Essential requirements
As a Head of Faculty
• Current head of mathematics or post within the mathematics department
• Effective leadership skills
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Track record of quality improvement in own department/subject.
• Able to inspire and motivate colleagues
• Successful experience of managing colleagues and the quality of their work
• Insightful and accurate lesson observer
• Able to offer constructive support and challenge to other staff, including HoDs
• Able to take feedback and reflect on it positively
• Able to analyse data succinctly and evaluate evidence relating to quality and standards
• Awareness of curriculum development issues
• Interested in strategic issues affecting the whole college and ideas for improving the work we do
• Enquiring mind, interested in teaching and learning issues
• Positive, solutions focused mindset and approach
As a teacher
• Honours degree in related subject
• PGCE or equivalent post-16 teaching qualification
• Recent successful experience of teaching A level
• Enthusiasm for own subject and the ability to convey this in A level teaching
• Excellent classroom skills and the ability to employ a range of teaching strategies which engage and support students in the promotion of high-quality learning
• Evaluative approach to own teaching and willingness to try new activities
• Skilled in using assessment data and prior learning to inform planning
• Good behaviour management skills
• Successful use of intervention strategies to improve levels of progress
• Good ICT skills including being able to use interactive whiteboards, graphing and spreadsheet software in a classroom setting
• Understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in practice
• Commitment to safeguarding the interests and needs of young people