Maternity Cover: Teacher of Creative Media and/or Food

Responsible to:        Curriculum Area Leader for Design Technology 

Responsible for:      Learning outcomes, progress and personal development of students 

Post Title:                 Maternity Cover: Teacher of Creative Media and/or Food (up to end of July 2025)

Grade:                       Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale

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.

 Additional Responsibilities

·        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.

Essential, Desirable, Assessed, Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Qualified teacher status

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.

• Ability to teach engaging, well-sequenced and adapted lessons
• Demonstrable experience of improving student outcomes
• Ability to use ICT effectively to support learning
• Ability to demonstrate complex food cookery techniques
• Experience of teaching groups of pupils and pupils of all abilities.
• Collaborative teaching methods and working with colleagues in the preparation, assessment and monitoring work.
• Experience as a form tutor and/or pastoral work
• Experience as GCSE Examiner
• Experience of leading/taking part in an extracurricular activity/ planned trips.

 Skills

• Must be well organised
• Excellent communication, literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to work hard under pressure while maintaining a positive, professional attitude
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work on own initiative
• Excellent evidence-led creative teaching ability

Knowledge and Understanding

• National Curriculum for Food and Nutrition/ Hospitality and Catering at Key Stages 3-4
• Knowledge of Creative Media GCSE course and content
• Understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Part 1
• Developing schemes of work and scaffolding tasks

Equal Opportunities

• Understanding of different social backgrounds of pupils
• Understanding the needs of pupils and the appropriate strategies to support them

Potential candidates are asked to email completed application forms to recruitment@stanleyhigh.co.uk The application form should be downloaded and submitted electronically by 9.00am on Friday 6th December 2024

Interview date – TBC

Application forms can be downloaded from our website- https://stanleyhigh.co.uk/vacancies/