?Actively promote the well-being of all students and be familiar with, and uphold all, safeguarding policies and reporting lines and procedures within the college.
?Take responsibility for upholding health and safety practices, completing risk assessments/near misses or accident reports as appropriate and ensuring that registers as appropriate are completed accurately.
?Be familiar with processes and expectations in place, ensuring that the department caters effectively for students requiring additional support (language or AEN) are well supported and that teaching and learning is adjusted accordingly.
?May act as a Form Tutor or cover a Form Tutor as required (please see specific responsibilities).
?Undertake student supervisory duties as required and necessary, ensuring effective ‘duty of care’.
?Follow behaviour management policy and procedures, focused on restorative solutions.
?Communicate effectively and respectfully with all stakeholders, in person and in writing.
?Collaborate effectively with colleagues within the Senior School and across the college.
?Participate in, and support, the broad range of activities and extra-curricular events and service learning that takes place in the Senior School, completing a minimum of one hour of extra-curricular activity per week.
?Attend Parent Teacher Student Consultation interviews throughout the year, providing parents and students with constructive feedback and next steps for learning and supporting team members as appropriate.
?Establish and maintain effective working relationships with professional colleagues, within DCB and across the Dulwich international group.
?Meet the requirements of annual performance review and lead the process for team members, setting measurable objectives and evaluating progress through reflection, developing teacher self-direction.
?Complete relevant professional learning as required by the college and maintain a personal record of professional learning activities.
Leadership and Management
?Lead the subject improvement plan based on evidence (Assessment data (internal and external), lesson observations, student and staff feedback), incorporating, Senior School targets and whole college aims as appropriate.
?Lead and manage a team of teachers ensuring that the quality of teaching, learning and assessment (both online and on campus) is both high quality and aligned to mission, guiding statements and Senior School policy and practices.
?Lead curriculum review, oversee the ongoing development of curriculum planning, and attend Curriculum Committee meetings
?Ensure the consistent use and management of assessment and reporting data to support student progress (quantitative and qualitative) and effective report writing.
?Input into the subject and department annual budget and the ordering and deployment of resources.
?Lead regular, effective subject department meetings with an operational and strategic focus.
?Support the professional development of team members, providing support and challenge within the department and appropriate external professional development.
?Keep Head of Department up to date with progress in the subject
?Encourage a culture of collaboration, risk-taking, and support within the team, and promote a shared vision
?Coordinate the organisation of materials, information, and resources for the subject team
All Teachers:
Teaching and Learning
?Recognise that students’ learning can be influenced by their physical, intellectual, emotional, social development and their cultural background, making a commitment to ‘knowing the child’.
?Nurture positive relationships, ensuring that every child understands that they are valued and ‘heard’ by providing authentic opportunities for student agency.
?Embed the college learning principles into everyday teaching and learning practice and vocabulary.
?Keep up to date with curriculum development and educational research so that teaching and learning is based on evidence and best practice.
?Plan and deliver a rigorous, differentiated learning programme which incorporates key content, skills and engaging learning opportunities which can be identified in curriculum planning.
?Create structured lessons with clear learning intentions, which maintain pace and challenge for students, incorporating a variety of learning activities infusing context and ‘real world’ learning opportunities.
?Demonstrate flexibility, adopting a responsive approach to teaching and learning, seizing opportunities for innovation and re-enforcing learning as needed based on assessment and feedback.
?Integrate learning technology into teaching and learning, selecting the most appropriate tool to enhance the learning experience.
?Demonstrate confidence in the use of learning platforms and technology, completing ongoing professional learning as required to facilitate excellence in face to face or hybrid learning.
?Set regular, meaningful and appropriately challenging homework, which enables pre-learning, consolidates or extends learning, providing timely and constructive feedback.
Assessment, Monitoring, Recording and Reporting
?Use the baseline and teacher assessment to inform teaching and learning, setting individual student targets throughout the academic year to ensure that all students make progress.
?Use a variety of methods to assess learning both formative and summative to build a picture of student progress.
?Provide regular, timely, written and verbal feedback to students and parents on learning, so that students can clearly identify and articulate how to improve their performance, taking ownership for learning and developing greater independence.
?Uphold and promote policy and practices related to academic integrity, fully utilising ‘turnitin’ and scrutinising externally assessed learning.
?Ensure that student examination (IGCSE, A Level and IB) assessed work, receives timely and appropriate feedback.
?Follow school policy on assigning levels and grades and communicating performance to students and parents.
?Accurately report on student progress throughout the academic year, providing personalised feedback on learning and concise actionable steps for improvement.
?Provide updates on individual progress to professional colleagues and parents as required.
Qualification and Experience Required
? At least two years experience in leading the team
? Bachelor or above degree is required
? PGCE or QTS, Teaching License from non-UK countries are required
Dulwich College International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices which are aligned to the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection. All appointments are subject to an interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.