Primary IT Specialist

Job Description:* Primary * IT Specialist

Employed by: NCBIS to support the school and technology vision, positive
ethos and policies of the school.
Responsible to: Deputy Heads Academic
Qualifications: Degree, PGCE, QTS or equivalent
Experience: Minimum ‎3 years teaching
Teaching Responsibility: full time with ‎20% PPA
NCBIS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
young people and expects
all staff to share this commitment. NCBIS is aligned with the recommendations
of the International Task
Force on Child Protection, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective
recruiting practices with
specific attention to child protection. In accordance with UK Safeguarding
Children and Safer Recruitment
in Education legislation. Appointed teachers from the United Kingdom are
required to provide, at their
own cost (of about GBP ‎60), and before travel arrangements are confirmed, an
International Child
Protection Certificate (UK) (refer: http://www.acro.police.uk/ICPC/). Full
police clearance, covering at least
the previous ‎8 years, is necessary for all appointees who are working, or who
have worked, in countries
outside the United Kingdom. To assist newly appointed staff, there is a
country by country checklist for the
procedures for obtaining a police clearance:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-
records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
The year group leader at NCBIS is part of the primary team, working alongside
the primary leadership team
to ensure clear leadership and effective management of the primary school.

A. Safeguarding Duties
* To be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable children in relation to the role;
* To ensure that the designated member of staff for child protection is made aware and kept fully informed of
any concerns which the senior teacher may have in relation to safeguarding
and/or child protection.

B. Main Purpose
* Support the mission, vision and values of the school and contribute to the whole school development plan;
* Keep abreast of developments in the National Curriculum for England and key international curricula
pertaining to IT;
* Liaise with the Director of IT to ensure that resources are in place to enable our curriculum framework to be
delivered across the school;
* Meet the expectations set out in the NCBIS quality assurance policy;
* Monitor and strategically plan to raise standards through lesson observations, demonstration lessons, staff
training, planning and learning scrutiny, professional reading and interviews
with staff and children;
* Teach IT lessons to all year groups in the primary school
* Deliver staff meetings in relation to their subject;
* Contribute to the school improvement plans related to subject;
* Lead and support staff members to achieve relevant targets of the NCBIS School Development Plan.
C. Learning and Teaching
* Lead through inspiration and collaboration as well as setting high standards and expectations;
* Maintain quality assurance standards within year group through embedding the quality assurance policy;
* Develop good practice across Primary so that summative and formative assessment informs and improves
teaching;
* Monitor class and corridor displays to ensure the subject is being appropriately represented and celebrated to
promote high expectations throughout the year;
* Analyse school performance in relation to their subject, promote good progress and outcomes of pupils
through analysing standardised assessment data, learning ladder data and
targeting specific cohorts within a
year group and the specific subject area;
* Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
D. Health, safety and discipline
* Ensure safety guidelines relating to the subject are known and practised
E. Professional development
* Have an active role in further training and development in order to improve one's own teaching;
* Provide and arrange professional development for primary staff in relation to subject;
F. Communication
* Communicate effectively with pupils, parents and carers and colleagues.
G. Working with colleagues and other relevant professionals
* Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school;
including secondary subject specialists to ensure progression and continuity;
* Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues.
H. Personal and professional conduct
* Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside
school;
* Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school including the school
Code of Conduct, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality;
* Understand and act within the expectations set out in policies and guidance setting out professional duties
and responsibilities including meeting deadlines.
I. Management of staff and resources
* Direct and supervise support staff assigned to them, and where appropriate, other teachers;
* Contribute to the recruitment and professional development of other teachers and support staff;
* Deploy resources delegated to them;
* Contribute to auditing and ordering new resources linked to their subject.