Part Time Dance Teacher - Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council
Description
Location: Aylesbury
Overview
We have a vacancy for a part time teacher of Dance with Core PE for FTE to join a thriving Dance department. The role will require the ability to teach KS3 core Dance lessons as well as the ability to share the teaching of our GCSE & A-level Dance groups. There is also the opportunity to teach some core PE lessons. The post would suit an Early Careers Teacher but one with more experience is desirable. Most of all, we are looking for an excellent and enthusiastic teacher who will inspire our highly motivated students and help drive the Dance department forward.
Term time only
Salary Type: MPS/UPS
Salary details: MPS/UPS
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: FTE
Closing date: 10/05/2024 00:00
Interviews to be held: After the closing date
About us
Aylesbury High School (AHS) is a forward-thinking girls' grammar school that values both academic and pastoral excellence and co-curricular opportunities with the vision of developing uniquely talented young adults, who are independent, strong and confident.
We create a welcoming environment which draws the very best from all in our community. Achieved by providing an ambitious education that stimulates creative and critical thinking, values diversity and facilitates dynamic personal development.
The AHS values are Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment and we want all our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these characteristics both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering.
About the role
Professional knowledge and understanding, and professional qualities and responsibilities
Have a secure and up-to-date subject knowledge and understanding.
Have knowledge and understanding of statutory and non-statutory curriculum requirements and other current initiatives for the subjects they teach.
Engage in professional development opportunities relating to subject knowledge and teaching methods.
Work collaboratively with colleagues – both teaching and Support Staff, and external agencies where appropriate.
Follow requirements concerning the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of students.
Assist in the mentoring of new students, staff, and trainee teachers.
Participate actively in the Teaching and Learning Review Process.
Ensure a safe working environment.
Communication and Parental Involvement
Provide and/or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students in line with school guidelines.
Contribute to the provision of subject information at Open Events and Information Evenings.
Liaise with Form Tutors, Heads of Year, relevant Support Staff and parents as appropriate.
Attend Parent Consultation Evenings
Additional Duties
Attend Subject Team Meetings as appropriate. A teacher who is part time is expected to attend pro rata.
Self-evaluation and improvement
Contribute to the team's self-evaluation, review and improvement cycle, setting targets for improvement on an annual basis and contributing to a culture of self-evaluation amongst both students and teachers.
Take part in the review, development and management of activities and policies relating to the curriculum, and organisation of the school.
See attached job description for more detailed list of principal accountabilities.
About you
Good honours degree in a relevant subject
Qualified Teacher Status or Early Career Teacher (desirable)
Experience
Strong classroom teacher
Potential to progress further
Familiar with monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning
Strong commitment to co-curricular and cross-curricular activities
Professional
Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students
Promote good progress and outcomes by students
Demonstrate excellent and up-to-date subject and curriculum knowledge
Familiar with current subject developments
Plan and teach well-structured lessons
Keen to be involved in curriculum development
Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students (including SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and more able)
Make accurate and productive use of assessment
Provide verbal and written assessments, data, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students
Communicate effectively with parents, in consultation with the HOD, with regard to students' achievements and well-being
Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe working and learning environment
Attend subject team meetings, whole staff meetings, INSET, parent consultation evenings, open events and information evenings and other school functions as shown in the staff handbook directed time calculations
Keen to develop own career
Evidence of systematic professional development
Strong ICT user, both personally and for subject use in particular Google-Suite
An understanding of and commitment to the safeguarding requirements associated with such a role
Willingness to follow school policies
Sympathetic to the Aylesbury High School values
Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork, Enjoyment
Personal
Good relationships with students and adults
Able to motivate students and staff
Works well under pressure
Good personal organisation and time management
Good communicator
Wide outside interests
Meet the expectations of the DfE Teachers' Standards (Part 2)