PPA Cover Teacher

Gladstone Park Primary School Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi-academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives. Gladstone Park Primary School strives to enable all children to maximise their potential and develop as confident, resilient and emotionally literate individuals, fully prepared for future life. Gladstone Park Primary School provides an exciting and relevant curriculum that encourages a lifelong love of learning, within a stimulating and positive environment where children feel happy, safe and valued as individuals. Job purpose To release staff across the key stages, performing all the duties and tasks expected of a class teacher during allocated PPA time. To ensure the effective teaching of all pupils, helping them to develop both inside and outside the classroom. Support the policies and aims of the school and ensure the good social, emotional and physical development of every child. Main duties and responsibilities Teaching & Learning To teach, according to their educational needs, students assigned to you in the allocated classes, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work To plan and prepare well-structured lessons and sequences of lessons Promote good progress and outcomes by students Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students Set work to be carried out by students in school and elsewhere Mark student’s work in a timely manner, in line with school marking policy Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned students Maintain and demonstrate good, up to date curriculum knowledge Promote high standards of literacy and numeracy across the curriculum Control and oversee the use of books and other resources provided for student usage Accurately register the attendance of students in your allocated class Deploy resources effectively Whole school organisation, strategy and development Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s and trust’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s and trust’s values and vision Make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school Work with others on curriculum and/or student development to secure coordinated outcomes Cover for absent colleagues, in accordance with school cover policy, when the person timetabled is unable to teach Health, safety and discipline Promote the safety and well-being of students Maintain good order and discipline among students, managing behaviour effectively and in accordance with the school behaviour policy Professional developmen t Participate in arrangements made for the appraisal or review of your performance Participate in arrangements for your further training and professional development as a teacher Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional deve