Drama Teacher 2020-2021

Teaching Opportunities with Wellington College in China

Wellington College China has schools in Hangzhou, Shanghai and Tianjin. Our schools, for pupils aged 2 to 18, are expanding rapidly, so we are looking for talented teachers in most subjects. We offer attractive packages and prioritise teachers’ professional and career development. The Wellington schools in China all have world-class facilities and resources.

We are now recruiting teachers to start for the school year 2020-2021.

Drama Teacher

Huili School Hangzhou. (Hangzhou)

Job Posted: 27 Nov 2019.

Job starts: 1 August 2020 .

Location: Hangzhou, China.

Contract Type: Full Time

Main Responsibilities of the post include:

The successful candidate will play a key role in the development of Drama at Huili School Hangzhou. The School is looking for a candidate who would relish the challenge of establishing the subject in a fairly new school.  

The Drama Teacher will have the responsibility for the planning and teaching of the subject to the designated class, the content of each lesson being determined by the school curriculum. The teacher will ensure that the subject is delivered in a way that provides coverage, progression and continuity. The teacher will also be required to carry out other such duties as the Head of Primary/Junior High School may reasonably direct from time to time. He/she is expected to display the highest standards of professionalism in his/her teaching and in his/her relationships with colleagues and parents.

The teacher must ensure that an excellent learning environment is provided for the learning of Drama, and that the students develop a positive attitude to the subject within the School. The teacher must present lessons in a structured and coordinated manner with due regard to the ability of the students and the curriculum targets of the year group.

Essential Subject Skills

1. Experience in delivering Drama. Experience in IGCSE and A Level.

2. Familiarity with the British National Curriculum for Drama. 

3. Good keyboard skills.

4. Experience working in an international school.

5. Willingness to contribute to the teaching of instrumental music.

6. Some experience in leading musical activities.

    College Rules and Standards

1. Apply consistently and diligently the rules of the School in order to maintain discipline, standards of dress and to safeguard the happiness, safety and well-being of all students. Also, ensure that students know, understand and follow the College rules.  

2. Set high standards with regard to punctuality and to insist on the same from the students. To encourage good time-keeping amongst the students, monitor lateness within the class and provide remedies, both individual and general, to rectify its occurrence.   

3. Ensure attendance in School between stipulated hours and to attend all meetings/functions deemed to be directed time.

4. Request approval from the Executive Master, via the Head of Primary or Junior High for any absence from the School and to give notice to appropriate people. Wherever possible, to make medical appointments outside normal directed working time.

5. Maintain smart and professional standards of appearance.

Learning and Teaching

1. Contribute to the holistic well-being of all pupils and specifically to those assigned to your individual care.

2. Make all students aware of the Wellington College Mission Statement, values and Identity base including the model of education, their values, aims, and display them in an innovative and informative fashion in the classroom and adjacent corridors.

3. Complete teaching plans on time and to a high standard.

4. Assess regularly the students’ work by means of formative and formal termly/half-termly assessments, as directed by the Head of Primary or Junior High. Communicate with them regarding any student whose progress or behaviour gives cause for concern.

5. Oversee and implement the School Homework policy for all Drama classes.  

6. Ensure that the examples of the students’ work are displayed and presented to a high standard in the classroom, and, where appropriate, throughout the School, to ensure that these displays are changed regularly.

7. Monitor and evaluate constantly the effectiveness of your own teaching, maintaining good standards of practice and ensuring progression. 

8. Participate fully in the Staff Appraisal system, with classroom observation of colleagues and a willingness to be personally observed within the classroom. Submit books, records or planning as required for monitoring by colleagues or the Head of School.  

9. Be involved in developing, implementing and monitoring all School policies regarding Music, and to assist in the necessary documentation pertaining to the subject, where required by the Head of Drama.

10. Provide opportunities for the community to be involved in pupils’ and setting success.

Home-School communication

1. Make parents feel welcome and build good relationship with parents.

2. Use any IT applications to communicate to parents as stipulated by school policies.

3. Introduce information regarding to the Drama curriculum.

4. Collect information of pupils’ interests and growth from parents.

5. Stimulate pupils’ study by making use of parents’ strengths.

6. Provide consultations and support to parents’ enquiries.

7. Communicate with parents on a regular basis, as directed by the Head of School. 

8. Attend Parents’ Meetings as required and provide accurate, honest information regarding the progress of individuals in Drama. 

9. Report to the parents in the form of regular written reports, and when additionally required by the Head of School.   

Please email us your CV and cover letter with a photo to jobs.hangzhou@wellingtoncollege indicating the position you are applying for in the subject header. A person specification is available in the supporting document section.

Website: www.wellingtoncollege.cn/huili-hangzhou