Secondary School Drama Teacher

Area: Warwickshire

Start date: ASAP

Hours of work: Full Time

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational Drama Teacher. The ideal candidate will be an outstanding professional who can contribute to an excellent team achieving equally impressive results. We welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced teachers. We are looking for a highly committed team player, with a passion for Drama and an understanding of the strategies required to motivate and inspire students. We would welcome applications from candidates currently finishing their teacher training in addition to applications from experienced teachers.

The ideal candidate will:

• QTS or QTLS
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Have high expectations of students and what they can achieve
• Have strong subject knowledge
• Demonstrate outstanding teaching practice and excellent behaviour management
• Have experience of lesson observations and giving robust feedback
• Have experience of improvement planning and of implementing a range of strategies to raise student achievement, with evidence of success
• Be able to contribute to improving on the quality of learning and teaching and curriculum
• Have a proven track record of excellent results at KS3 and 4
• Have experience of high-quality pupil tracking and feedback practices

Main Responsibilities:

• A passion for the teaching of Drama
• Concern for the achievement and welfare of young people
• Good time management, organisational and administrative skills
• A positive attitude to change and a “can do” mentality
• The ability to work as part of a team
• The willingness to contribute to extra-curricular activities as an extension of work within the department
• Building relationships with staff and pupils
• Collecting evidence of pupils work to support their assessments
• Feedback to the relevant member of staff about the pupils progress
• Potentially lead in a subject area
• Deliver subject enrichment activities for learners to consolidate and promote learning in the subject

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.

Monarch Education is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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