Job Description: Class Teacher 
Job Title: Class Teacher – Full Time - Temporary
Scale: M1 to M6
Responsible to: The Headteacher and the Governing Body of the school

Relationships: Liaison with the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school, Governors, Parents, Children, Advisers and other Professionals 

Responsible for: the post holder may be responsible for the deployment and supervision of the work of teaching assistants relevant to their responsibilities 

Main Responsibilities 

All teachers are required to carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers should also have due regard to the Teacher Standards 2012). Teachers’ performance will be assessed against the teacher standards as part of the appraisal process as relevant to their role in the school. 

Teaching responsibilities: 

•	Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subjects that you teach. 
•	Be responsible for the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangements as appropriate. 
•	Be accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils’ you teach. 
•	Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn. 
•	Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; gifted and talented; EAL; disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them. 
•	Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English. 
•	Demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies e.g. systematic synthetic phonics. 
•	Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions, monitoring learners’ progress and levels of attainment. 
•	Make accurate and productive use of assessment to secure pupils’ progress. 
•	Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback, reflect on progress, their emerging needs and to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study. 
•	Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons. 
•	Set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired as appropriate. 
•	Co-ordinate a subject/subjects throughout the school depending on career stage.

Behaviour and Safety 

•	Establish a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly. 
•	Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.