Myp Humanities and Dp Geography Cover Teacher

.**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Title **MYP Humanities and DP Geography Cover Teacher

**Department**:
**Reports to **Head of Subject Group.

**Location **International College Spain

**Purpose **Ensure students make outstanding progress in their learning by;
- Providing an inspiring and effective education in the relevant curriculum areas
- Engineering and exploiting opportunities to enhance student well-being and positive attitudes to learning
- Building trusting and honest relationships with parents through timely and effective

communications
- Creating inspiring and safe learning environments that encourage innovation and risk taking and celebrate Equality Diversity and Inclusion
- Acting to support colleagues within your teams, the wider school and in our multiple communities
- Committing to Continuing Professional Development to enhance practice and increase impact on student learning
- Playing an active and positive role in promoting a school culture based on Excellence, Respect and Service

**Key Responsibilities Essential Professional Characteristics**:

- Providing an inspiring and effective education in the relevant curriculum areas
- Plan effective lessons that reflect the department Unit Planners and all relevant IB
- criteria and links to NAE partnerships
- Lead lessons which reflect the school´s Teaching and Learning Charter and
- effectively assess student progress in order to provide students with support and challenge where appropriate
- Provide regular verbal and written feedback on learning to students, in line with the school´s assessment policy, so that they understand how to make further progress
- Maintain sufficient records of student attainment using official platforms and methodology, in order to track and demonstrate progress in learning
- Participate in curriculum based field trips and co-curricular activities to encourage a deeper understanding of the curriculum area, including NAE Global Campus
- Prepare students for external examinations including determining predicted grades
- Provide students with advice on option choices
- Support named students in undertaking MYP Personal Projects and DP Extended
- Essays and assessing accordingly
- Participate in Academic Board meeting to support individual students.

**Planning, Teaching and Class Management**

Teach students so that they achieve the best they can by:

- Planning effective teaching programmes which provide exemplary learning opportunities within and beyond the classroom
- Positively targeting and supporting individual learning needs
- Maintaining high levels of behaviour and discipline
- Effectively using homework and other extra-curricular learning opportunities
- Establishing a purposeful and safe learning environment
- Using modern technology to enhance learning opportunities
- Making use of Nord Anglia Education Global Campus online and other NAE opportunities for collaboration, innovation and competition

**Tracking, Assessment, Recording, Reporting**
- Make effective use of formative and summative assessment to plan challenging learning opportunities for all students
- Monitor and record students’ learning to ensure they remain on track to achieve challenging targets
- Report on progress to appropriate stakeholders

**Pastoral Duties**
- Engineering and exploiting opportunities to enhance student wellbeing and positive attitudes to learning
- Keep regular records of Attendance in lessons
- Report to and liaise with GLL team, SEN, EAL and Counselling Teams to ensure extra support is provided to those students who need it
- Carry out breaktime, lunchtime and before and after school duties as per the school rota
- Report any concerns about children in danger or vulnerable situations to the
- Safeguarding team
- Mentor older students if and when appropriate
- Upholding school Code of Conduct for students at all time

**Extra-Curricular Activities**
- Support the life of the school beyond the classroom
- Contribute to whole school learning initiatives

**Other Requirements**
- Contribute positively to the morale and community spirit in the school
- Work effectively in different teams
- Assist in whole school marketing initiatives and contribute to the growth of the school
- Operate at all times within the stated policies and practices of the school
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of good practice in teaching techniques
- Keep knowledge of wider curriculum developments up to date
- Meet responsibilities with regard to health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant legislation and conform to professional and ethical requirements
- Any other appropriate duties as allocated by members of the school’s leadership team

Professional Qualified Teacher status
**Qualifications**

**Experience ** **Proven track record with at least two years’ teaching experience**
- Experience of being part of a highly successful department and school
- Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curricula to engage children a