ICT (or a VLE) to enrich students learning
• Experience teaching and mentoring EAL students

Important Note:

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such all applicants who are appointed to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau before the appointment is confirmed. This check will include details of cautions, reprimands or warnings, as well as convictions and nonconviction information. Once provisionally appointed, the successful applicant(s) may also be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure at predetermined intervals during the course of their employment whilst in this post.

The completed application form, together with a letter of introduction and an up-to-date CV, including the names and contact details of three referees, should be sent to posts.tianjin@wellingtoncollege.cn.