Uk Curriculum Senior English Teacher

**DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE**:
**Student experience**:

- Develop a variety of teaching and instructional resources for individuals and groups of students.
- Monitor at-risk students and the effectiveness of planned interventions (according to our remediation policy which uses Response to Intervention (RTI)) and employ bespoke remediation strategies to enable student academic progress.
- Work with our Support Coaches, Student Experience Leads and Student Well-Being to oversee the progress of all students on Individual Support Plans within the allocated student group.
- Review holistic performance of students on a regular basis.
- Facilitate and participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, clubs and student organisations.
- Coordinate and facilitate Ad Hoc Live Sessions.
- Develop assessments that are in line with UK standards.

**Leadership**:

- Mentoring, coaching, developing, and motivating the teachers in your team to enable them to facilitate transformative learning experiences.
- Moderate the grading of all summative submissions.
- Update student records with socio-emotional, behavioural and academic insights gained through teacher-student interactions.
- Meet weekly with the Teachers in your team to identify student progress, trends and at risk-students.
- Work closely with learning designers on the course evaluations process to ensure that feedback is channelled into the Learning Design team according to the ADDIE model.

**Community of practise**:

- Engage in lesson observations with fellow teachers and your Faculty Lead to maintain quality assurance of instruction in line with Valenture’s Teaching and Learning approach and to enable personal and peer improvement through feedback, coaching and mentorship.
- Engage in the systemic integration of scientific educational knowledge, didactics (or pedagogical content knowledge), and practice to enable teachers to enhance their pedagogical thinking, evidence-based decision making, and engagement in the professional community of educators.

**Task-management**:

- Update student records with socio-emotional, behavioural and academic insights gained through teacher-student interactions.
- Meet regularly with the Senior Teacher in your team to identify student progress, trends and at risk-students.
- Report on the progress of all students allocated to you, on a weekly basis.
- Regularly attend learner progress and intervention tracking meetings.
- Manage the posting of announcements to the online campus, and respond to discussion forum posts made by students.
- Develop assessments that are in line with UK standards.

**Community of practise**:

- Engage in lesson observations with Senior teachers, Teachers and your Student Experience Lead to maintain quality assurance of instruction in line with Valenture’s Teaching and Learning approach and to enable personal and peer improvement through feedback, coaching and mentorship.
- Engage in the systemic integration of scientific educational knowledge, didactics (or pedagogical content knowledge), and practice to enable teachers to enhance their pedagogical thinking, evidence-based decision making, and engagement in the professional community of educators.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of 5 years teaching experience at secondary school level, with either BEd or PGCE qualification.
- Experience teaching a UK curriculum (Cambridge, Pearson EdExcel or OxfordAQA certifications) will be an advantage.
- Experience teaching international students would be advantageous. An international mindset is highly recommended due to the global audience of students that will form part of the school community. The ability to engage with students from various backgrounds and cultures is key to a successful teaching experience.
- Demonstrated experience in working effectively working with young people to promote their individual academic potential.
- Adept in a technological environment.
- Operationally savvy.
- A good feel for working with assessment data and operational data.
- Professional proficiency in English.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent administrative and reporting skills.
- Must be comfortable working remotely and independently.
- Experience grading or examining of international assessments would be advantageous.
- Valid South African Police clearance required.
- Sexual Offenders Affidavit required.

**Tech requirements**:

- A stable internet connection (minimum of a 20mbps line) which enables you to have uninterrupted, video on, live sessions.

**PERSONAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES**:

- Obsessed with making a lasting, positive impact on a global student body.
- The ability to elicit the best from teachers and students through excellent rapport, meaningful engagement and sincere commitment to their success.
- Inclusive and dedicated to developing all students.
- Must be able to take initiative as well as self-audit.
- Must be able to work independently