Job Description- Assistant Director of Maths

Job Description- Assistant Director of Maths

The Role

This role is integral to the continuing progress of the Maths department. It will include developing high quality schemes of learning, securing good and better teaching and therefore increasing the rates of progress and attainment in Maths.

You will work very closely with the Director of Maths and the other leaders in the Academy

Your particular areas of responsibility will be defined by the Director of Maths.

Key responsibilities

To deliver outstanding lessons and be the model of outstanding practice for your team.
To be a self-reflective practitioner and purposefully develop your own areas for improvement.
To create a classroom culture that is based on praise and recognition of progress.
Plan and deliver lessons that excite and actively engage students in stimulating and challenging work.
Consistently deliver the academy’s teaching and learning priorities.
To keep up to date records of your lesson planning, students’ punctuality, attendance, attainment progress, work done and homework set, according to academy and department policy.
To keep up to date with new developments in the curriculum and liaise with colleagues as appropriate.
To deputise for the Director of Maths as and when necessary
Create and develop challenging and innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike.
Use regular, measurable and significant assessments to monitor progress and set targets.
Produce periodic assessments with marks schemes. Ensure assessments are moderated internally
Ensure end of year assessments reflect each pupil’s overall level which is both
Externally valid and provides an accurate baseline for the next academic year
Analyse progress and attainment data to make data-driven changes to curriculum design, and pupil interventions
Work in collaboration with classroom teachers, SENDCO and Director of Maths to ensure pupils receive high quality interventions
Through observation and feedback, coach subject teachers to ensure excellent teaching and learning in all lessons, ensuring that classroom teachers are utilising best pedagogical practice
Develop an exciting and motivating extra-curricular and enrichment offer including university links, trips and residentials

Outcomes and activities

Teaching and learning

With direction from the Director of Maths, to plan and prepare effective teaching scheme of work and lessons
To be an exemplary leader who motivates, challenges and supports all staff in order to develop highly competent teachers.
To promote and improve the quality of Teaching and Learning by identifying strengths and areas for development of curriculum team members.
To maximise and share the good practice to enhance Teaching and Learning in the department.
Write challenging and differentiated Schemes of Learning that will achieve expected rates of progress and attainment.
Set challenging, appropriate targets for students, teachers and classes based on prior attainment, with regular reviews.
Set appropriate targets for KS3 and KS4.
To work with the Director of Maths to create and develop a 5-year curriculum plan that will ensure that students achieve at least 4 levels of progress by the end of KS4.

Impact on Students (alongside the Director of Maths)

Scrutinise, evaluate all relevant data and identify trends and areas requiring direct intervention.
Use all relevant data to compare impact and progress against local and national trends.
To lead and direct selected appropriate actions that will tackle identified areas requiring development. Delegate specific tasks accordingly and ensure accountability.
To monitor and evaluate the impact of the intervention on student progress.
To ensure student achievement is progressive and equals the departmental, school and national targets.

School Strategies and Policies

To deliver the Academy’s teaching and learning priorities to the highest possible standards.

Performance management

To appraise the performance of particular members of the department, set targets, monitor and review.
To provide support to enable the individual to achieve targets set and challenge underperformance

Report to

Report and be accountable to the Director of Maths
To produce accurate reports as required by the Director of Maths

Other

To be a form tutor and deliver tutorial sessions to the form group
To undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Director of Maths or Head teacher
To undertake the main professional duties of a teacher as set out in the OAT pay and conditions of service document
To meet the expectations of all staff as laid out in the Staff Expectations Policy
To uphold all Academy polices with consistency and diligence.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Whether you’re a 3 year old in nursery learning to explore the world around you, an 18 year old preparing to go to university, a new teacher understanding the demands of the job, a Head Teacher leading the learning in your academy, a member of the regional team ensuring efficient and effective operations or a trustee scrutinising and challenging the CEO, we want every single person within E-ACT to be driven by three core values:

We want everyone to think big for yourselves and for the world around you;

We want everyone to do the right thing in everything you do, even when this means doing something that’s hard, not popular or takes a lot of time;

We want everyone to show strong team spirit, always supporting and driving your team forward

We really believe that if we all do the right thing, support our teams and we all think big, believe big, act big, then the results will be big too!

This means that if you want to be part of E-ACT, you need to be able to embrace and embody these values in all that you do.

VALUES

Thinking Big /

Show energy, enthusiasm and passion for what you do
Demand the highest quality in all that you do, and in the work of your team
Willing to champion new ideas and think beyond the status quo
Show an ability to think creatively and ‘outside of the box’ in your area of expertise, continually seeking improvements in what you do to make the organisation better
Be open to new ideas and change where it will have a positive impact on the organisation
Show a willingness to embrace different ideas and ways of thinking to improve E-ACT
Ability to ‘look outside’ – to continually learn about innovations in your field, new ways of doing things, and bring that learning into your work
Commitment to self-development, and developing your wider Team
Ability to self-reflect on yourself, your performance, and to think about how this could be improved further
Ability to encourage ideas from others in order to improve the organisation and build your team’s confidence

Doing the Right Thing /

Have integrity and honesty in all that you do
Make decisions that are based on doing the right thing, even when this means that they’re unpopular or will lead to more work
Take responsibility and ownership for your area of work
Have difficult conversations or deliver difficult messages if that’s what’s required to do the right thing by our pupils
Be transparent and open
Be resilient and trustworthy
Stand firm and stay true to our mission

Showing Team Spirit /

Understand how you can have a greater impact as a team than you can as an individual
Understand how you are part of your immediate team but also a much wider organisational team, in working towards our mission
Recognise that everyone is important within E-ACT, and show an ability to build strong working relationships at every level
Recognise and celebrate the success and achievements, no matter how small, of your colleagues
Be generous with sharing your knowledge to help to develop others
Understand and be willing to receive suggestions and input on your area of work from others
Support your colleagues, even when this means staying a little later, or re-prioritising some of your work
Be aware of other peoples’ needs and show an ability to offer genuine support
Show an awareness and respect for peoples’ differences, and recognise how different characteristics and personal strengths build dynamic and great teams