Secondary Year 9/10 Home Room Teacher

**SPECIALIST TEACHER (ST) - AREA SCHOOL
**TENURE: Applicants Must be a permanent Teachers in years 1

through 13 at Cornerstone Christian School.
The appointment to ST is permanent and comes with
0.16 FTTE release time and the Specialist Teacher
Allowance

RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal

Deputy Principal
Assistant Principal - Senior School

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH: Senior Leadership Team

Other Department Heads / Curriculum Leads
Teachers and Beginning Teachers
Support Staff
Parents
Students

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF ROLE
The establishment of the ST role in area schools was part of the 2007 Area School Teachers’ Collective
Agreement settlement and is intended to provide professional learning support for teachers in area schools. At
CCS, the ST is also responsible for providing formal support and mentoring to Beginning Teachers.

In addition, the role allows for the development of a different career opportunity to retain teachers in the
classroom through the provision of an alternative career path to the more traditional management one.

The ST role offers the recipient the capacity to lead, develop and demonstrate their professional

learning/leadership skills with other teachers.

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 Specialist Classroom Teacher.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
The recipient will possess the skill set and capacity to lead and enhance the quality of teaching practices at

Cornerstone Christian School through supporting teachers and mentoring for improvement.

STs are encouraged to explore and develop professional learning support approaches which may include a
variety of focus areas such as coaching, mentoring, leading mentoring programmes, leading professional
learning groups, providing professional reading and leading discussion groups, developing reflective practice,
classroom observations/support, supporting beginning teachers, developing classroom management
strategies, leading professional learning programmes in the school, and facilitating and supporting professional
learning communities.

EDUCATION Holds a current New Zealand Teacher Registration

**KNOWLEDGE and **To be appointed as a specialist teacher you must:
**EXPERIENCE - Hold a permanent teaching positions at Cornerstone**
**Christian School.**
- Be a fully registered teacher, teach a full
- or part-time load,

the majority of which must be in the classroom.
- Have at least 6 years’ teaching experience (in New Zealand or

overseas).
- Have achieved the experienced classroom teacher standards,

or overseas equivalent, for at least the last 3 years.

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 TASKS Include:
1. Supporting and assisting beginning teachers to develop
and demonstrate effective teaching practices to maintain
a purposeful learning environment that engages
students;
2. Supporting and assisting other teachers in the school or
across schools with effective teaching practices and
maintaining a purposeful learning environment that
engages students;
3. Supporting and assisting teachers to expand their
knowledge, skills and attributes to increase teaching
effectiveness;
4. Encouraging collaborative, reflective and shared
practice;
5. Providing leadership in school wide or cross-school
professional learning and development;
6. Supporting and assisting teachers to develop and use e
- learning in their classrooms.

1. PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

**Key Tasks Performance Indicators**

1. Supporting and assisting beginning teachers to develop and Mentoring programmes

demonstrate effective teaching practices to maintain a established, regular meetings

purposeful learning environment that engages students _held with minutes, feedback _
- from SLT and Beginning _
- Teachers._

2. Supporting and assisting other teachers in the school or across Records of meetings held, PLD

schools with effective teaching practices and maintaining a provided, classroom visits,

purposeful learning environment that engages students _discussions with students, _
- feedback from SLT and Teachers3. Supporting and assisting teachers to expand their knowledge, Feedback from Teachers

skills and attributes to increase teaching effectiveness

4. Encouraging collaborative, reflective and shared practice Feedback from SLT and Teachers

5. Providing leadership in school wide or cross-school professional Leading staff at staff meetings,
- support. Feedback from SLT and _
- Teachers.6. Supporting and assisting teachers to develop and use e-learning Meetings, in-class

in their classrooms. observations