Geography Teacher

**Secondary School Teacher**

**OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**
- Barker College aims to foster a love of learning that inspires the heart, mind and soul of each student through _
- a diverse and challenging curriculum (Pre-K-12), catering for individual interest and capacity.**PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER**

Secondary School Teachers are required to undertake a range of responsibilities. This section is intended to
clarify those duties.
- Be responsible for the learning and development of the students’ in their care, ensuring lessons are well
- planned and carefully delivered.
- Provide individual support for learning taking into account the differing learning needs students and being
- willing to make adjustments as necessary.
- Take direction on the learning programs from the Head of Department/Stage Leader and the Individual
- Learning Centre as appropriate.

may include professional conversations in the staffroom, participation in programming and unit
development and keeping abreast of NESA requirements and changes to syllabus.
- Secondary School Teachers are required to undertake administrative responsibilities appropriate to their

level of experience and responsibility, including participating in curriculum planning meetings; completing
progressive reporting and preparing reports ; developing teaching programs and assessment folders and
the maintenance of records within the School’s data base and Learning Management System. Secondary
School Teachers are also required to undertake other supervisory responsibilities in settings such as
Assemblies, Chapel, and inter-School sports events.
- All Secondary School Teachers, including part-time Secondary School Teachers, must attend staff

member meetings and the Head of Barker College’s briefings, if their timetable requires them to be at
School at that time. If a part-time teacher teaches classes immediately either before or after any
scheduled departmental meeting, they are expected to attend that meeting. If not scheduled to attend, it
is expected that they will ensure that they are aware of all matters discussed and have provided any data
(marks, exam scripts, ideas) that have been requested). All Secondary School Teachers, including part
- time Secondary School Teachers, must attend and participate in all professional development activities.
- A normal teaching load for Secondary School Teachers at Barker College, under the present timetabling

arrangements, is the equivalent of 35 teaching periods across each 10 day cycle, averaged across the
School year. From time to time, a Secondary School Teacher may be required to teach in excess of 35
periods per cycle, to meet timetabling needs. Other duties may be adjusted to reflect the additional
teaching load.
- In addition to the normal teaching load, a Full Time or Part Time Secondary School Teacher may expect

to be rostered for a set minimum number of periods per cycle to provide supervisory cover for absent
Secondary School Teachers (called Covers). If a Secondary School Teacher’s normal timetabled
teaching load is 35 periods or less per cycle, or the equivalent pro rata for a Part Time Secondary School
Teacher, then the School may at its discretion add Covers to their Teaching load.

**Learning Team**

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- Secondary School Teachers are required to undertake playground supervision, and other supervision as

required, such as of students in Detention or the like, as rostered by the Deputy Head Student Experience.
- It is an expectation that every Secondary School Teacher will attend at least one Chapel service per week,

whether or not they are specifically accompanying a pastoral care group for which they have responsibility.
Part-time Secondary School Teachers attend Chapel on a day when they are in attendance at School.

Grange as scheduled through the School year. The current arrangements are:

- Secondary School Teachers are requested to volunteer to attend camps organised by the School’s

Outdoor Education Department:

- Secondary School Teachers are expected to accompany their classes on field trips and excursions in

excursions.
- Secondary School Teachers are expected to attend the following sporting events:

- The School Athletics Championships.
- The House Swimming Championships, if involved in the Middle School House System.
- One of the following Carnivals: School Swimming Championships, ISA Swimming Championships,
- CAS Swimming Championships, ISA Athletics Championships or CAS Athletics Championships.
- It is an expectation that Secondary School Teachers attend the Secondary School end-of-year
- “Celebration” (speech night).
- It is expected that Secondary School Teachers will attend parent/guardian / teacher interview meetings

for the year groups in which they are teaching classes and will make themselves available to meet with
parents/guardians throughout the entire scheduled time-period set down for the parent/guardian / teacher
in