Job Title / Purpose of Position: Head of Mathematics

CHESSINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Job Title / Purpose of Position: Head of Mathematics

Person Specification

Essential

·  Qualified teaching status (QTS)

·  Be committed to outstanding fully comprehensive education

·  Eager and excited to make a significant direct contribution to the strategic direction and future of the college

·  Excellent classroom teacher

·  Outstanding behaviour management skills

·  Able to raise achievement in your own and colleagues’ classrooms

·  Direct and highly successful experience of raising achievement in Mathematics.

·  Direct and highly successful experience of curriculum reform in Mathematics.

·  Good understanding of the use of student performance data to raise achievement

·  Direct and highly successful experience of the use of student performance data to raise achievement in Mathematics.

·  Excellent academic knowledge and understanding of Mathematics.

·  Excellent pedagogical (including curriculum) knowledge and understanding of Mathematics.

·  Enthusiasm and passion for Mathematics, and the ability to communicate this enthusiasm to students and colleagues

·  A reflective practitioner always seeking to improve performance

·  Excellent effective written and spoken communication skills

·  An excellent team player

·  Capable of inspiring and motivating others

·  Evidence of creating and leading strong and successful teams

·  Highly effective management, planning and organisational skills

·  A highly effective line manager

·  Be a successful leader and manager at senior or middle level

·  Have successfully led, implemented and managed significant change

·  Evidence of successful engagement with key stakeholders: students; staff; governors; parents / carers

·  Have energy, enthusiasm, creativity and resilience

·  Be conscientious and committed to education as a vocation

·  Professionalism

·  A ‘can do’ attitude that embraces change

·  Commitment to equal opportunities

Desirable

·  Direct experience of leading and managing effective support and challenge for underperforming staff

·  Evidence of ongoing professional development

·  Experience of successfully challenging and transforming underperforming areas

·  Evidence of successful engagement with the wider community beyond the school

·  Able to teach additional subjects

·  A willingness to offer extra-curricular activities

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