Vacancy Information
Temporary maternity cover until 26th June .
Days of Work:
Monday - Friday
To start 11th August .
An exciting temporary opportunity has arisen to support a highly motivated pastoral team at Ross High School. The successful applicant will be supporting Seton House during a period of maternity cover.
Ross High School is a co-educational, non-denominational school situated in Tranent, East Lothian approximately 12 miles from the centre of Edinburgh. The school roll is currently pupils. The school has good facilities for students and is continually looking for ways to broaden the learning environment out with the school, working together with partners within the community.
Ross High School has been designated as the ELC provision for pupils of secondary age who have Complex Support Needs.
Ross High school has significant strengths however its motto ‘Ad Meliora – Towards Better’ states clearly the willingness to improve. The school has clear Aims and Values including the Mission Statement ‘Excellence for Everyone’. Inclusion in all aspects of learning is at the heart of them all. The school strives to offer the highest quality of learning and teaching, support and preparation for the next phase in their lives. The school also has a Code of Conduct as well as a Code of Learning. The school ethos is built on these three key documents. An Expected Standards document has been introduced to all classes to ensure a consistent high quality of learning and teaching across the school.
Ross High School also offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities that allow pupils to develop their skills beyond the classroom.
Job Details
Teaching relevant subject through S1-S6.
Subject to the policies of the school and East Lothian Council, the duties of a Principal Teacher, as a member of the school’s management team, is to perform such tasks as the Head Teacher/Depute Head Teacher will direct, having reasonable regard to the overall workload of a classroom teacher:
- Tracking the attainment of all pupils in a specific department/house/year of the school.
- Promoting and recording pupil achievement in a specific department/house/year of the school.
- Monitoring pupil attendance in a specific department/house/year of the school.
- Supporting pupil’s achievement within the authority Staged Assessment and Intervention framework.
- Leading, managing and guidance of staff.
- Curriculum development and quality assurance ensuring that support for pupils is available, appropriate and delivered within the school’s integrated system.
- Reviewing the Career Long Professional Learning (CLPL) needs as part of the PRD process.
- Responsibility for the leadership, effective management and strategic direction of pastoral care and/or support for learning staff.
- Contribute to the development of school policy in relation to the ethos of the school and promote the school’s positive behaviour policy.
- Implementation of whole school policies dealing with pupil welfare.
- Working in partnership with staff, parents, other agencies and other schools as appropriate.
- Teaching assigned classes together with associated preparation and correction.
- Developing the school curriculum.
- Assessing, recording and reporting on the work of pupils.
- Preparing pupils for examinations and assisting with their administration.
- Providing advice and guidance to pupils on issues related to their education.
- Promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare and safety of pupils.
- Working in partnership with support staff and other professionals, as appropriate.
- Undertaking appropriate and agreed continuing professional development.
- Participating in issues related to school planning, raising achievement and individual - review; and
- Contributing towards good order and the wider needs of the school.
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