Teacher of Maths

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Qualified teacher status
• Degree level qualification
• Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4
• Relevant postgraduate professional qualification
  
  DESIRABLE
• Some teaching experience in a school with a similar context.
• Previous experience of working with parents

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

ESSENTIAL

• Good classroom teacher
• Ability to motivate and interest pupils
• Ability to set and attain high standards from pupils
• Ability to use ICT
• Sound understanding of the curriculum
• Excellent behaviour management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of key performance indicators and the ability to use them to monitor progress
• Awareness of the needs of children who speak English as an additional language or have SEND
• An understanding of how a pupil’s learning is affected by their intellectual, emotional and social development, and the stages of child development
• An understanding of equal opportunities issues

PERSONAL QUALITIES

ESSENTIAL

• High degree of commitment to subject and teaching children
• Sets self high standards and targets
• Willingness to undertake CPD
• Supportive of colleagues
• Good attendance and punctuality
• Pro-active in the working environment
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Ability to accommodate changes in work priorities
• Ability to anticipate workload and plan aheasd
• Ability to develop effective relationships with parents
• Ability to encourage and enable others to reach their full potential
  
  DESIRABLE
  
  
• Willingness to contribute to extra-curricular activities

CONTRA-INDICATIONS

Criminal convictions involving offences against children