Head of Music
- Greenford, Middlesex
- Salary negotiable
- 3 applications
- Job type: Contract, full-time
- Date:
- Reference: 21182918
An outstanding school in the Ealing Borough is looking for Head of Music to join their department on a long term Maternity Cover basis.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be required to do the following:
- To lead and co-ordinate Music courses as offered by the Department
- To support, monitor, develop and hold to account other staff within Music
- To enrich the curriculum through individual student support, instrumental lessons, school concerts and performances
- To provide internal assessments and mark schemes and report on student progress
- To research future developments at equivalent level
- To promote good behaviour amongst students to create a purposeful learning environment in the classroom, assisting colleagues in the curriculum area to achieve this.
- To liaise with people with responsibility for adjoining courses
- To maintain records and set assessment criteria
- To decide examination entry and predict grades
- To act as Line Manager to NQTs/BTs in Music
- To promote key school initiatives and strategies: Literacy, Numeracy, Behaviour policy, G&T, Business and Languages specialism, Training school etc.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will meet the below criteria:
- Understanding and/or experience of current developments in the secondary curriculum
- Understanding of current approaches to assessment, recording and reporting procedures at various levels, including tracking student progress via the use of data
- Knowledge of the implications for teaching in a multicultural environment
- Knowledge and awareness of the extended schools programme
- Knowledge of the impact of ICT and Virtual Learning Environments in the field of education
- Ability to liaise with other teaching staff and work in co-operation with colleagues
- Ability to motivate pupils through the use of a variety of teaching methods and the setting of appropriate goals and monitoring of progress
- Ability to assess, monitor and report on students’ progress
- Ability to effectively manage, organise and control students’ working
- Ability to successfully encourage students to the highest standards of individual achievement
- Ability to adopt flexible teaching and learning strategies
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