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United Kingdom

Handcross, England, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:• Preparing pupils for Pre-Test, Common Entrance and Scholarship Exams.• Implementing the new BC scheme of learning replacing Common Entrance.• Ensuring high quality teaching and learning across the department including the line management and mentoring of colleagues. • Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 5 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Providing enrichment opportunities for pupils e.g. UKMT and Pi Day.• Communicating… Show more Responsibilities:• Preparing pupils for Pre-Test, Common Entrance and Scholarship Exams.• Implementing the new BC scheme of learning replacing Common Entrance.• Ensuring high quality teaching and learning across the department including the line management and mentoring of colleagues. • Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 5 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Providing enrichment opportunities for pupils e.g. UKMT and Pi Day.• Communicating and engaging with parents on pupil progress and attainment.• Fully engaging with the School’s extra curricular programme. Show less

Lancing Prep - Hove

Responsibilities and achievements:• Preparing pupils for Pre-Test, Common Entrance and Scholarship Exams.• Leading on the successful implementation of a new scheme of work.• Ensuring high quality teaching and learning across the department including the mentoring of colleagues. • Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 5 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Providing enrichment opportunities for pupils e.g. UKMT and Pi Day.• Delivering CPD on… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Preparing pupils for Pre-Test, Common Entrance and Scholarship Exams.• Leading on the successful implementation of a new scheme of work.• Ensuring high quality teaching and learning across the department including the mentoring of colleagues. • Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 5 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Providing enrichment opportunities for pupils e.g. UKMT and Pi Day.• Delivering CPD on current pedagogical practices e.g. 'why should we make learning visible' and 'effective questioning techniques'.• Delivering CPD on the effective use of ICT in the classroom.• Communicating and engaging with parents on pupil progress and attainment.• Fully engaging with the School’s extra curricular programme. Show less

Singapore

Responsibilities and achievements:• Lead and manage Mathematics at KS4 ensuring high quality teaching and learning.• Assisting the Head of Faculty in the day to day running of the department.• Re-writing the KS4 scheme of work combining Edexcel iGCSE and AQA Level 2 Further Maths.• Working collaboratively with the KS3 and KS5 Assistant Heads of Faculty to support the smooth progression of pupils throughout the school.• Writing and implementing effective formative and… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Lead and manage Mathematics at KS4 ensuring high quality teaching and learning.• Assisting the Head of Faculty in the day to day running of the department.• Re-writing the KS4 scheme of work combining Edexcel iGCSE and AQA Level 2 Further Maths.• Working collaboratively with the KS3 and KS5 Assistant Heads of Faculty to support the smooth progression of pupils throughout the school.• Writing and implementing effective formative and summative assessments.• Delivering outstanding teaching and learning from KS3 to KS5.• Embedding effective and efficient use of ICT into teaching and learning, most prominently the use of Microsoft Teams and OneNote on Microsoft pen enabled devices. • Presenting multiple whole school CPD sessions on effective assessment practices.• Completion of ASSIST, IB, Pearson iGCSE and Assessment Essentials CPD.• Co-leading KS3 and KS4 Maths Enrichment Club.• KS5 form tutor including UCAS reference writing.• Appointed Assistant Head of Faculty for KS4 in August 2020. Show less

Singapore

Responsibilities and achievements:• Teacher of iGCSE and A-Level Mathematics.• IB certified.• Delivering whole school CBD on assessment practices.• Contributing to the restructure of KS4 schemes of work.• Effective use of Microsoft Teams and OneNote to enhance teaching and learning.• ASIST trained.• Year 13 tutor.

Handcross, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Responsibilities and achievements:• Successfully preparing pupils for common entrance and scholarship exams.• Led the delivery of the School's most successful Scholarship and Common Entrance results in Mathematics for entrance in 2018.• Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 6 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Communicating and engaging with parents on pupil progress and attainment.• Fully engaging with the School’s extra curricular programme.•… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Successfully preparing pupils for common entrance and scholarship exams.• Led the delivery of the School's most successful Scholarship and Common Entrance results in Mathematics for entrance in 2018.• Delivering outstanding lessons to pupils from year 6 to year 8 catering to differing learning needs.• Communicating and engaging with parents on pupil progress and attainment.• Fully engaging with the School’s extra curricular programme.• Appointed as Head of Department as of September 2017.• Form tutor ensuring the academic and emotional wellbeing of my pupils. Show less

Carshalton, London

Responsibilities and achievements:• Leading the department to exceed set academic targets.• Increasing expected progress of pupils by 15% in a year to meet national expectation for the first time in the school’s history.• Closing the achievement gap of SEN and pupil premium students by half for GCSE pupils.• Leading the development and training of three school’s direct and NQTs, all of which passed as outstanding.• Leading whole school CPD on numeracy across the curriculum… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Leading the department to exceed set academic targets.• Increasing expected progress of pupils by 15% in a year to meet national expectation for the first time in the school’s history.• Closing the achievement gap of SEN and pupil premium students by half for GCSE pupils.• Leading the development and training of three school’s direct and NQTs, all of which passed as outstanding.• Leading whole school CPD on numeracy across the curriculum resulting in an increase in effective numeracy tactics being used across the curriculum. • Leading the Sutton ‘Maths hub’ by facilitating meetings between Heads of Departments thus allowing the sharing of good practice for imminent curriculum and assessment changes. • Working with senior leaders to implement whole school projects for example increasing attainment for pupil premium pupils.• Successful completion of Pixl Middle Leadership course, a project based training course resulting in improving the progress and attainment of key stage three pupils.• Using data to identify key trends and using it to effectively inform future actions resulting in an improvement in progress and attainment for all pupils.• Use of various ICT programmes incorporated into teaching resulting in an increase of pupils’ independent learning. Show less

Lewisham, London.

Responsibilities and achievements:• Line management of department including the training and development of a Teach First participant who achieved Ofsted ‘good’ lesson observations and completed his training year as an outstanding trainee.• Meeting whole school academic targets so that over 70% were making ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ progress and ensured that there was no achievement gap with pupils with SEN and/or Pupil Premium compared to those with no disadvantage.• Tracking data… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Line management of department including the training and development of a Teach First participant who achieved Ofsted ‘good’ lesson observations and completed his training year as an outstanding trainee.• Meeting whole school academic targets so that over 70% were making ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ progress and ensured that there was no achievement gap with pupils with SEN and/or Pupil Premium compared to those with no disadvantage.• Tracking data accurately and effectively to intervene and prevent underachieving pupils falling behind on their progress.• Ensuring ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ practice across the department resulting in all lessons being judged good or above.• Leading on whole school and federation wide CPD on implementing and improving numeracy across the curriculum.• Mentoring Teach First participants in our primary school to improve the teaching of numeracy.• Leading on embedding the use of ICT into the curriculum. Show less

Lewisham

Responsibilities and achievements:• Completing the two-year leadership development programme as ‘outstanding’.• Part of a team of 4 raising achievement of 29% GCSE pass rate to 78% in three years.• Planning inspirational and effective lessons based on individual student needs.• Planning and monitoring revision classes for GCSE pupils, including the attendance and measuring the impact on results.• Forming teaching and revision resources for the new 2010 mathematics… Show more Responsibilities and achievements:• Completing the two-year leadership development programme as ‘outstanding’.• Part of a team of 4 raising achievement of 29% GCSE pass rate to 78% in three years.• Planning inspirational and effective lessons based on individual student needs.• Planning and monitoring revision classes for GCSE pupils, including the attendance and measuring the impact on results.• Forming teaching and revision resources for the new 2010 mathematics specification to adjust to the changes in functional skills requirements.• Devising and implementing a new marking system that simultaneously made marking more efficient for teachers whilst providing more informative feedback for pupils. • Communicating with parents and other staff effectively as a form tutor. Show less

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