Head of Film & Media Studies, TLR 3 - West Island School
West Island School - ESF
Hong Kong
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 31 October 2021
Job overview
Job Description
West Island School is seeking a Head of Film and Media Studies to join a highly successful team. (Full Time Two Years contract, renewable by mutual agreement starting in August 2022, TLR3).
Film Studies is a thriving subject within the school and we have two iGCSE (AQA) groups in both Year 10 and 11 as well as two IB groups in both Year 12 and 13 working at either standard or higher level. The popularity of the subject within the school is matched by the success of our students who consistently attain above expectations and who achieve highly year on year. Film Studies is a popular subject choice within the Arts Faculty and a number of students will choose this for their future careers.
You will be able to lead your specialist subject of film across the age and ability range (Year 10-13) including iGCSE and IB Standard and Higher Level. Previous experience of teaching IB is not a requirement as full training will be given, however, post 16 experience teaching in a comparable qualification such as A level would be an advantage.
You will be leading another specialist film teacher and together, you will be working within the Faculty for Creative Arts led by Leigh Dalgarno. Altogether the wider team offers music, drama, film, and art throughout the age and ability range.
As well as being inspired by the work ethic and sense of enjoyment our students have for learning, you will also be able to teach using the very latest film technology. The department is supported by a full-time technician. Students can use a vast range of resources including drone technology, Canon DSLR, Camcorders, sound recorders, audio recorders, lighting, Finalcut Prox, and Motion software to create graphic special effects.
All teachers at West Island School are tutors to a group of approximately 15 students within a particular year group and you should be able to demonstrate a commitment to the holistic development of young people through pastoral work. It is essential that you are willing and able to contribute to the wider life of our school such as leading overseas visits and trips.
In return for your passion and delivering quality education, we offer a highly competitive salary, gratuity, housing allowance, passage, health care, and subsidized school places for your children. Our strength as part of the English Schools Foundation means that we offer security and the opportunities that are inherent in an established organization of our size.
Please refer to the ESF recruitment website as well as our own school-based website for further information. If we have missed anything in the details that follow, don’t hesitate to contact us for further information about the school or living in Hong Kong.
Principal - Chris Sammons chris.sammons@wis.edu.hk
Head of Creative Arts – Leigh Dalgarno leigh.dalgarno@wis.edu.hk
See ESF Terms and Conditions for further details of the conditions of service.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Education, or Bachelor Degree in the subject with PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education), or equivalent
- Experience of teaching the subject across the full age and ability range up to and including Year 13 (IB Higher or equivalent)
- Previous full-time teaching experience for at least two years
- Commitment to inclusion
- Evidence of leading or contributing to an extra-curricular programme of events
- Proven experience as a leader or evidence of your potential to lead
- Pro-active, adaptable, and passionate team player able to share responsibility for the development of curriculum and pedagogy
Introduction to West Island School
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and offers may be extended prior to the job closing date.
By applying for this position, your application may be considered for other opportunities within ESF.
ESF is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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Aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection.
About Us
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) is the largest English-medium international school organisation in Hong Kong. Our 22 schools and comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities bring out the best in every student through a personalised approach to learning and by inspiring curious minds.
There are over 18,000 students from 75 different nationalities in ESF kindergartens, primary, secondary and all-through schools. About 70% of our students have parents who are permanent residents of Hong Kong.
ESF is proud of the high academic and wider achievements of our students. In 2020, 22 ESF students achieved the perfect score of 45 points in the IB Diploma examinations; more than 95% go on to leading universities worldwide.
About the Team
West Island School is a world class co-educational IB World School with a leading reputation in Hong Kong. Our school motto “Strength from Diversity” reflects that the school caters for students from over 40 nationalities. The school has a strong focus on developing responsible global citizenship teaching through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Courage, compassion and service beyond the classroom define our students. We have a reputation for academic excellence and the vast majority of students graduate to a range of leading worldwide universities after completing the IBDP or IBCP programme. In 2020, our average score for the IB Diploma was 37, and 29% of students achieved 40 points or more. Extracurricular activities are offered termly through an extensive CAS programme (Community, Activity and Service). We have a strong focus on pastoral care to support the whole development of young people.
About West Island School - ESF
Strength from Diversity: A Better School, A Better World
Welcome from Hong Kong and from an outstanding International school comprising over 50 nationalities in the heart of Asia.
We are a happy, dynamic and hugely successful school established in the best traditions of the English Schools Foundation. The ESF exists to provide excellence in learning for Hong Kong based students of all abilities, nationalities, cultures and beliefs who would like to be educated through the medium of English.
Our school is housed in an exciting and innovative environment from which we can see the University, Hong Kong’s largest teaching hospital, the new cyber port and the busy shipping lanes which demonstrate Hong Kong’s key position on the global superhighway.
We have an outstanding record of high academic attainment through a careful crafting of curriculum to meet our students’ needs. We believe in using best practice from around the world, recruiting excellent practitioners from a variety of countries and using their knowledge and expertise. Our curriculum is taken loosely from the National Curriculum of the United Kingdom in our lower years, IGCSEs form our middle years academic programme and we offer three ESF diplomas to our upper school students with the option to pursue the International Baccalaureate or the Advanced or Intermediate Diplomas especially created for our student cohort.
Throughout the school we practice the belief that learning takes place within and without classroom walls. We believe in experiential learning, the value of creativity, action and service which are core to student experience throughout the school and the power of student leadership, choice and decision making through the empowerment of our “student voice”.
West Island School’s distinction lies in the pursuit of high achievement and attainment in learning through support, encouragement, praise and motivation. We believe that excellence in academic and co curricular learning experiences are of equal importance to provide a basis for a dynamic and enriching life. Central to our philosophy is that our school and those within it can influence the world of today and tomorrow. The quality of the relationships between staff and students and within the student body is excellent and draws upon a wide diversity of nationalities, cultures and beliefs which we believe enriches and strengthens our school. Above all else West Island school is a happy school where people are valued and where all individuals who are part of our community can fulfil their potential as learners: whether student, parent, teacher or para professional.
These claims were validated by the Hong Kong Education Department which after inspection categorized our school as an “Outstanding School”. We are the only international school in Hong Kong to have received this prestigious award.
The English Schools Foundation (ESF) was established in 1967 and is the largest education foundation in Asia offering a liberal education through the medium of the English language to children of school age. ESF now operates five secondary schools, nine primary schools, two “all-through” Private Independent Schools, five kindergartens and a school for students with special needs. Our 18,000 students are drawn from over 75 nationalities. Increasingly, our schools are also the destination of choice for local families.
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