Job Details
We are looking for a highly-skilled Principal Teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As a Principal Teacher in Fife you will be responsible for supporting the senior leadership team by contributing to the strategic vision for the school, working with a wide range of stakeholders to implement and pursue the objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a self-improving system across the education community.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of the senior leadership team to lead and manage school improvement, both at strategic and operational levels, to ensure continuous improvement.
Principal Teachers of Pupil Support will adopt a lead role in getting it right for every child in Dunfermline High School by implementing and promoting the GIRFEC principles and values. PTs will have a clear understanding that the GIRFEC principles are based on children’s rights and its principles reflect the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and lead the implementation of this across the school.
A Principal Teacher of Pupil Support is responsible for a pupil caseload. The PT will, wherever possible, deliver the PSE curriculum and ensure the Benchmarks and Experiences and Outcomes are delivered throughout the Broad General Education (BGE) of Curriculum for Excellence. Further to the BGE, the post-holder is also responsible for a range of learning pathways facilitating progression from the BGE through the Senior Phase which, wherever possible, will result in the achievement of SCQF accreditation.
You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
You are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in secondary and to model all behaviour expected of a Teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.