Curriculum Leader for English

4 weeks ago

Derby, United Kingdom Landau Forte Charitable Trust Full time

**Our opportunity for you**

We have a job vacancy for a Curriculum Leader for English and Drama. Do you want to work with inquisitive students and dedicated staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?

Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place for you

**Key information**
- **Contract**: Full Time, Permanent
- **Start date**: 29 August 2023
- **Salary**: To be discussed with Principal, appropriate TLR available
- **Closing Date**: 08 May 2023

**What we can offer you**
- A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment - Landau Forte College Derby is a great school
- The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
- Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
- A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)

**Person specification**

The person we are looking for should:

- Be creative and hardworking.
- Have excellent personal organisational and leadership skills.
- Be adaptable with a good sense of humour and able to take the initiative.
- Be a very good team worker with the capacity to build relationships at all levels across the organisation.
- Be prepared to contribute to broad aspects of English (and Drama if appropriate).
- Be proactive; a forward thinker with an effective grasp of developments within English and Drama (and Drama if appropriate).
- Be able to work successfully as part of a highly effective and successful team.

Qualifications and experience:

- A graduate with qualified teacher status.
- An outstanding teacher in English, with a strong teaching record.
- Relevant qualifications (both formal and through appropriate experience) to meet the challenge of the appointment.
- Excellent in-depth knowledge of the place of the English (and Drama if appropriate) curriculum in the development of young people and of the place of within the wider curriculum.
- An understanding of the importance of a rigorous reading strategy to ensure students’ confidence and reading fluency.

**Job description**

**Introduction to the Department**

The English team currently consists of 10 teachers, 5 of whom hold positions of responsibility across the Key Stages in English, including a Director of English. English is extremely well taught across all Key Stages including Sixth Form education with students reaching high levels of attainment and achievement. You will be joining a highly performing team with a proven track record of delivering excellent GCSE and A level results.

**Duties of role will include**:

- Bringing impactful leadership capacity to the team, including working in close collaboration with the Director of Learning for English and potential line management of Drama.
- To be able to secure high standards of learning and achievement in English across the full ability range at both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
- To be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge and understanding of the curriculum, a range of teaching, learning and assessment strategies and know how to use them to provide opportunities for all learners to achieve their potential.
- To have high expectations of our young people.
- To be prepared to contribute to broad aspects of English.
- To be able to work effectively as part of a team, to identify opportunities for sharing good practice.

**Plan and deliver high quality teaching and learning which**:

- Ensure the curriculum has appropriate depth and breadth, is sequenced effectively and fulfils the national curriculum.
- Ensure effective implementation of the curriculum, supporting the Director of Learning with quality assurance.
- Meets the needs of all students taking into account the individual requirements of each student.
- Fulfils the demands of the relevant specifications, tutor guides (schemes of work) and College ethos.
- Makes a positive impact on student attainment and achievement.

**Work with other staff in contributing to student learning including**:

- Supporting students outside their timetabled learning sessions through support clinics and tutorials.
- Enhancing students’ experience of English through involvement in enrichment and extension activities.
- Actively participating in and contributing to English team meetings, leadership meetings, leading meetings/ professional development sessions as when appropriate.
- Working with other staff to enhance the English curriculum, innovate new ideas to improve student outcomes and provide wider enriching experiences for students.
- Supporting reading across the College, including students in the early stages of reading.

**Assessment and Reporting**:

- Ensure regular formative assessment takes place to address knowledge gaps and inform teaching.
- Ensure assessments are appropriate to the needs of the curriculum.
- Provide students with regular, incisive feedback in response to their written work, in line

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