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planning and preparing courses and
lessons;
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teaching, according to their
education needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the
setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in
the school and elsewhere;
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assessing, recording and reporting
on the development, progress and attainment of pupils
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promoting the general progress and
well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of
pupils assigned to him/her;
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providing guidance and advice to
pupils on education and social matters and on their further
education and future careers including information about sources
of more expert advice on specific questions; making relevant
records and reports;
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making records of and reports on
the personal and social needs of pupils except in instances
where
to do so might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s own
position;
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communicating and consulting with
the parents of pupils;
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communicating and co-operating
with such persons or bodies outside the school as may be
approved by the employing authority and, in the case of a
controlled school, the Board of Governors;
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participating in meetings arranged
for any of the purposes described above;
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providing or contributing to oral
and written assessments, reports and references relating to
individual pupils and groups of pupils except in instances where
to do so might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s own
position;
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participating, if required, in any
scheme of staff development and performance review;
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reviewing from time to time
his/her methods of teaching and programmes of work;
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participating in arrangements for
his/her further training and professional development as a
teacher;
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advising and co-operating with the
principal and other teachers (or any one or more of them) on the
preparation and development of courses of study, teaching
materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and
assessment and pastoral arrangements;
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maintaining good order and
discipline among pupils in accordance with the policies of the
employing authority and safeguarding their health and safety
both when they are authorised to be on the school premises and
when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere;
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participating in meetings at the
school which relate to the curriculum for the school or the
administration or organisation of the school, including pastoral
arrangements;
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supervising and teaching any
pupils whose teacher is not available provided that;
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in schools with an average
daily enrolment of 222 pupils or less, in primary 1 and
primary 2 classes in schools with an average daily enrolment
of greater than 222 pupils, and in nursery classes in
primary schools a teacher other than a supply teacher shall
not be required to provide such cover;
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in schools with an average
daily enrolment greater than 222 pupils a teacher other than
a supply teacher shall not be required to provide such cover
after the second day on which a teacher, other than a
teacher of primary 1 or primary 2 class or of a nursery
class in primary school, is absent or otherwise not
available, or from the first day if the fact that the
teacher would be absent or otherwise not available for a
period exceeding 2 days was known to and agreed by the
employing authority in advance;
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participating in arrangements for
preparing pupils for public examinations and in assessing pupils
for
the purposes of such examinations; recording and reporting such
assessments; and participating in arrangements for pupils’
presentation for and supervision during such examinations;
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contributing to the selection for
appointment and professional development of other teachers,
including the induction and assessment of probationary teachers;
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co-ordinating or managing the work
of other teachers;
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taking such part as may be
required of him/her in the review, development and management of
activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral
functions of the school;
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participating in administrative
and organisational tasks related to such duties as are described
above, including the management or supervision of persons
providing support for the teachers in the school and the
ordering and allocation of equipment and materials;
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subject to the provisions of
Article 22 of the Order, attending assemblies;
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registering the attendance of
pupils and supervising pupils, whether these duties are to be
performed before, during or after school sessions.
