Teacher Post Primary Head of Business Studies

PERSON SPECIFICATION

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JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Head of Business Studies

RESPONSIBILITY TO: Principal

Vice Principals

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER

TEACHERS (TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) REGULATIONS

(NORTHERN IRELAND) 1987

Schedule 3

Regulation 5

Job Purpose:

To ensure effective leadership management and delivery of the relevant programmes of study within the College in accordance with the Schools vision and policies in pursuit of high standards of student achievement.

To support the Colleges ethos values and action planning to secure a highly effective educational environment for our young people.

General Outline:

The role of Head of Department is key to the day-to-day leadership and management of the College and in promotion of the College vision and ethos.

Heads of Department as middle leaders are expected to provide a positive role model to staff and students alike and to contribute extensively to College life beyond the remit of the department.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

for:

The leadership and management of the Business Studies Department.

Specific responsibilities:

(i)The Leadership and Management of the Business Studies Department:

Leading Teaching and Learning

1. Lead and inspire the Business Studies Department and other staff as relevant in the pursuit of excellent outcomes for all students informed by effective evidence-informed pedagogy.
2. Regularly review and update Schemes of Work and teaching resources.
3. Lead delivery of the subjects and programmes of study via appropriate and relevant schemes of work which incorporate progression and take into account the skills experience and diversity of students and available staff.
4. Identify a variety of assessment techniques and to use these to promote Assessment of and for Learning.
5. Track student performance and set targets both individual and departmental using relevant data in accordance with whole-school policy and procedure.
6. Lead the department in liaison with the Senior Leadership Team in undertaking the annual programme of Review Meetings and departmental evaluation as appropriate.
7. Hold regular departmental meetings (at least monthly) with an emphasis on learning and teaching dissemination of good practice self-evaluation target setting student progress/achievement/ support forwarding minutes to the Principal and relevant Vice Principal.
8. Introduce deliver and review new related subjects to the curriculum as required.
9. Keep abreast of and implement as necessary developments in Business Studies teaching and any other relevant subject(s) as required.
10. Advise the Principal relevant Vice Principal and other members of the Senior Leadership Team on the changing needs and developments of the curriculum/assessment.
11. Monitor evaluate and review student learning and report outcomes to students relevant staff parents/carers and Governors as requested by the Principal/the Senior Leadership Team.
12. Oversee arrangements for relevant co- and extra-curricular experiences.

Leading Departmental Administration Policy and Procedure

1. Complete or delegate as appropriate all administrative tasks pertaining to the Department.

appropriate departmental policies on the subject(s) in the context of the Colleges aims and objectives.

departmental policies procedures and practices reflect the best and current practices.

maintain and review the Departmental Handbook.

1. Coordinate examination entries for students studying Business Studies and related subjects at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 as appropriate.
2. Ensure that departmental resources are maintained safely stored and easily accessible and that inventories are carefully kept.
3. Ensure all relevant Health and Safety measures are adopted disseminated implemented and reviewed throughout the Department.
4. Provide and revise annual departmental risk assessments.

Leading Departmental Staff Development

appraise and develop inspirational learning and teaching within the department to ensure the incorporation of innovative adaptive and effective evidence-informed pedagogies.

1. Lead sustained departmental improvement through robust self-evaluation processes which measure impact on student outcomes.
2. Liaise with the Senior Leadership Team in respect of personal continuous professional development opportunities and aspirations.
3. Lead coordinate monitor and review a Departmental Action Plan which reflects the School Development Plan College initiatives and Departmental priorities.
4. Manage lead monitor and hold to account staff (both teaching and support) by engaging in annual performance review (e.g. acting as a PRSD Reviewer) and providing support as required.
5. Support and assist all staff including new teachers temporary teachers and student teachers to secure appropriate professional developmentincludingopportunities to observe share and discuss curriculum change and effective pedagogy across the department.

Effective Use of Resources to Sustain Excellent Educational Outcomes

the departmental budget and resources monitoring and evaluating expenditure to ensure College/department initiatives are implemented efficiently and effectively to produce optimum student outcome.

1. Manage the work of relevant support staff and liaise with other Heads of Departments and the Principal/relevant Vice Principal and other members of the Senior Leadership Team as required.
2. Consult with the Principal/the Senior Leadership Team on the efficient use of accommodation and on departmental issues in relation to improved accommodation equipment and other resources
3. Promote the subject(s) through all available means.

Communication Liaison and Planning with Key Stakeholders*

(*including the Senior Leadership Team Governors contributory schools and external bodies)

1. Liaise with the Senior Leadership Team and other Heads of Department with regard to whole school issues as identified through school review contributing to school development planning initiatives policy-making and attending Heads of Department meetings as required.

to whole-school developments working groups and projects as requested by the Principal or the Senior Leadership Team and undertake any other duties reasonably as required by the Principal or the Senior Leadership Team.

cross-curricular links with other subject areas.

of links with College and external advisory and support staff and other relevant agencies.

induction continuity and progression for students.

with the Head of CEIAG as required.

staff with student behaviour management issues as appropriate.

with Pastoral Staff and the Learning Support Coordinator as required.

General Notes:

The duties of this post are in addition to the general teacher duties as incorporated in the Terms and Conditions of Employment as a teacher as set out in the Teachers Regulations (NI) 1987.

The post holder would be expected to undertake any reasonable duties as requested by the Principal. The successful candidate will also be required to contribute to extra-curricular and cultural activities integral to the life of the College as well as other sporting activities eg Saturday morning sports supervision.

The above Job Description and accompanying notes do not necessarily form a comprehensive and final definition of the post. It may be subject to amendment or modification from time to time following consultation with the holder of the post to meet the changing needs of the College.

1) Exercise of general professional duties

A teacher who is not a principal shall carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require:-

(a) if he/she is employed as a teacher in a school under the reasonable direction of the principal of that school;

(b) if he/she is employed by a board on terms under which he is not assigned to any one school under the reasonable direction of that board and of the principal of any school

in which he/she may for the time being be required to work as a teacher.

2) Exercise of particular duties

(a) A teacher employed as a teacher (other than a principal) in a school shall perform in accordance with any directions which may be reasonably given to him/her by the principal

from time to time such particular duties as may reasonably be assigned to him/her.

(b) A teacher to whom paragraph 1(b) refers shall perform in accordance with any direction which may reasonably be given to him/her from time to time by the board or by the

principal of any school in which he/she may for the time being be required to work as a teacher such particular duties as may reasonably be assigned to him/her.

1. Planning

1.1 Planning and preparing courses and lessons;

1.2 Teaching according to their educational needs the pupils assigned to him/her including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and

elsewhere;

1.3 Assessing recording and reporting on the development progress and attainment of pupils.

2. General

2.1 Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to him/her;

2.2 Providing advice and guidance to pupils on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers including information about sources of more

expert advice on specific questions making relevant records and reports;

2.3 Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils except in instances where to do so might be regarded as compromising a teachers own position;

2.4 Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils;

2.5 Communicating and co-operating with such persons or bodies outside the school as may be approved by the employing authority and the Board of Governors;

2.6 Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.

3. Assessment/Reporting

Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils except in instances where to do so might

be regarded as compromising a teachers own position.

4. Staff Development/Professional Development

4.1 Participating if required in any scheme of staff development and performance review;

4.2

a) Reviewing from time to time his/her methods of teaching and programmes of work;

b) Participating in arrangements for his/her further training and professional development as a teacher.

4.3 Advising and co-operating with the Principal and other teachers (or any one or more of them) on the preparation and development of courses of study teaching materials

teaching programmes methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.

5. Discipline/Health and Safety

5.1 Maintaining good order and discipline among pupils in accordance with the policies of the employing authority and safeguarding their health and safety both when they are

authorised to be on the school premises and when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.

5.2 Participating in meetings at the school which relate to the curriculum for the school or the administration or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements.

6. Public Examinations

Participating in arrangements for preparing pupils for public examinations and in assessing pupils for the purposes of such examinations; recording and reporting such assessments;

and participating in arrangements for pupils presentation for and supervision during such examination.

7. Review and Development of Management Activities/Administration

7.1

a) Contributing to the selection for appointment and professional development of other teachers including the induction and assessment of probationary teachers;

b) Co-ordinating or managing the work of other teachers;

c) Taking such part as may be required of him/her in the review development and management of activities relating to the curriculum organisation and pastoral functions of the school.

7.2

a) Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties as described above including the management or supervision of persons providing support for the

teachers in the school and the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.

b) Subject to the provisions of Article 22 of the Order attending assemblies;

c) Registering the attendance of pupils and supervising pupils whether these duties are to be performed before during or after school sessions.

8. Number of days/Hours of work

8.1

a) A full-time teacher other than a teacher employed in a residential establishment shall be available for work on 195 days in any year of which not more than 190 days

should involve teaching children in a classroom situation;

b) A teacher other than a teacher employed in a residential establishment shall be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may reasonably be

specified by the Principal or where he/she is employed by a Board on terms under which he/she is not assigned to any one school by the Board or the Principal of any school

in which he/she may for the time being be required to work as a teacher for 1265 hours in any year exclusive of time spent off school premises in preparing and marking lessons

and time spent travelling to and from the place of work;

c) A teacher may not be required to teach as distinct from supervise children in a classroom situation for more than 25 hours in any week in a primary or special school and 23.5

hours in any week in a secondary school;

d) Unless employed under a separate contract as a mid-day supervisor a teacher shall not be required to undertake mid-day supervision;

e) Subject to paragraph (f) all teachers shall be required to have a break of at least 30 minutes between the hours of 12 noon and 2.00 pm;

f) Teachers in nursery schools and nursery units in primary schools shall be required to have a break of at least 30 minutes between the hours of 12 noon and 2.30 pm;

g) For the purposes of this paragraph a year means a period of 12 months commencing on 31st July and a week means a period of 7 days commencing on a Sunday.

9. Staff cover

9.1 Supervising and teaching any pupils whose teacher is not available provided that:

a) In schools with an average daily enrolment of 222 or less in primary 1 and primary 2 classes in schools with an average daily enrolment greater than 222 pupils and in nursery

classes in primary schools a teacher other than a supply teacher shall not be required to provide such cover:

b) In schools with an average daily enrolment greater than 222 pupils a teacher other than a supply teacher shall not be required to provide such cover after the second day on

which a teacher other than a teacher of primary 1 or primary 2 class or of a nursery class in a primary school is absent or otherwise not available or from the first day if the fact

that the teacher would be absent or otherwise not available for a period exceeding 2 days was known to and agreed by the employing authority in advance.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within

which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998) the post-holder is expected to promote good relations equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality

legislation at all times.