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Fulford Academy - Supply Teacher Job Description

Title: Teacher

Reports to: Head of School and Assistant Head of School

Job Summary: Provides teaching, mentoring, and academic services to Academy students.

Duties:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implements, and teaches lessons to students, following Ministry of Education and Fulford Academy curricula, and established frameworks for instruction and the conduct of classes; leads students and class discussions, conveys knowledge, promotes good study habits, discipline, and love of learning to students.
• Develops and assesses best instructional methods for facilitating student learning
• Develops and maintains a structured and safe learning environment.
• Develops options and solves problems to improve students’ academic achievement and behaviour.
• Supervises students in a variety of academic and non-academic environments.
• Evaluates and reports on students’ behaviour, and assists in student discipline.
• Manages students’ progress in accordance to the Growing Success document
• Administers tests, exams and oversees student projects.
• Provides feedback to staff and parents on students’ progress.
• Maintains student records, such as attendance, assessment and evaluations, reports cards, grades, and discipline reports.
• Maintains an orderly, clean, and safe classroom.
• Participates in ongoing professional development and administrative meetings
• Plays a role in various committees and/or student clubs
• Act as an advisor to students on social, personal and academic matters

Other Roles:

In addition, Teachers may also be required to perform one or more of the following roles:

1. Provide special assistance to those students who live at the Academy but attend other schools.
2. Work in cooperation with the Assistant Head of School Academics regarding, ordering classroom resources, scheduling classes, placement testing, etc.
3. Participate in extra-curricular life of the school.

Qualifications

Education:

• University degree
• Valid, current member of the OCT
• TESL Certification or ESL Pt. 1 AQ.
• Current Vulnerable Sector Screening - Criminal Reference Check 

Experience:

• Preferred: Junior, intermediate or senior teaching experience in subjects, such as English, English as a second language, French, history, geography, math, or science.

Skills:

• Excellent communications skills
• Manage a highly differentiated classroom, classroom management
• Ability to exercise fair and ethical judgement.