Peripatetic Piano Teacher
Halliford School
Surrey
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Apply by:
- 20 September 2024
Job overview
About the role
Halliford School is seeking to appoint a Peripatetic Piano Teacher to join a team of experienced, friendly and supportive Visiting Music Teachers in delivering high quality tuition to individuals and / or groups as required by the Director of Music.
Working within our well-resourced and flourishing department, the successful candidate will be experienced in teaching piano to students of all abilities. They will assist students in preparations for performances, examinations and auditions as appropriate.
Candidates will need to demonstrate expertise within their field with proven ability as a performer and a teacher. They will be willing to dedicate time to support the Music Department through assistance in concerts, open days or other public events from time to time.
Job description and lines of responsibility
- To deliver 5 high quality 40 minute lessons to students aged from 11 - 18 years on a weekly basis from total beginners to Diploma level as appropriate
- To tailor learning to suit the standard and requirements of the individual whether through a formal grading system or otherwise
- To prepare students for performances or auditions as appropriate
- To support and promote Music within Halliford School
- To advise, encourage and recommend students to participate in relevant extra-curricular opportunities
- To participate in performances with students at concerts, church services and recitals
- To communicate efficiently with parents, students and relevant staff
- To offer advice to parents with regards to purchase of music or instruments
- To inspire and encourage a lifelong love of Music whether for professional or leisure purposes
- To monitor and record attendance and report on progress using written registers and to feedback to the Coordinator for Instrumental Tuition as appropriate
- To ensure that lesson timetables are kept up to date, prepared in advance and are neatly presented
- To ensure students record their lesson times in their diaries
- To complete formal electronic reports by deadline for each student on a yearly basis
- To be aware of individual student requirements with regard to any specific needs
- To build strong and positive relations with parents as well as students
- To contribute to the extra-curricular Music programme if required
- To practice and uphold the ethos of Halliford School
- To attend any relevant meeting deemed appropriate to the post
Conditions of Engagement
The post-holder must uphold the School’s policy in respect of all matters related to Safeguarding and Child Protection. The post-holder is required to support and encourage the School’s ethos and its objectives, policies and procedures as agreed by the Headmaster and Governing Body.
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Peripatetic staff must attend all necessary child protection training, including safeguarding training at INSET day, and participate fully in activities which keep the school compliant with statutory child protection and safeguarding guidelines issued.
Applicants may be interviewed and appointed in advance of the closing date.
Closing Date 20 September 2024
To Apply please fill in the attached application form and send to - hr@hallifordschool.co.uk
Attached documents
About Halliford School
Headteacher
James Davies
Vision
To be acknowledged as the small independent school of choice for 11-18 year olds, where we are proud to belong to a thriving, happy and aspirational community that is committed to each student as an individual.
Mission Statement
Halliford is a school based on strong family values where we know and respect every student as an individual. We encourage and support Hallifordians to flourish and become the best version of themselves that they can possibly be.
We aim for excellence by being academically ambitious but at the same time academically sensitive.
We inspire Hallifordians within a community that is founded on high quality teaching and learning, outstanding pastoral care and first class sporting, cultural and co-curricular opportunities.
Values
- Intellectually curious
- Respectful
- Warm-hearted
- Team players
- Creative
- Resilient
Aims
- To provide a stimulating learning environment for boys 11-18 and girls 16-18 where we promote academic excellence and provide opportunities to realise the full potential of every individual to become the best version of themselves.
- To provide a warm-hearted family ethos in which every student is known and valued as an individual.
- To enable each individual to discover and develop his / her talents, character, creativity, resilience and ability to work within a team by providing a balanced and wide-ranging co-curricular programme.
- To create an environment in which all members of the school community feel supported and valued and able to contribute positively to the lives of others by providing a framework of outstanding pastoral care.
- To equip our students for the world they will encounter beyond Halliford School.
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