Faculty Learning Leader Position, Creativity & Innovation

Learning Lead for Creativity and Innovation

The new Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan, introduced in September 2019, set in motion the process of review of our taught programmes and the structures through which we support student learning. The role of the Faculty Learning Leader provides a critical middle-leader link between strategic thinking and operational activity.

The Head of School invites suitably qualified and experienced teachers to apply for the following position as leader of the department of Creativity & Innovation which includes Visual Art, Theatre and Music.  The position has arisen due to the internal promotion of the current post holder.

Learning Lead for Creativity and Innovation.

The post requires teaching experience across the full secondary age range in Drama.

• Position first advertised: April 27, 2021
• Closing date for applications: May 19, 2021, although the school reserves the right to interview and appoint as soon as an outstanding application is received.
• Interviews will be via Zoom.
• Commencement of duties: August 24, 2021

Interested candidates are invited to complete an application form (via TES) and upload a maximum 2 page A4 statement of motivation, clearly indicating your suitability for the post. This should include a response to how you might contribute to the school’s Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan statements.

Interviews will be held as soon as appointable candidates are identified during the advert period.

Please see the following job description including essential and desirable attributes.

You will also need to refer to the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan document, the ISF Career Development Continuum Descriptors for Accomplished and Lead Teachers, and the IB Program Standards and Practices. These documents and your letter of motivation will be a main focus for interviews (Documents and links to be attached).

Participation in a Middle Leadership training programme led by the Director of Learning with the VPs for Learning will be an expectation, as will the satisfactory completion of our standard ECIS Child Protection Level 2 Course.

Job Dimensions, Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Faculty Learning Leader, Upper School

Key Focus

To work constructively with Vice Principals and Senior Leadership to implement the school’s Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan.

To lead and support a faculty team in the development of innovative curriculum plans, teaching and assessment activities;

To make a significant contribution to the school’s strategic action planning process and the life of the school.

Location: Upper School Campus

Line Management:  The position is within the Middle Leadership Team (MLT), working with the VP for Learning and the Director of Learning and Research, and in close liaison with the VP for Wellbeing and other MLT members in Upper School, equivalent Learning Leaders in the Junior School (where appropriate), and the Principal, Upper School.

You report directly to the VP for Learning, Upper School.

Job Dimensions

• To support the work of the VPs for Learning and Wellbeing, Upper School, and the Director of Learning & Research.
• To lead a faculty team.
• You are responsible for supporting and leading staff and students within your area.
• To teach a reduced timetable.
• To support the ISF Appraisal Process as a Lead Appraiser.
• To work to the Accomplished Descriptors and appropriate Lead Descriptors on the Career Development Continuum.
• To take on one break and lunch duty per week
• Job Specific skills, expertise and qualifications:
• Please refer to the Accomplished Standards in the Career Development Continuum as a guide

Essential and Desirable attributes (E/D)

Essential Attributes

1. A professionally qualified teacher with a first degree, and holds a recognised teaching qualification.
2. Strong subject knowledge in your faculty areas of learning, with a specialism in drama. (See Standard 2)
3. An understanding of how we collect and use a range of data to inform learning and direct the work of the faculty team. (Standard 3.6, Standard 5).
4. You will have some experience of leading and managing people in a variety of contexts, including an understanding of departmental administration.
5. Significant experience of affecting positive change in a school context.
6. Ability to demonstrate the capacity to think beyond disciplinary boundaries.
7. An understanding of, and engagement with, research in education. Participation in the ISF Research Programme is a current or future expectation.
8. Child protection certificate indicating training at least to Level 2.

Desirable Attributes

1. Master’s Degree in Education or a subject related to your area of teaching and learning. Willingness to consider this level of qualification with the support of the school.
2. You will be able to share recent examples of your own professional learning and how you have supported the professional development and training of others.
3. You will be able to demonstrate pedagogical understanding in an IB context, and a clearly articulated philosophy around what it takes to get the best out of students and their teachers.

Personal attributes and skills should include:

An expectation of all staff at ISF is to come with an open mindset and the disposition and willingness to demonstrate drive, curiosity, ingenuity and be infectious in your commitment to student learning wherever that takes place. Indeed, you will naturally regard the fostering of student agency as one of your main priorities.

Your disposition will naturally align with the Learner Profile of the IB.

You will understand the need for high levels of collaboration, collegiality, and collective responsibility.

Please consider that no job description can fully cover all aspects of this type of appointment, and consequently the ability to evolve and respond to future changes and job demands is an essential element of the post. This job description is not a contract of employment, or any part of one. It has been prepared only for the purpose of school organisation and may change either as contracts change or as the organisation of the school is changed. Nothing will be changed without consultation.