Teacher of Design Technology
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will work within our highly successful Design Technology Department. This post is advertised as we are expanding our Design Technology team. The popularity and success of the subjects delivered by this team over the last 2 years means that we now need to appoint another teacher to meet the demand for places in KS4 classes.The Technology department currently delivers GCSE Design Technology, GCSE 3D Design, the Technical Award in Hospitality and Catering and a Technology and Food rotation at KS3. It is essential that the successful candidate has a wide knowledge and proven experience in teaching Design Technology at KS4 and KS3, and is also willing to teach a small amount of KS3 lessons in either Food or Computing.
All the lessons in these subjects are fully planned and resourced with a comprehensive scheme of work, lesson slides which can be adapted for specific classes and lesson resources such as knowledge organisers. The successful candidate must demonstrate a willingness to develop their teaching practice as we continue to work collaboratively to meet the needs of all our learners.
What the school offers its staff
Salary & Benefits- M1 – UPS3 FTE £31,650 - £49,084 per annum
- CPD including Senior Leader and Knowledge Development Courses
- Enhanced ECT Scheme including ongoing coaching and mentoring for all teachers
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Rewards and Recognition Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing team
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.