Science Teacher

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Planning for outstanding teaching and learning through: Creating a climate for learning that is conducive for outstanding practice.
• Identifying clear teaching and learning objectives.
• Setting tasks which challenge students and ensure high levels of interest; Setting appropriate and demanding expectations; Setting clear targets, building on prior attainment.
• Identifying SEN or very able students and ensuring that their needs are met through differentiation.
• Providing clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• Making effective use of assessment for learning: Making effective use of performance data and key indicators to inform planning and therefore deliver differentiated lessons.
• Maintaining discipline in accordance with the school's 'Behaviour for Learning Policy' and encouraging good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.
• Using a variety of teaching strategies to: match approach to content, structure information, present a set of key ideas and use appropriate vocabulary. use effective questioning, listen carefully to students, give attention to errors and misconceptions.
• Select appropriate learning resources and develop study skills through library, I.C.T. and other learning technologies.
• Reflecting on and evaluating own teaching to improve effectiveness.
• Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use them to improve specific aspects of teaching.
• Mark students work at least once every two weeks and set targets for progress.