Teacher of Economics Health & Social Care

Job Title

Teacher – Post-Primary

Reports to:

Principal

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons
  • Planning and preparing courses and lessons
  • Teaching, according to pupils’ educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including setting and marking work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere
  • Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils
• General duties
  • Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to him/her
  • 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
  • Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils (except where such reporting might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s own position)
  • Communicating and consulting with parents of pupils
  • Communicating and co-operating with persons or bodies outside the school approved by the employing authority and the Board of Governors
  • Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above
• Assessment and Reporting
  • Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils (except where such reporting might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s own position)
• Staff Development / Professional Development
  • Participating, if required, in any scheme of staff development and performance review
  • Reviewing from time to time his/her methods of teaching and programmes of work
  • Participating in arrangements for his/her further training and professional development as a teacher
  • Advising and co-operating with the Principal and other teachers on preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment, and pastoral arrangements
• Discipline / Health and Safety
  • 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
  • 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
• 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
  • Participating in arrangements for pupils’ presentation for and supervision during such examination
• Review and Development of Management Activities / Administration
  • Contributing to the selection for appointment and professional development of other teachers, including induction and assessment of probationary teachers
  • Co‑ordinating or managing the work of other teachers
  • Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties, including the management or supervision of persons providing support for the teachers in the school and the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials
• Additional responsibilities
  • Attending assemblies and registering the attendance of pupils and supervising pupils, whether these duties are performed before, during or after school sessions
  • Being available for work on 195 working days in a year (with a maximum of 190 teaching days in a classroom), and meeting the required hours for non-residential teachers
  • Not being required to supervise pupils for more than 25 hours a week in a primary or special school, and 23.5 hours a week in a secondary school (unless employed under a separate contract as a mid‑day supervisor)
  • No mid‑day supervision, unless a separate contract exists
  • Taking a break of at least 30 minutes between 12:00 and 14:00 (or 12:00 and 14:30 for nursery schools and nursery units in primary schools)
  • Providing staff cover in accordance with school enrolment thresholds and absence policies

• Qualifica…