Gayhurst Community School
Literacy Lead Teacher
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Responsible to: Executive Headteacher and Head of school
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR
Responsibilities:
The Lead teacher for Literacy will have a key role within the school to provide outstanding leadership and innovation in literacy teaching and learning across all phases. This role will be out of class for at least the first year but will involve modeling outstanding teaching of literacy.
Accountability for leading a core subject:
 Identify relevant school improvement issues and complete a strategic action plan in line with the schools annual development priorities
 Analyse data and define appropriate improvement targets
 Evaluate the impact of all improvement activities on the quality of teaching and learning
 To ensure that systems are effective in providing the best possible learning opportunities for all learners.
 Provide relevant performance information to stakeholders
 Evaluate and report on the effectiveness of practice in the subject annually
 Build effective links with other senior leaders both within
Gayhurst and in other settings
 Use financial and resource management innovatively and effectively
Impact on educational progress:
 Identify appropriate attainment and or achievement targets
 Be an outstanding model of best practice
 Monitor pupil standards and achievement against annual targets and ensure they are met or exceeded
 Monitor planning, curriculum coverage and learning outcomes
 Plan and implement strategies where improvement needs are identified
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 Support teachers in planning appropriate strategies to achieve pupil progress target levels and objectives
 Monitor the objectives and targets for specific groups of children e.g. SEN/EAL and promote the importance of raising their achievement and attainment. Encourage pupils’ motivation and enthusiasm in the subject, developing positive responses and high expectations
Leading, developing and enhancing the teaching practice of others:
 Maintain personal expertise and share this with other teachers
 Act as a role model of good classroom practice for other teachers, modelling effective strategies with them
 Monitor and evaluate standards of teaching, identifying areas for Improvement
 Monitor and evaluate the planning of other teachers, providing constructive and developmental feedback on a regular basis
 Ensure that feedback from lesson observation, work scrutiny and analysis of assessment data is appropriately reflected in teachers’ planning
 Ensure teachers are clear about the teaching of objectives in lessons, understand the sequence of teaching and learning in the subject and communicate this to pupils
 Observe colleagues teaching and provide effective feedback on the effectiveness of their teaching strategies to bring about further improvement
 Monitor the deployment of teachers, support staff and other adults to ensure their effective contribution to pupils’ learning
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Literacy Lead Teacher
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Person Specification
Attributes
Qualifications and
Training
Experience and Skills
Professional
Development
Planning
Data analysis
Improving Teaching and Learning
Team work
Knowledge of current educational perspectives
Requirement
Essential
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QTS
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Experience of leading on a curriculum area
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Current Primary school experience
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Knowledge and understanding of strategies for raising attainment in
Literacy and using AfL
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A thorough working knowledge of the
Literacy Strategy and National
Curriculum requirements
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High expectations and commitment to raising standards for all children regardless of social background
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Commitment to equality for all learners and colleagues
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Recent and relevant training or other
CPD for leadership
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Experience in delivering training for a curriculum subject
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Experience of mentoring and supporting other teachers
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Experience of writing, delivering and monitoring action plans
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Ability to deliver high quality exemplar planning for Literacy
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Ability to analyse, interpret and act on assessment data
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Knowledge and experience of a range of learning styles
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Experience of observing and evaluating the quality of teaching
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Ability to demonstrate best practice through modelling lessons for colleagues
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Strong interpersonal skills and an emotionally intelligent outlook
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Ability to lead and motivate, build rapport, negotiate and challenge and support colleagues
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Experience of wider reading or study on educational issues
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Ambition, desire and vision for outstanding educational outcomes for all learners
Desirable
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Experience of literacy leadership
 all primary phases
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Knowledge of leading
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Experience of working in practice in delivery of phonics
Knowledge of or training in “Power of Reading”
“Read Write Inc” or
“International Primary
Curriculum”
Ability to use SIMS
Experience of successfully mentoring students, NQT’s or other teachers
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