**Description**
**Secondary Teacher Role Profile**
We provide an enriching education of the highest standard which allows our pupils to achieve both success and, experience failure in a safe and supportive environment. Staff, pupils and parents share the fundamental expectation of a positive attitude to learning. We nurture our pupils, encouraging them to develop a Growth Mindset to ensure they become resilient and persevere in the face of challenges. Happy, respectful, internationally minded pupils, staff and parents are the core of our community. We support our pupils and staff to constantly develop and improve themselves. We do this as a team, without exception.
**Requirements**:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an internationally recognized teaching qualification.
- Proven ability to teach all three sciences at IGCSE level.
- A passion for education and a commitment to student development and academic excellence.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, and parents.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team.
- Experience with online learning platforms and the integration of technology in teaching (desirable).
**Responsible to**:
Deputy Head of Key Stage
Head of Secondary
**We put learners and learning first. **Learning is affected by both internal factors (such as emotions, motivation and general health and wellbeing) and external factors (such as environment, curriculum and relationships). The external factor that has the most significant impact on our students’ learning is the teacher.
**At ISP, everyone is a learner. **So as one of our teachers, you are also a learner. Together, we will embark on an ongoing process of exploring, expanding and evolving your practice in ways that directly impact and improve student learning.
**_Learner (ISP definition)_**_ _**:
- Everyone at ISP is a learner. The ISP learner recognises that their mindset, experiences and actions drive their_ learning outcomes. With this awareness, they exercise voice, choice, and ownership over their process of learning - leading their learning and the learning of others. _
**ISP Principles**
**Begin with our children and students. **Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Well-being and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
**Treat everyone with care and respect. **We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.
**Are financially responsible**. **We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.
**Learn continuously. **Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
**ISP Teacher Role Profile**
1. **Atmosphere. **You enable students to learn in a safe, open, caring, collaborative and inclusive atmosphere. Your students feel confident to have open and honest conversations about their learning and how they can get better. You create a positive atmosphere by building relationships, behaviours, and inclusive learning experiences that support a good struggle for _all _your learners. You engage in professional and respectful dialogue with colleagues and the wider school and ISP communities about learning and teaching, with a shared commitment to getting better.
2. **Shared Ideas. **You know and model your school’s values and contribute to its mission and vision through your daily actions. Through all aspects of learning and teaching, you create a strong sense of shared behaviours and purpose for learners and their learning.
3. **A Focus on Learners and Learning. **You put learners and their learning first. Your understanding of the difference between learning and the factors that affect learning enables you to plan and support a good struggle for _all _your students to get better. You are committed to your personal and professional learning and development, engaging in a series of learning visits and inquiries with colleagues and leaders to support your ongoing self-evaluation. You are an active and valued member of dynamic learning communities,
5. **Evidence of Learning. **You gather, document and analyse evidence of learning from various sources and use this to identify targets and action steps for improving learning. You support students in knowing the different ways their learning can be evidenced and how to use feedback and learning advice to get better. Evidence enables you to make secure judgments about your students’ learning in line with their personal learning goals, age and stage appropriate expectations, and local, national and international benchmarking. You document and share evidence of learning to answer the qu