Job Description – Teacher of Humanities with History specialism
Job title:
Teacher of Humanities with History Specialism
Salary range:
M1-6
Accountable to: Head of Humanities
Our values
Our vision is:
‘the Learning Schools Trust will operate outstanding schools in which every student, through
personalised learning and clear goals, will stretch their boundaries and learn more than they thought
possible.’
Our approach to education is based on four core values;
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All people are different
Clear requirements and challenging goals
Education is for life
Life is what I make it
Core Purpose – all teachers
A teacher in a LST Academy has two main roles:
1. as specialist subject teacher
2. as personal tutor to a base group
Central to the Learning Schools Trust model in England has been the creation of smaller colleges within
a large Academy in order to create a ‘human scale’ learning environment. This supports student
learning more effectively and contributes to the provision of a fully personalised programme. Each
teacher has a critical role to play in ensuring that students in their base group and in their specialist
subject are enabled and supported to achieve more than they thought possible.
All LST teachers will share the vision and educational approach developed within the Academy and
communicate and implement this through their teaching and tutoring. At the same time, they will
work to improve attainment and achievement through the personalised learning approach. On
occasion they will have the opportunity to collaborate with practitioners across the wider Learning
Schools Trust network.
In addition, all LST teachers will from time to time contribute to the wider learning experience of
students through tutoring and coaching within their College or the Sixth Form to ensure students have
a range of effective learning strategies to deploy across all their subjects.
Core Purpose – this post
The primary purpose of this post is to teach our themes curriculum at KS3 which is made up of discrete
subjects in History, Geography and RE, which are led by subject specialists where capacity allows. The
KS3 curriculum is organised around six half-termly themes (four in Year 9) which inform and guide the
subject content and encourage students to make links between transferable skills. For example, the
Year 7 theme ‘Who Rules?’ is linked to the Battle of Hastings. Further to History, experience of Social
Sciences, specifically Sociology at KS4 or 5 may also be advantageous but is not a requirement.
1. Subject specialist teacher
With the support and supervision of their line manager, the teacher will:
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ensure that students understand the qualification requirements and learning outcomes for
their subject(s)
ensure that students meet their weekly and twice yearly goals, alerting the base group tutor
to any risks to students’ achievement.
ensure that their subject teaching inspires students to achieve or exceed their goals
recognise and take account of students’ different learning styles and needs when planning
and leading teaching sessions
encourage students to explore and evaluate different learning strategies within their subject
embrace opportunities to work with colleagues across the LST to enhance and improve
practice
take overall responsibility for the performance and progress of students taught including
published exam outcomes
contribute to the development of good practice in the teaching of Humanities subjects and
possibly Social Sciences, to ensure that learning is good or outstanding
contribute to the regular review of the Humanities curriculum
make effective use of data to diagnose and track student performance in order to raise
attainment
take account of the needs of all students taught, including those with additional needs and
high ability students
work collaboratively with colleagues to prepare students for public examinations, including
contributing to exam preparation and revision sessions
undertake marking and standardisation and provide information for exam entries in line with
Academy and statutory requirements
2. Base Group Tutor
The post holder will take responsibility for the learning outcomes of a base group of 15-20 students.
In this role they will:
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conduct regular tutorial sessions with each of their tutees in accordance with the published
LST guidelines
ensure that the student’s weekly and longer term goals for each subject are recorded and
updated in accordance with the published LST guidelines
track the weekly progress of each student and take action if goals are not being reached,
including contacting parents/ carers
review each student’s social and personal development progress, recommend goals and
strategies, and record progress as appropriate
(Sixth Form only) support their tutees’ progression routes into higher education or
employment with training
Other responsibilities
All teachers will:
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as required, contribute to the tutoring and coaching of students in terms of general learning
strategies within the College
contribute to the creation of a positive and effective learning environment within the College
undertake other duties commensurate with the status of the post as may from time to time
be determined by the Principal
participate fully in the Academy’s Performance Management programme
ensure that the Academy’s Equal Opportunities Policy is implemented across the subject
area(s) and contribute to its regular review
carry out supervisory duties in accordance with the published duty rotas
It is understood that the need to consider any major change in the manner and scope of responsibilities
mentioned above will be through negotiation between the post holder and the Principal.
May 2015