Teacher of Music – Westminster

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Teacher of Music – Westminster – Permanent

Clarus EducationWestminster, London

30+ days ago

Salary

£32,157.00–£42,624.00 yearly

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Teacher of Music – Westminster – Permanent

MPS (Inner London) + £2,000 Allowance + Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Cash Plan + Additional Benefits

Summary

Inspire, transform, teach! We are currently looking to appoint a dedicated and inspiring Teacher of Music.

You will join a dedicated team of teachers and staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.

Main Areas of Responsibility

The purpose of your role will be :

To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher / form tutor
To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of :

Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan)

Curriculum planning

Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process)

Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area)

Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress)

Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders

Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)

Teaching, ensuring a high quality learning experience for students

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will :

Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree

Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school

Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning

Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor

Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work

Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff

Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards

Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students

Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary

Have good written and spoken communication skills

Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively

Have excellent time management skills

Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies

If you are interested in this Music Teacher / Music ECT opportunity, interviews & lesson observations can be arranged immediately!!

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will have a safeguarding responsibility if appointed.

The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.