Head of Art, TLR 2 (Starting Aug 2025) - Discovery College

Responsibilities

• Use own professional role to ensure that the College is able to deliver on the 5 DC Outcomes for every student.
• Take responsibility for ensuring excellent standards of professional practice and student outcomes in area of responsibility.
• Utilise Quality Assurance to ensure individual, team and Whole College understanding of the impact of professional practice on student outcomes. 
• In area of responsibility, research, identify/provide PD advice and support, implement, model, test, review and evaluate all programmes to ensure the best teaching
  and learning practices are developed and maintained.
• Support the academic, pastoral and co-curricular work of the school.
• Lead teams to provide learning opportunities for every student commensurate to her/his needs, abilities and stage of development.
• Establish effective and positive relationships with students based on mutual respect, recognising the individuality of each student and affirming their cultural identity.
• Provide a safe, effective, challenging learning environment and learning spaces in accordance with the mission and values of the College.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and implement (and where relevant contribute to the development of) ESF and College policies.
• Ensure alignment around agreed strategic objectives.
• Establish priorities and goals that support College- wide Strategic Planning and Objectives, the TLR Renewal Process, and the Professional Reflection and Development Process.
• Report to senior leaders and relevant other stakeholders on agreed goals.
• Collaborate with other middle leaders to create coherence across the College.
• Analyse and use relevant sets of data to track and improve student progress.
• Manage resources as appropriate to area of responsibility.
• Coordinate the publication of team communications.
• Represent the College in key areas at ESF, local and international level.
• Develop and improve teaching and learning consistent with school and IB philosophy and practice
• Develop, monitor and evaluate teaching and learning and assessment practices
• Lead curriculum planning and classroom practice in consultation with programme coordinators and other key colleagues
• Represent the team at meetings
• Ensure effective communication between all team members and senior leaders
• Chair team meetings and provide feedback
• Facilitate effective Professional Reflection and Development for staff members supervised
• Manage day to day staffing for the team
• Ensure academic development and welfare of students is paramount
• Coordinate student reports within area of responsibility
• Line-manage all subject specific staff across Primary and Secondary Sectors.
• Coordinate resources across sectors to ensure effective deployment
• Develop an approach to curriculum articulation and delivery that enables an aligned, coherent Year 1-13 through-school experience.
• Perform other duties which may reasonably be assigned from time to time by the Principal or his/her delegate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, or Bachelor's Degree in any field with a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education), or equivalent in a specialist area 
• 5 years of post-qualification teaching experience. 
• An understanding of the IB and the key underpinnings of the curriculum frameworks is essential

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