Secondary Year 9/10 Home Room Teacher

2 weeks ago


Palmerston North, New Zealand Cornerstone Christian School Full time

**TEAM LEADER - YEAR 9 AND 10
**TENURE: Full Time, Permanent
1MU

RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal
Deputy Principal
Assistant Principal - Middle School

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH: Senior Leadership Team
Other Department Heads / Curriculum / Team Leaders
Support Staff
Parents
Students

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ROLE
The Team Leader will ensure the provision of effective Year 9 and 10 Homeroom teaching, learning,
assessment, and pastoral practices. Whilst not responsible for the teaching and learning of non-homeroom
Studies, Life Lab, Devotions and Bible Teaching.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION DESCRIPTION
This document serves as a basis for employment into the role and ongoing performance appraisal when
undertaking the role of Team Leader.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
The Team Leader will meet the requirements noted below, and is expected to demonstrate a range of
knowledge, experience and attributes leading to success in this role.

EDUCATION Holds a current New Zealand Teacher Registration

**KNOWLEDGE and **Demonstrates:
Sound knowledge of Year 9 and 10 Curriculum levels
**EXPERIENCE **Extensive teaching experience at or within similar levels
Excellent student achievement/results

Effective leadership
Effective conflict resolution
Understanding of Co-ed Christian school environment/needs
A commitment to Maori students/ Treaty of Waitangi
An excellent ability to work with ESOL students

Competence and confidence when using IT
Effective written and oral communication skills

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL Demonstrates:
QUALITIES A commitment to school Special Character

Collegial support and support of school leadership
Trust, respect and can keep confidences
An ability to hold ‘difficult conversations’
An ability to work as part of the team
Excellent problem-solving skills
Approachability, is open-minded, acts with empathy
A commitment to on-going professional learning

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 1. Strategic Planning and Integration

2. Teaching, Learning and Curriculum
3. Department Leadership and Management
4. Health & Safety, Pastoral
5. Special Character
6. Corporate Responsibility
7. Personal/Professional Development and Behaviour

1. STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INTEGRATION

**Key Tasks Performance Indicators
**Provide, in conjunction with Senior Management and fellow Middle Managers, Homeroom goals are in alignment

appropriate professional leadership which is supportive of the school’s strategic with strategic and annual plan

plan, general direction and policies. direction.

Lead the integration and implementation of the school’s strategic direction in Team teaching and learning

your Team and curriculum areas. Specifically, incorporate school and national schemes and plans are produced or

curriculum reforms and updates, as well as any Cornerstone curriculum modified and evaluated.

initiatives into Team schemes and planning.

Monitor and guide the assessment of student achievement within your Team _Homeroom programme review _

and learning areas; utilising a variety of means to obtain valid data and to then utilises data to inform future

use this to inform programme planning and pedagogical development. _planning.- Annual review completed and _

Complete annual reporting requirements set by Deputy Principal in conjunction
- presented to Deputy Principal. _

with the Assistant Principal.

2. TEACHING, LEARNING AND CURRICULUM

**Key Tasks Performance Indicators
**Develop and maintain an engaging and positive teaching and learning scheme, Schemes available, up to date and

environment, and pedagogical approach. Use effective communication, positive well used by the Team. Positive

relationships, and teamwork to implement the above. student and staff appraisal
- feedback._

Assume overall responsibility for the development and implementation of Differential teaching and learning

effective Team pedagogies ensuring that teaching practice is differentiated for programmes are implemented.

students of varying abilities.

Target student strategies are in use such that they Identify students within your Students identified and appropriate

Homeroom programmes with particular learning needs and requirements, teaching and learning is

ensuring that these needs/requirements are being reasonably met. These _implemented successfully.include students who:

- Annual review identifies the use of _
- these strategies and whether they _
a) Have learning difficulties have been effective.
b) Are exceptionally talented/gifted
c) Are Maori and seeking to ‘achieve as Maori’ in line with Ka Hikitia (the

government’s education strategy) and with consideration of the school
context

d) Require special assessment conditions for external qualifications
e) First language is not English

These tasks will be undertaken in conjunction with staff with responsibility in
these areas including the lead teachers for Learning Support, Careers, ESOL,
Pastoral, and the Assistant Principal for Middle School.**
- Assessment and moderation _
- requirements met _



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