Visiting Music Teacher
Christ's School
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- £40 per hour
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 8 July 2024
Job overview
Suitable for music graduate/experienced teacher
Christ’s School Music Department is seeking instrumental / vocal teachers to join our pool of visiting music teachers on a self-employed basis, to commence in September 2024. Teaching hours are subject to student uptake of lessons, which is expected to be high and grow further.
Due to expected expanding uptake of lessons, we are looking for teachers of the following:
- Voice (ability to run a choir and support in musicals will be helpful, though not essential).
- Piano.
- Electric guitar.
- Guitar.
- Drums.
- Upper Strings
- Cello.
- Woodwind.
- Brass
Successful candidates will have a track record of leading pupils to achieve outstanding results, in terms of both general progress, solo and ensemble performance and, where appropriate, in Rock School / Trinity / ABRSM exam results. An ability to teach across a range of styles will be helpful, though not essential. Similarly, there may be opportunities to run ensembles in the school.
Visiting Music Teachers will:
- Deliver high quality instrumental / vocal lessons and ensure students’ musical progress.
- Promote a love of music-making for every pupil, setting suitable expectations and targets for improvement.
- Manage student progress through well-planned teaching and well-considered resources and repertoire, ensuring support, continuity, and challenge.
- Set practice targets regularly to consolidate and extend learning and to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Prepare students for performance opportunities as required, such as gigs, concerts, GCSE and A Level examination performances.
- Use positive behaviour management in an environment of mutual respect, allowing students to feel safe and secure, and promoting their self-esteem.
- Inform the school of any absences in a timely manner and make appropriate arrangements with parents to catch up on lessons missed.
- Maintain regular and clear communication with parents.
- Comply with the admin protocols for VMT teachers - eg. maintaining registers and booking their teaching rooms, etc.
The duties outlined in this job description are non-exhaustive.
If you have any questions about the vacancies, please contact the Head of Music, at VMTlessons@christs.school
Expressions of interest, including CV and covering letter, should please be sent to: VMTlessons@christs.school
Closing date for expression of interest: 8.30 am, Monday 8 July 2024
Following your expression of interest, you may be invited to an interview with the Head of Music in early July.
Christ's School is located near to Richmond Park and is a truly inclusive and comprehensive Anglican school which provides for students of every faith and every background and has attained an excellent reputation within the local community.
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About Christ's School
Christ’s is an oversubscribed, Church of England comprehensive school and sixth form situated in the heart of Richmond, on an enviable site adjacent to Richmond Park, in South West London.
At Christ’s School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all that we do. This enables us to combine our expectations for our students’ outstanding academic achievement with an emphasis on their personal growth as well-rounded individuals. Our aim is for students to become confident, successful, responsible young people, who love learning, have a desire to lead and to serve, and are ambitious for their own futures.
Christ’s School offers a fantastic learning environment. All our departments benefit from large, well-equipped specialist classrooms and all of our school community benefits from our ICT suite, drama and dance spaces and science laboratories within our fantastic sixth form building.
Our students, and the wider community, also enjoy a very comprehensive range of sports facilities, including a full size sports hall, outdoor tennis, basketball and netball courts, a full size football and rugby pitch, a dance studio as well as an outdoor athletics track and working in conjunction with Richmond Cricket Club we have a cricket wicket, outfield and batting nets.
Whether it is by competing in the finals of the National Basketball Championships, visiting the Houses of Parliament, performing at the Carnegie Hall in New York or an action-packed language trip to France, we offer students a wide-range of learning opportunities. Academic, social, musciacl and sports clubs run every day before and after school catering for all age groups and interests.
As an inclusive Church of England school, we welcome students and staff of all faiths. Our learning environment is inspirational, supportive and happy, and based on the Christian values of Love, Justice and Peace. . ‘The headteacher provides strong, purposeful leadership founded on Christian values, and she is well supported by her staff. These values permeate every aspect of school life. Staff are proud to work at the school, and praise the school’s leadership.’’ Ofsted, 2021.
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