Trinity COE School - English Teacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Enhanced DBS check

Teaching experience

• Experience of working in at least one Key Stage
• Experience of planning and delivering fun, engaging and challenging lessons
• Experience of working successfully with pupils with Special Educational Needs

Experience managing own or others’ performance

• A reflective practitioner who sets high expectations of themselves
• Experience of working successfully with teaching assistants and/or other support staff

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of the National Curriculum or Development Matters documentation
• An understanding of curriculum and pedagogical issues relating to learning and teaching
• Knowledge of effective strategies to include, and meet the needs of all pupils, in particular underachieving groups of pupils, pupils with EAL and SEN

Skills/abilities

• Sound ICT knowledge and skills relating to class teaching, able to demonstrate effective use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning
• Able to use assessments of pupils’ learning to inform future planning
• Ability to plan and work collaboratively with colleagues
• Experience of using positive behaviour management strategies to reinforce good learning behaviours

Philosophy, beliefs, values

• Personal values mirror those of the Trinity Ethos Statement
• A belief in restorative justice
• Demonstrates a passion for closing the gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Personal Qualities

• Has excellent inter-personal skills
• Is constantly striving to be the best practitioner they can be
• Can work as part of a supportive team
• Has a (good) sense of humour
• Is approachable
• Can seek support and advice when needed
• Able to manage own workload effectively

What the school offers its staff

English at Trinity

The English Department of Trinity School is a dynamic and knowledgeable team who want to inspire pupils with a love of language and literature. Pupils study texts for breadth and depth from a diverse range of authors and contexts, allowing them to consider and challenge attitudes, concepts, and stereotypes. They are encouraged to question, critique and learn to share their point of view in an articulate and powerful way through the power of words.

In English, we foster a love for literature in all its forms. We empower Trinitarians to learn with purpose so they can live full lives as strong, articulate communicators. Our aim is to inspire them to live fully, engaging with texts that shape both their thinking and character.

We teach a rigorous, academic curriculum where students study challenging texts. Using insights from cognitive science, we believe that explicit instruction, deliberate practice, and a knowledge-based curriculum are the most effective and efficient ways to ensure that students make progress. Our teachers teach from the front, using their subject expertise to not only stretch students, but also to anticipate and preclude misconceptions and scaffold learning for those who are struggling.

Reading is at the core of everything we do and lessons will often involve whole class, close reading followed by text dependent questions. Our units of work are fully planned and delivered though booklets. The booklets contain everything that teacher and students need in terms of content, allowing staff to concentrate on delivery and the best way to maximise learning. Units are designed to build and develop background knowledge as well as improving student writing across three broad genres: text response, rhetoric, and creative writing. We teach vocabulary and grammar explicitly, focusing on Tier 2 words and high utility sentence constructions.

We take workload seriously and our teachers are only asked to create resources that are reusable and sustainable. We grade summative assessments using comparative judgment and whole class feedback, saving hours of time compared to traditional methods and resulting in massively increased reliability. Our everyday approach to marking is through whole class feedback and we do not expect extensive, unwieldy and unsustainable written commentary in books. We are a collaborative, caring and supportive team and ensure we always work together to reduce workload and allow for consistency.

The continuing professional development of all staff at Trinity is a priority and the English department is devoted to providing opportunities for staff to further their careers. We are excited at the opportunity to welcome you to the English Team at Trinity.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.