Job Description

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Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 14 August 2023

Closing Date: Wednesday 9 August 2023

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: \xc2\xa331,584.00 to \xc2\xa347,565.00

Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week

Location: Glenrothes

Purpose and Values of Education & Children\'s Services Directorate

The Education & Children\'s Services 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.

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked \'upload resum\xc3\xa9\'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

• Ways in which you have promoted partnership working

(Consider the following: how you have met with learners, their parents and the staff involved, including those from other agencies, to plan, record and evaluate additional support needs arising from deafness. Contribute to continuing professional learning opportunities for teaching and non-teaching staff at school and service level)

• Ways in which you assessed learners with additional support needs including deafness).

(Consider the following: how have you carried out specialist assessments and interpreted the results? This would include audiological, language, and other national assessments.)

• Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet deaf learners\' needs.

(Consider the following: how you have used assessment evidence and your knowledge of deafness to support and enhance learning, which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for deaf learners?)

• Ways in which you have read and critically engaged with professional literature, educational research and policy.

(Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated that you have read and understood some of the key themes in deaf education?)

Job Details

We are looking for a highly-skilled teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential.

As a teacher in Fife you will be responsible for leading learning within your classroom context, promoting inclusion, diversity and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider improvements across the school community.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

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• You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.
• 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.
• You are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
• You will be a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf or you must be committed to completing the postgraduate training to qualify as a teacher of the deaf within 5 years of taking up the post (this training is funded by Sensory Support)
• Experience of using British Sign Language or a commitment gaining a qualification in (BSL) to Level 2

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our

behaviour framework for more information. * Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services

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For further Information please contact: Brian Shannan -

Fife Council