Joseph Leckie Academy · Walsall, West Midlands
Do you have specialism RE and Sociology, with the ability to teach Geography and History? Do you have a passion to teach these across the Key Stages? Are you a flexible and ambitious teacher that wants to contribute to a high-achieving and popular set of subjects, across two wide-ranging faculties? Do you have a drive for improving student outcomes and working alongside brilliant teachers in Humanities and Social Sciences? We are seeking to appoint an excellent classroom practitioner who is an enthusiastic, innovative and engaging teacher of RE and Sociology, with Humanities to join a dynamic and expanding team at the Academy. This is a fixed term post for one year, which will involve teaching across all three Key Stages. Key Responsibilities: Implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and support a designated curriculum area as appropriate. Monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher. Facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. Contribute to raising standards of student attainment. To share and support the Academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth. Support and maintain collaborative relationships with staff and external professionals. The successful candidate must hold QTS or equivalent and an honours degree in Business Studies or related subject. We would welcome applications from teachers early in their careers through to experienced staff. There may be opportunities for the successful candidate with the right qualities and experience to apply for other roles within the faculty as these arise. Please note there are also regularly other exciting TLR opportunities within the Academy to take on whole school projects and other roles for further development. Our last Ofsted inspection judged the Academy to be good in all categories and for overall effectiveness with some excellent feedback across all subjects and our Pastoral Care. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious candidate to join our dynamic team at the forefront of change and to make a real difference to our drive to continue to raise standards of education in the Academy. If you believe that you have the passion, kills and abilities to make a difference, we would love to hear from you. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information and a tour around the Innovations Faculty and Academy. Please liaise with Mrs Morgan to arrange this through the email below. We can offer you: - Friendly, caring and supportive staff across the Academy - staff stay here for a number of years and say it is a great place to work and ex-students come back to work in the Academy so please come along and visit us find out what they say. A high focus on staff well-being with staff social events, a n