Teacher
Over the past two years I have been the class teacher of a year 4 class (ages 8-9) where I have planned and delivered an exciting curriculum which has helped to inspire and motivate pupils. As an early career teacher (ECT) I am responsible for the progress the students make in my class, ensuring there is a positive and healthy working environment within the classroom, and being adaptable to all students throughout the day. I keep up to date with all of my planning for each lesson that I deliver, marking and evaluating pupils work and keeping to deadlines for termly data, assessments and pupil progress documents. Being well-organised is a critical skill to have when being a teacher and I believe this is transferable into any working environment.Within school, I have taken on a subject leadership role. In this role, I have created knowledge and skills progression documents, written school development plans and delivered staff meetings. Furthermore, I was responsible for the implementation of a new curriculum which is currently having a profound impact within the school. Within my presentations, I used strong communication skills to explain and demonstrate how the subject should be taught to the senior leadership team. I believe communication is one of my strongest skills which allows me to work well within a team.I have been able to respond to feedback given from senior leadership members in both my teaching practice and leadership of a subject. Being able to not only reflect on this feedback but to actively respond to it has strengthened my leadership skills and produced a high standard of work. I have also visited other schools to help develop my practice.As well as communicating well with other members of staff, my communication skills were also utilised by interacting with parents on a daily basis. I had the responsibility to ensure that they had a clear understanding of what was happening within the classroom and how their child was progressing.
