Head of English
- Recruiter
- TeacherActive
- Location
-
Buckinghamshire
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Feb 2023
- Closes
- 28 Feb 2023
- Job Title
- Director
- Category
- Education / Training
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Head of English
Location: Buckinghamshire
Have you get experience and qualifications in English?
Would leading a department excite you?
Would developing student skills provide you with rewarding feeling?
TeacherActive is proud to present the opportunity of becoming a head of English in the Buckinghamshire area. The role allows you to plan, deliver and develop high quality learning opportunities for students to help them achieve their learning goals and help them progress to a rewarding career.
Main roles and responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and management of the EnglishGCSE and FUnctional Skills curriculum ensuring coherence and consistency across all College sites.
- Effectively manage the performance of direct reports recognising high performance and addressing poor performance quickly and effectively.
- Take specific responsibility in the operational organisation of English for adults.
- Take the lead in implementing College processes to support curriculum areas in the delivery of bespoke English sessions.
- To ensure that curriculum staff are clearly monitoring and tracking student progress and achievement for adult learners.
- Increase student attendance and retention on English classes for adults.
- Actively liaise with Student Services department to pro–actively support at risk and vulnerable students in partnership with support staff from other areas.
- Lead and strive for outstanding in teaching, learning and assessment across all areas of curriculum delivery.
- Develop and implement intervention strategies and action plans in a timely manner to achieve improvement required for curriculum areas and at student level.
- Ensure optimum staff deployment through effective timetabling of sessions with a student centred approach.
- Comply with all quality assurance procedures both in house and external.
- Lead on the Self Assessment Review process for the English curriculum in line with agreed timelines, and contribute to overall College SAR.
Qualifications required
- A degree or Level 6 qualification or professional qualification relevant to subjects taught
- Teaching qualification (CertEd, PGCE, DTLLS or DET)
If you believe the Head of English position is for you then please click apply which will then follow with a call so I can discuss the role further with you.
All applicants will be contacted to discuss suitability and then invited to register with TeacherActive.
Registration involves an enhanced DBS check, ID checks and will require you to supply good professional references. We pride ourselves on excellent service. We can provide a wide range of opportunities in schools and other educational institutions, with good rates of pay, at times to suit your needs.
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