HOW HAVE YOU DEMONSTRATED YOUR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING WHEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF CHANGE?

(Consider the following: how have you developed and promoted an informed and critical stance which focusses on improvements in curriculum and pedagogy; how have you promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels; how have you promoted and modelled the school’s vision, values and aims.)

JOB DETAILS

We are looking for a highly-skilled Principal Teacher Curriculum (PTC) - Technologies, Enterprise & IT (Tier 2) who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As the PTC Tier 2 you will be supporting the PTC Tier 1 postholder and where required, the senior leadership team by contributing to the strategic vision for the school, working with a wide range of stakeholders to implement and pursue the objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a self-improving system across the education community.

QUALIFICATION, REGISTRATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work within your faculty and where required lead and manage school improvements, both at strategic and operational levels, to ensure continuous improvement.
You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.

PURPOSE AND VALUES OF EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

WAYS YOU HAVE MODELLED AND PROMOTED THE GTCS PROFESSIONAL VALUES (SOCIAL JUSTICE, TRUST, RESPECT AND INTEGRITY) AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT IN YOUR CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ROLES.

(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others.)