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Art & Design Technician

Art & Design Technician

Ark Globe Academy

London

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
24 September 2018

Job overview

Job Description: Art & Design Technician     

Reports to: Assistant Principal Design and Enterprise                               

Salary: Grade 5- Point 15 – 22 (£20,583- £24,376)  

Contract: Permanent  Hours of Work: 08:00-17:00 (36 hours, 39 weeks- Term Time only)  

Start date: ASAP

The Role

To provide support to staff and students in the preparation and delivery of the curriculum in Art & Design with a particular emphasis on 3D making to support students within these specialisms. To install exhibitions across the school as required and during the GCSE and A-level examinations. 

Key responsibilities  

Classroom/Practical support 

  • To monitor standards and practices within the classroom and identify and communicate improvements to working practices to ensure the highest standards are achieved
  • To provide technical and learning assistance and information in the classroom and across the school community in order to support students and staff. 
  • To install the end of year exhibition which includes the handling and display of 2D and 3D work in a variety of materials. 
  • To support students in the classroom environment to assist in the learning process where appropriate
  • To assist classroom teachers as directed to produce creative classroom displays that can be used to enhance classroom practice
  • To ensure high standards of Health and Safety are maintained at all times.

Preparation 

  • To prepare materials as requested by the two art teachers.
  • To repair, maintain and store equipment in order to guarantee safe and effective upkeep
  • To set up practical’s in advance of lessons when required
  • To ensure classrooms are kept clean, tidy and safe
  • To support students one on one, providing technical assistance with the development and presentation of their work. 

Equipment Maintenance and Stock 

  • To assist with inventory of equipment and stock control in order to maintain a supply of equipment for teaching use. Order stock as directed by the Subject Leader/Head of Department so that resources are adequate for lessons
  • To receive and check deliveries of supplies to ensure accuracy from suppliers
  • To liaise with equipment providers to ensure good quality provision and value for money

Person Specification: Design Technology & Art Technician  

Qualification Criteria  

  • Right to work in UK 
  • Ideally qualified to degree level or proficient to A-Level standard in art or an area of Design Technology

Experience 

  • Professional experience  in a studio (desirable)
  • Experience of working in a school or similar context (desirable)
  • Health and Safety training or experience.
  • Knowledge and experience of specialist equipment such as the band saw and laser cutter.
  • Knowledge of CAD design: Illustration and Photoshop 
  • Knowledge of ceramics and use of the kiln (desirable)

Personal characteristics 

  • Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil
  • Positive commitment to student achievement and staff development
  • Ability to relate to young people and adults in the learning environment
  • Helpful, positive, calm and caring nature
  • Enthusiastic, committed and uses initiative
  • Able to establish good working relationships
  • Able to follow instructions accurately but make good judgments and lead when required
  • Able to maintain a high level of attention to detail.

Specific knowledge and skills 

  • Good communication skills, including written and oral
  • Good organisation skills
  • Good ICT skills
  • Able to work and plan under pressure
  • Able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help pupils to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning
  • Aware of safety issues as appropriate to the post
  • Health and Safety risk assessment in specific working environment
  • Able to help implement the necessary routines and patterns to establish good behaviour management within the school
  • Understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion.

Other  

  • Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils
  • Willingness to undertake training
  • This post is subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure.
  • Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal and line manager


Attached documents

About Ark Globe Academy

In 2008 Geoffrey Chaucer Secondary and Joseph Lancaster Primary school merged to join the Ark network as Ark Globe Academy. Ark Globe Academy is a mixed all through school with student age ranging from 3-18.

At Ark Globe Academy we have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.

Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and students make excellent progress at KS4. All our sixth form students received a university offer with 73% of those being a top 3rd university.

Ark Globe Sixth Form is in the top 2% of all sixth forms in the country and has received the Sixth Form of the Year award at the Ark Education Summit 2019.

School Structure

Ark Globe Academy is divided into four small schools Elbrus, McKinley, Kilimanjaro and Everest, also each small school has a Dean. This ensures that personal relationships between pupils and staff develop quickly, and that a culture of excellent behaviour and shared social norms are easier to maintain.

Aims, Vision and Values

Supporting our mission is our Culture Pyramid. The pyramid sets out for students, staff and parents our purpose, our beliefs and our values. This helps to set expectations in our daily lives at Ark Globe Academy. Read more about our culture pyramid here.

Every child has the potential to succeed and there are no excuses not to achieve that success. We expect every Ark Globe Academy students to graduate from our academy with the qualifications, skills and confidence to achieve their ambitions and go on to higher education or their chosen career.

Curriculum

Our curriculum is intended to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community.

The Ark Globe Curriculum encompasses the total experience of the student, covering a range of activities from what is learnt in the classroom to our expectations of how our students carry themselves, and make decisions, outside of it. For us, education is much more than a qualification; it is a way of being that results in an empowered young person who is able to secure a life of purpose and meaning.

We recognise that attending university is often key to this as, we believe, it provides young people with more choices. As such, the academic, pastoral and cultural curriculum has been designed to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community. However, we also recognise that there are high quality alternatives to university, and we help students to secure these too. Whatever choice is made, we want it to be an informed one, where our students determine their own future. Read more about our curriculum here.

Our Mission: Preparing our students for university and to be leaders in their community

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Our website: https://arkglobe.org/

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