Head of Outdoor Education

Post Title: Head of Outdoor Education

**Salary**: £22,644 - £41,604 + £4,783 UQT 3 - UPS 3

Closing Date: 8th July

We reserve the right to appoint the position before the closing date.

We are currently looking to recruit a dynamic Head of Outdoor Education

About us

We believe in our pupils’ ability to be brilliant, in education and in life.

The ContinU Plus Academy is an innovative and exciting Alternative Provision Secondary Free School based in Kidderminster. Our academy is now in its Ninth year, and recently achieved an Outstanding grading in all categories at Ofsted.

We are an educational provider for vulnerable and disengaged students in the Wyre Forest and Hagley area. All staff here are deeply committed to the wellbeing safeguarding and academic progress of our pupils. We work together as a close knit team to ensure pupils at our school receive high quality and bespoke educational provision. This is a very exciting time to join our school and join with us to make a substantial difference to the lives of our pupils.

The school and its role in the area is expanding and with it career opportunities at every level.

Our core purpose is to teach in ways which ensure that our vulnerable students learn successfully and enjoy their learning. This involves far more than the transmission of knowledge and skills. It is predicated on the quality of the teacher-student relationship. It assumes that the teacher is able to create the conditions in which learning can flourish. It requires the teacher to “know” each of their students so as to be able to lead them to new levels of understanding and achievement.

This job description sets out the general expectations which our school has of its teaching staff. It is recognised that many colleagues will seek to contribute in ways which exceed the requirements of this document. Such contributions will always be welcomed and encouraged and it is school policy to enable all staff to participate as fully as possible in the development and improvement of the school.

Our staff need to be resilient, morally committed and have a deep rooted conviction that our pupils future is fundamentally important to the success of the surrounding community and beyond.

**Responsibility and Accountability**

Subject teachers are directly responsible to their designated Line Manager and/or the Subject Leader. They are also accountable to parents, the line manager, the Head teacher and Senior Leadership Team.

Responsibility and accountability relate both to quality of teaching, the quality of learning and to student outcomes.

**Key Policies and Guidance**

are:

- Our School Behaviour Policy
- Learning and Teaching Policy
- Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
- Prerequisites of a CPA Lesson
- Using ICT to improve learning policy
- Setting and mixed ability teaching guidelines.
- Inclusion
- G&T
- RWCM

**Relationships**

The teacher functions at the centre of a network of relationships which include:

- students in their teaching groups
- parents
- support staff, including learning coaches
- the school SENCO and Student Support Staff
- Senior Leadership Team
- All colleagues in and outside of school

**As our General teacher and a vital part of our team, we require you to work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, and whole staff to help create, teach and quality assure our school curriculum that inspires students to become effective lifelong learners by**:
1. Ensuring high standards of teaching and learning for all students in every lesson at the main site and in delivering lessons in a variety of external settings.

2. Identify and act upon department priorities in collaboration with line management in order to build and lead a cohesive and highly effective team; complete all team appraisal and quality assurance in accordance with academy policy.

3. Ensure that teaching is broad, balanced, relevant, motivational and appropriately differentiated in order to maximise the academic potential of all students.

4. Producing a strategic three year plan to deliver the Department vision which is supported by an annual action plan.

5. Take part in the school development planning process to review and plan for year on year improvement.

6. Contributing to discussions on course selection and implementation.

7. Playing a full role in the delivery of the Academy’s enrichment curriculum.

8. Collaborating effectively with partner schools to ensure a smooth transition for new students.

9. Being an advocate and enthusiastic user of the Academy’s information technology systems.

10. To meet all of the required Teaching Standards.

11. Ensure that assessment is both regular and thorough and that full records of assessment and intervention strategies are kept.

**To provide a secure and safe learning environment for all students so that they develop into self-confident and self-motivated learners by**:
1. Contributing to the delivery of the ContinU Plus Academy vision.

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