Teacher - Chiltern Way Academy

Overview

Salary Type: MPS/UPS

Salary details: MPS/UPS plus special needs allowance and additional paid duties. Suitable for QTS / ECT / UQT

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Standard Teaching Hours 32.5

Closing date: 01/02/2024 12:00

Interviews to be held: TBC

About us

Chiltern Way Academy Trust (CWAT) provides cutting edge and transformational approaches to educating students with ASC and SEMH. We currently have seven campuses based across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hampshire.
https://chilternway.org/

About the role

Teacher - Wendover Campus
An exciting life changing career with fabulous opportunities!

Be part of something extraordinary!
We don't do ordinary; we are rewriting the future with our Ofsted 'Outstanding' cutting edge and transformational approaches to educating students with ASC and SEMH.

We are on a mission to turn around the futures of our young people and we are looking for exceptional individuals to help us achieve this.

Together we can make a huge positive impact on the lives and life chances of our students.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our amazing school so please contact us and come and see for yourself

We don't do ordinary; we are rewriting the future with our Ofsted 'Outstanding' cutting edge and transformational approaches to educating students with ASC and SEMH.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. GENERAL
To undertake any duties of an appropriate nature as may be reasonably required by the
Head of Campus to which he/she may be directed to work as a teacher.
To participate in any arrangements within an agreed national framework for the appraisal of
his/her own performance and that of other staff.
To maintain both the health and safety of self, colleagues and critically of all students
including good order and discipline: to do so within the school’s policies and guidelines.
To be familiar with and follow all the school’s policies and guidelines on all areas and aspects
of school life.
To play a full part in the cycle of school and self-evaluation, plan-do-review.
To maintain a classroom or rooms to the highest standard: supporting the comfort, safety,
self-esteem and learning of the students.
2. TEACHING
To undertake class teaching and all associated preparatory, assessment, recording and
reorting work, in a subject specialism and/or other curriculum areas.
To demonstrate skills in, and understanding of, a variety of teaching and learning strategies.
To lead and/or substantially contribute to the planning and delivery of any necessary policy documents and schemes of work for those subjects.
To impart knowledge skills and understanding to each pupil following planned schemes of
work that deliver the National Curriculum both within and if appropriate outside the prescribed Key Stages and programmes of study for each subject delivered.
To impart knowledge skills and understanding to each pupil following modified and individualised schemes of work that deliver the National Curriculum both within and if appropriate outside the prescribed Key Stages and programmes of study for each subject delivered.
To regularly review the methods of teaching and programmes of work.
To actively and demonstrably support and promote literacy, numeracy, ICT, careers and Key Skills via their curriculum areas.
To actively and demonstrably support and promote both the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of the students and to instill British Values via their curriculum areas.
To keep abreast with current thinking and development by attendance at appropriate courses, reading and other professional development and training.
To participate in meetings at the school which relate to the curriculum or the organisation and administration of the school.

3. PASTORAL CARE
To be responsible and an advocate for a group.
To know well and to be actively responsible for each individual pupil within the group sharing their successes and challenges.
To intervene and provide support in promoting the general progress academically, socially and personally of all pupils within the group and to encourage them to take as full and active a part in the wider life of the school as possible.
To liaise with colleagues, parents, educational support services and other agencies as appropriate.
To lead or contribute significantly to any pertinent or necessary recording, reporting or assessment.

About you

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
The successful candidate will have:
A calm and positive attitude to all aspects of school life
A caring and sensitive attitude towards students
Ability to be a positive part of a successful team
Ability to foster a feeling of mutual respect in both students and adults
Ability to engender a feeling of control and security within the classroom
A commitment to the whole of school life
Vigour, enthusiasm and warmth
Ability to change, adapt, develop and improve

IN THE CLASSROOM
High standards of personal presentation, punctuality and courtesy
Maintaining a comfortable, orderly and stimulating classroom
Providing appropriate resources and materials
Generating original materials
A belief in the pertinence and value of the subject(s) being delivered
Having the highest expectations of students and supporting staff
Investing time and thought in the preparation and delivery of lessons
Employing a variety of teaching and learning strategies
Seeking constantly to fine tune and improve classroom teaching, plan-do-review cycle
Taking responsibility for student behaviour and performance
Setting meaningful goals for themselves, classes and individual students
Seeking and exploiting opportunities for success and relationship building in class
Seeking and exploiting opportunities for success and relationship building beyond the classroom
A willingness to apply consistent consequences in an assertive, measured and fa

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
A willingness to commit fully to the whole of school life
A recognition of the precious opportunities for relationship building that can then enhance learning in the classroom
The necessary resilience and determination to manage challenging behaviour beyond the classroom
Bringing enthusiasm, fun and warmth to the activities offered to the youngsters
Rigorously observing and maintaining the routines and conventions of school life (mealtimes, extended day, etc)
seeking out new activities, visits and trips that will engage and interest the students
Being there at significant moments both in the life of the school and individual students
Seeing consequences through regardless of time or inconvenience and therefore demonstrating commitment and care to the student
Caring about the quality and value of your contribution and being willing to seek support and advice

Other information

To find out more please contact:
Charlene Martin, Head of Campus -Wendover
Phone: 01296 622157
Email: [email protected]
Please check out our website for more details and an application form www.chilternway.org
Please return completed applications to [email protected]

Chiltern Way is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.