Head of German
City of London School for Girls
London, City of
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2019
Job overview
The temporary Head of Department, (Maternity Cover), should make a positive contribution to good practice in the school by generating enthusiasm for the work in his/her departments, building good relationships with colleagues, parents and girls and by encouraging and establishing high standards in the teaching and learning of German. Lesson observation is encouraged as part of good practice. He/she should contribute fully to the development of the whole community in accordance with the aims of the school.
The school has a strong commitment to modern foreign languages and the study of two modern languages from French, German, Chinese and Spanish is compulsory for all pupils in Year 7-9.
In the Sixth Form there is a strong tradition of language learning. Results are excellent at GCSE and A-level. In the Sixth form, we follow the Pre-U specification in German (and Chinese). At GCSE, German students follow the AQA syllabus.
Lessons are taught predominantly through the target language using the communicative approach. We place a great emphasis on promoting the students’ motivation and enjoyment in order to reach the highest possible standards. The faculty also believes that a strong grammatical foundation is essential to good communicative competence.
The languages faculty is very well resourced with a wide variety of DVDs and reading material. There is a well-stocked language section in the school library. Students are encouraged to make use of IT, in particular their iPads for research, homework and independent learning.
German is taught in the Preparatory Department to Year 5 and is an option in Year 7, when girls choose two languages from French, German, Spanish and Chinese.
The German Department offers a Study Visit to Germany for Years 8 and 9, a Year 10 exchange, and a Sixth Form Work Experience Exchange to Trier.
The temporary Head of German (Maternity Cover) will want to build on the enthusiasm of the girls studying German by promoting events and competitions run by the Goethe Institute and by organising trips to German films, lectures etc. He or she will also want to work with the student-led MFL societies and to establish his / her own extra-curricular initiatives in order to promote language learning throughout the school.
The person appointed must be willing to spend some time on exchanges in Germany, which usually take place in term time.
There are currently 1 full-time and 2 part-time teachers of German, and a Foreign Language Assistant.
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About City of London School for Girls
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- City of London School for Girls
- St. Giles' Terrace, Barbican
- London
- EC2Y 8BB
- United Kingdom
Academic yet unstuffy, modern yet acutely aware of its history, diverse yet with a strong sense of identity, our location in the heart of the City is definitive to the energy of our school.
City of London School for Girls is an independent day school for pupils aged 11-18 situated in the heart of the Barbican. Opened in 1894, the school provides an outstanding education for able students from all backgrounds, cultures and faiths. We capitalise on our location to attract students from all over Greater London and beyond, and give them access to every learning opportunity our capital has to offer. This is best demonstrated by our unique geography, nestled between the brutalist Barbican and looming Roman walls. Ours is an intellectually edgy, unassuming and unpretentious environment, unshackled by tradition, and imbued with a relaxed excellence. This is a refreshing and modern place in which to learn.
Our school is one of brave academic enquiry, of intellectual wonder and of fiercely independent thinkers. It’s hard to convey the excitement of the learning at City, where ideas in these rooms become almost become bigger than the people in them, where the structures of learning can become an escape from the self and identity. City is a school which never places any artificial division on our formal academic and co-curricular provision, but celebrates the wild adventure and the fun of learning wherever it is found.
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