DOROTHY STRINGER HIGH SCHOOL
BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: / Teacher of Religious StudiesREPORTS TO: / Head of Department
DEPARTMENT: / Religious Studies and Citizenship Department
Dorothy Stringer High School
SECTION: / Secondary School
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PURPOSE OF JOB
A vacancy has arisen within the Religious Studies and Citizenship Department as one of our colleagues has decided to work abroad.
Would suit NQT or a teacher with one or two years of experience.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
· Teaching Religious Studies and Citizenship at KS3 and KS4, including planning and preparing resources.
· Assessing and monitoring pupil progress.
· Acting as form tutor.
· Maintaining communication with parents
· Contributing to RS & Citizenship department initiatives on teaching and learning, including joint planning and team teaching
· Attending school meetings and INSETs
· Supporting intervention initiatives within the department e.g. revision clubs; booster classes; one to one support.
The list of duties in the job description should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake various other duties as may reasonably be required.
Your duties will be as set out in the above job description but please note that the School reserves the right to update your job description, from time to time, to reflect changes in, or to, your job.
You will be consulted about any proposed changes.
DOROTHY STRINGER HIGH SCHOOL
The RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Head of Department: Mrs A Jones BA (Hons), PGCE
This well-established and highly respected Department consists of seven full-time teachers.
The appointment would be suitable for a N.Q.T.
The subject is taught in discrete lessons in the Lower School [Years 7-9] for 3 hours a fortnight on a two-week [50-hour per fortnight] timetable. In the Upper School [Years 10-11] the subject is taught in discrete lessons for 2 hours a fortnight in Year 10 and 3 hours a fortnight for Year 11.
The School follows the Brighton & Hove Agreed Syllabus which was introduced in September, 1999.
The main themes in the Lower School are:
Year 7 The Religion of Early Humanity, including creation myths - The Nature and Structure of the Bible - The Patriarchs and the Prophets of Israel - Hinduism
Year 8 Rites of Passage – Festivals - The Life of Jesus – The Life of Martin Luther King - Places of Worship
Year 9 The Nature of Religion – Prayer and Worship - The Nature of Humanity and the Nature of God -Ethical Problems – Citizenship - Buddhism
In the Upper School all pupils follow the GCSE Edexcel Syllabus 8, studying Christianity and Islam. This syllabus, which covers most of the requirements for ‘Citizenship’, was introduced in September, 2001.
The Department has recently taken on the formal responsibility for the delivery of ‘Citizenship’ at Key stages 3 and 4. This includes Assessment and Reporting at Key Stage 3.
In addition a number of pupils at Key Stage 4, as a part of the Option Scheme, are doing GCE AS Religious Studies in ‘Philosophy of Religion’ and ‘Ethics’. The Department was the first in the country to offer this examination at Key Stage 4.
The Department is very well-equipped indeed with its own Resource Room and stock room: and has five specialist rooms that are adjacent to each other. Each room is equipped with a data projector and DVD/Video player.
The philosophy of the Department is expressed in the name of the subject. The Department aims to encourage all pupils to study the phenomenon of religion using examples both from the past and the present. While the majority of examples are taken from Christianity the pupils also learn of the expression of faith through Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, as well as early religion.
The Department has a reputation for excellence. The successful candidate would be expected to maintain the high standards that the pupils and parents have come to expect.
April 2010