Design & Technology Teacher
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Job Summary
Role: Teacher of Design & Technology (Temporary for one academic year in the first instance)
Academy: Outwood Academy Valley
Start Date: As soon as possible
Salary (Actual Salary): 13166 to 20419
Working Pattern: 13 Hours Per Week Term Time only
Are you a dedicated and highly effective educator committed to raising the achievement of all students within your subject area Join us as a Teacher where you will be instrumental in delivering high-quality learning utilising a range of teaching and learning strategies to ensure student success.
This position requires a professional who is aware of strategies for improving learning understands curriculum developments and is creative in finding solutions to enhance student performance.
Welcome from the Principal:
I am proud to introduce you to Outwood Academy Valley a school where excellence innovation and opportunity create an outstanding learning environment for both students and staff. We are situated at the heart of the community in Worksop the Gateway to the Dukeries.
We are deeply committed to putting students first raising standards and transforming lives. We believe learning should be enjoyable and enriching allowing students to make exceptional progress through our knowledge-rich personalised curriculum. Our Performing Arts Department is a particular area of excellence.
If you are passionate about education we warmly invite you to join our dedicated team. We value and invest in our staff offering high-quality professional development and a collaborative environment. We operate as a supportive school family celebrating successes and working together with a shared sense of purpose.
If you share our values apply now and take the next step in your career with us.
Design and Technology at Outwood Academy Valley is a practical valuable and hugely popular subject. It enables students to actively contribute to the creativity culture wealth and well-being of themselves within our community. It teaches how to take risks and so become more resourceful innovative enterprising and capable. Students develop a critical understanding of the impact of design and technology on daily life and the wider world. Additionally it provides excellent opportunities for students to develop and apply value judgements of an aesthetic economic moral social and technical nature both in their own designing and when evaluating the work of others.
The Academy wishes to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic subject specialist who will engage with our ethos which places students first. Being a committed and imaginative teacher you will support the rapid and on-going developments within the faculty as we strive to improve attainment across the academy.
Applications are invited from both experienced and recently appointed teachers who wish to develop their career within a fast moving environment.
Responsibilities
The Teacher is expected to implement and use a wide range of teaching and learning strategies within the classroom applying techniques like Assessment for Learning (AfL) to continually improve student performance. A core duty involves effectively using student level data to identify areas for development and raise standards.
This professional must be aware of strategies available for improving the learning and achievement of all students alongside possessing a good understanding of curriculum developments within their specific subject area. The role requires maintaining high expectations for all students and effectively communicating with students and their parents both orally and in writing. The teacher is expected to work collaboratively as part of a team sharing good practice across the department and demonstrating creativity in problem solving and a willingness to adopt new approaches.
Qualifications
Essential qualifications include a degree in an appropriate discipline related to the relevant subject and a teaching qualification coupled with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Required experience includes recent and relevant teaching experience (either in employment or training) and experience of assessment at Key Stage 3 and 4.
The successful candidate will be confident in using standard computer packages (word processing email and spreadsheets) and understand how these tools can enhance student learning. The role demands high levels of professionalism including the ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and a capacity to recognise potential child safeguarding issues.
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Required Experience:
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About Company
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - WHAT DO WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER? Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer: Your starting salary with annual increments plus in ... View more
