English Teacher (Remote / Online / Part Time - 0.6)
Minerva’s Virtual Academy
Lambeth
- £33,120 - £36,500 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Pay dependant on experience, the salary range listed is the FTE.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- After October half term or January 2024
- Apply by:
- 22 September 2024
Job overview
English Teacher (Remote / Online / Part-time), initially a 0.6 contract with the potential to become full-time from September 2025 with either a November 2024 or January 2025 start.
Do you have the drive to ensure all students can access the highest quality education in an environment suitable for them, regardless of their personal circumstances?
Are you enthusiastic about the potential of the best Edtech to stimulate engagement and progress in all students?
Can you make complex topics come alive in a virtual classroom?
MVA is an award-winning online DFE-accredited independent school for students aged 11 - 18. Founded in December 2020, we have become the fastest-growing independent school in the UK and have won multiple awards including the National Business Award for Best Business in the UK with under 50 Staff in 2022.
Following our recent Ofsted accreditation visit we received feedback highlighting our schools effectiveness and recognising that at Minerva’s Virtual Academy, well-being is at the heart of everything. Parents, pupils and staff feel valued, cared for and supported. The headteacher leads by example and ensures that caring relationships underpin pupils’ academic and pastoral development. You can read the full report here
Explore our website (https://www.minervavirtual.com/) to learn all about us, including our Four Pillars, Teachers, recent news and pupil/parent testimonials. You can also see an introductory video here.
Due to our rapid growth, we have a part-time employed opportunity for an experienced and inspiring teacher of English Language and Literature to teach throughout the school, and refine content on our virtual learning platform. Applications are sought from teachers with proven specialism in particular secondary key stages as well as those equally confident throughout the secondary range.
We are looking for teachers with these essential skills and traits:
- Qualified teacher status.
- Experience teaching the secondary age range.
- Experience teaching groups of students.
- A strong desire to ensure all students succeed, and an understanding of strategies to support those with SEND and mental health difficulties in the virtual classroom.
- Knowledge and experience of a range of teaching approaches and techniques, including those focused on maximising the potential of the online environment.
- Strong diagnostic ability and a passion to guide students in their learning.
- A strong understanding of the assessment requirements, and of the principles of assessment for learning.
- The ability to engage students from varied backgrounds.
- A belief in the value of learning from home, and of flipped learning.
- Enthusiasm for and competence in making the most of technology in education.
- Experience in collating and creating resources for online learning.
We would especially like to hear from anyone with these additional highly desirable skills:
- Experience teaching Edexcel IGCSE and Cambridge International A-level (English Literature).
- Experience teaching using the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum
- Proven experience of making innovative use of technology to stimulate engagement and facilitate best outcomes in online teaching and learning.
- Experience creating highly engaging learning content for online delivery.
While the Subject teacher is the focus of this opportunity, suitably qualified and experienced applicants are invited to express interest in the Mentor role, addressing this in their personal statement if relevant.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details of each role. Those with experience in the fields of safeguarding and pastoral leadership are also invited to refer to this in their personal statement.
Applications for this role must be submitted through TES and we ask candidates to indicate details of their minimum and maximum availability for the role in their personal statement. This role comes with a high degree of flexibility and potential for development to full-time, in time. The exact allocation of hours, and lesson times for this part-time role will be discussed during the interview process.
As this is a remote role, you will be required to have a suitable home-working set-up which should include a laptop.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
MVA is an affordable, accessible online independent school that delivers world-class education with a true sense of community. It is the perfect school for modern times - combining smart technology and engaging online resources with one-to-one support, active group learning and exciting multi-disciplinary projects.
We offer students the flexibility to learn from the comfort of their home, and anywhere in the world, while ensuring they develop the social skills required to live fulfilling lives and succeed in the workplaces of the future. We champion self-sufficiency, collaboration, problem-solving, creative and critical thinking, leadership, and mindfulness.
Our motto - Together We Thrive - is translated into the day-to-day experience of students & staff at the school through our Ways of Being, devised by students for the whole community. We endeavour always to be:
- Ambitious
- Aware
- Considerate
- Kind
- Mindful
- Reflective
- Responsible
MVA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy online searches will also be carried out as part of due diligence checks ahead of any interviews.
MVA values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
If you have any questions relating to this opportunity please direct these to recruitment@minervavirtual.com. Please do not email CVs directly to this address as they will not be considered an application for the role, you must submit your interest via the online application only.
Attached documents
About Minerva’s Virtual Academy
- Minerva’s Virtual Academy
- 3space International House, Canterbury Crescent
- London
- SW9 7QD
- United Kingdom
Experience the award-winning online school for 11 - 18 year olds
World-class virtual schooling built on personal mentoring and community, run by teachers from the UK's top schools, and proudly accredited by the Department for Education (read the full report here)
We are the perfect school for modern times - combining smart technology and engaging online resources with one-to-one support, active group learning and exciting multi-disciplinary projects.
We offer pupils the flexibility to learn from the comfort of their home, anywhere in the world, while ensuring they develop the social skills required to live fulfilling lives and succeed in the workplaces of the future.
The skills we champion are self-sufficiency, collaboration, problem-solving, creative and critical thinking, leadership, and mindfulness.
We operate term dates broadly in line with those in the independent school sector.
Our curriculum for Years 7 and 8 takes advantage of Key Stage 3's flexibility. Alongside the foundational curriculum, students encounter a diverse array of topics. The key stage 3 curriculum combines the Inner core subjects of English, Maths, and Science (Cambridge Lower Secondary) and the outer core is made up of History, French, German, Spanish, Global Perspectives, Digital Literacy, PSHE, Classical Civilisation, Computing, Music and Art & Design.
Pupils commonly study between 5 and 9 subjects in Years 9-11 and 3 - 4 subjects in Years 12-13. These include a combination of the core subjects: Maths, English Language, English Literature, Biology, Chemistry and Physics - and electives: Geography, History, Business Studies, Psychology, Global Citizenship, Computer Science, French, Spanish, Art and Music. All of our courses (with the exception of Psychology, Art and Music) are IGCSEs awarded by either Cambridge or Pearson Edexcel.
How Pupils Learn
Minerva’s Virtual Academy is underpinned by ‘four pillars’. These are: a virtual learning platform, live lessons, mentoring and community. As part of this offer, all pupils receive weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions and, through the virtual learning platform, can communicate with their mentors at any time. Community plays a key role at Minerva’s Virtual Academy. Pupils attend weekly assemblies and can participate in a wide range of after-school clubs.
The curriculum at Minerva’s Virtual Academy is delivered through a ‘flipped learning’ model. This involves pupils undertaking interactive self-study on the virtual learning platform before attending live lessons.
Alongside the taught curriculum, pupils participate in an extensive well-being programme. Designed to support pupils’ personal and academic growth, wellbeing sessions help pupils manage their own health, relationships, emotional intelligence and communication skills.
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