Lead Practitioner Geography in South East London

Job description

Lead Practitioner

Geography

Salary: Leadership scale, commensurate with experience Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: Easter 2024 or September 2024

Our Secondary Academy has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner - Geography to join our established and successful team from Easter 2024 or September 2024. Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic teacher who encourages a love for the subject through their teaching and who has both the ability and commitment to inspire and develop the practice of colleagues in the Geography department. The successfully appointed person will be an outstanding teacher; they will have a track record for achieving excellent outcomes and will possess the vision, creativity and energy to lead and drive standards in the Geography department, ensuring future success for all learners.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an academy where teachers are supported and encouraged to develop their classroom practice through a wide range of development opportunities. Our pedagogical approach is based on the latest evidence and research and ensures that teaching is efficient and effective whilst prioritising staff wellbeing. We ask our teachers to plan for a rigorous learning experience in which knowledge is broken down into manageable chunks so as to prevent cognitive load and allow our students to remain focused on what is important.

We believe that knowledge should and needs to be taught explicitly from the front by the subject expert in the room. Working in this way allows our students to focus on the recall and activation of that knowledge and bring it to bear on conceptually focused questions. Through direct instruction, retrieval practice, low stakes testing and question level analysis in all year groups, we believe that subject gaps will be tackled as they occur and that proactively working in this manner will eliminate the need for reactive intervention in exam year groups. The academy has a zero tolerance approach to misbehaviour and low-level disruption, our behaviour systems are tightly managed so that teachers are able to focus on delivering high quality teaching in a positive classroom environment that is conducive to learning.

The successful candidate will receive: A salary commensurate with the profile of the post; Bespoke CPD with mentoring and coaching opportunities; The opportunity to work laterally across a number of Leigh Academies Trust schools to benchmark best practice and to be involved in teaching and learning innovation; The opportunity to work in a school where behaviour is exemplary.

We would like to hear from you if you are: An excellent teacher who is passionate about learning and has strong subject knowledge; Have a high level of KS4 and KS5 teaching experience and delivery of results; Experienced in teaching IBCP is preferred, but not essential if you have a high level of A-Level subject knowledge; Collaborative, able to build strong professional relationships; Able to motivate and inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential; Energetic and have a can-do attitude; Confident and has strong career aspirations; Committed to safeguarding and the happiness and wellbeing of everyone at the academy.

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.

To apply for this opportunity your detailed CV to Clarus Education now to be considered. We will be contacting those shortlisted within 48 hours of an application.

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Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

South East London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Profession type

Bar Staff / Waiters and Waitresses

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English