Maternity Cover: Teacher of Creative Media and/or Food
What skills and experience we're looking for
Principal Accountabilities:
- Provide high quality teaching and learning experiences for students.
- Fulfill the role of Form Tutor to students.
Main Activities and Responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities are indicated here. Other duties at an appropriate level and nature may also be required and will be negotiated.
Teaching and Learning- Teach Creative Media at Key Stage 4 and Food and Nutrition at Key Stage 3 and 4.
- Teach other areas of Design Technology at KS3 as required.
- Consistently deliver good or outstanding well-planned learning that achieve high outcomes.
- Monitor and identify under achieving students from performance data.
- Report on students’ progress and to parents as required.
- Liaise with parents to ensure excellent attainment.
- Contribute to the school literacy and reading policies.
- Support extended learning activities to enhance students learning experiences.
- Manage the behaviour of students in classrooms and around the school.
- Understand and fulfill all the requirements of Schools policies.
- Work as part of a team in the delivery of high-quality learning outside the classroom.
- To support the Curriculum Area’s Improvement Strategy.
- To contribute to the department’s after-school revision and extra-curricular programme.
- To support transition in learning at primary and post-16 level.
- As a Form Tutor support the personal development of students.
- Ensure all students are safe and can achieve their potential.
- Adhere at all times to professional business standards of dress, courtesy and efficiency.
- Attend subject and staff meetings.
- Attend and participate in Open Evenings, Parents’ Evenings and other school events.
- Uphold the school’s Behaviour for Learning Policy and Student Dress Code.
- Be responsible for ensuring subject knowledge is developed and participate in staff training and development.
What the school offers its staff
The Governors of Stanley High School wish to appoint an exceptional classroom Teacher of Creative Media and/or Food Specialism to join our oversubscribed school for September 2024.
It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to Stanley High School and trust the information provided will enable you to determine your suitability to join our journey and provide an exceptional education for all our students. As a school, we are determined to challenge our students inside and outside the classroom to aspire for individual excellence and excel to achieve the highest academic standards.
Would you like to join a well-established and successful team in a consistently high performing, oversubscribed, 11-16 school that focuses on each student as an individual whilst fostering a sense of belonging to a rich and diverse community?Stanley High School is committed to supporting every student to develop to their full academic potential whilst experiencing a wide and exciting range of opportunities to equip them with the skillset for a successful future as rounded, mature and confident members of modern British society.
Students at Stanley High School have consistently made good progress reflected in our outcomes over time. We are always striving for excellence. You would be joining an innovative team at a variety of stages in their career who are motivated by highly effective leadership.
We are seeking to appoint an energetic and highly qualified Creative Media and/or Food Teacher who is innovative with the ability to inspire and motivate students. This role is suitable for Early Career Teachers and more experienced professionals.The successful candidate will have a successful track record relevant to their stage in their career and be committed to becoming a high performing classroom practitioner. We are looking for someone with passion for their subject, who is creative and can make a positive contribution to improving provision and outcomes.
The Design Technology Department is a successful department with outstanding outcomes, the pupils thrive and thoroughly enjoy their experience from KS3-4. The staff play to the strengths of all pupils. The department promotes a positive, yet challenging climate where all pupils are encouraged and supported to take risks and have high expectations that are clearly modelled by experienced staff.As a consequence, the option classes in all Design technology areas at KS4 are oversubscribed.
I am very proud of the school, its students, staff and governors. Education at Stanley High aims to develop and nurture all students to take their place as caring and confident young people in the outside world. Our staff will engage in high quality Continuous Professional Development at both school and Trust level and all staff have access to our supportive well-being package.
Stanley High School is a proud member of the Southport Learning Trust family of schools leading to collaboration amongst our wider school community. The community of Food teachers within the Trust is very strong which would give strong support to the successful candidate and many opportunities for our students.We have a strong safeguarding culture and we will expect you to champion this within your role
We would like to invest in the long-term career of an exceptional candidate and would welcome visits from prospective applicants. Please contact the school office on 01704 228940 or enquiries@stanleyhigh.co.uk, to arrange a convenient time.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Kind regards
Nicki Gregg
Executive Headteacher
Further details about the role
Essential
Desirable
Assessed
Qualifications
Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject- AF
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Experience
A passion for Creative Media and/or Food and Nutrition/Hospitality and Catering and a thirst to develop pupils and self as lifelong learners in the subject.
AF, LO & I
Ability to teach engaging, well-sequenced and adapted lessons- LO
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Skills
Must be well organised- LO & I
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Knowledge and Understanding
National Curriculum for Food and Nutrition/ Hospitality and Catering at Key Stages 3-4- AF, LO & I
- Understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Part 1
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Equal Opportunities
Understanding of different social backgrounds of pupils- AF & I
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AF – Application Form LO - Lesson Observation I - Interview
Commitment to safeguarding
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Southport Learning Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which Southport Learning Trust might want to explore with you at the interview.