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Teacher Additional Support for Learning

Teacher Additional Support for Learning

Castle Douglas High School

Dumfries & Galloway Council

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Temporary
Apply by:
18 January 2019

Job overview


Teacher Additional Support for Learning (1.0fte) (Temporary) (7/06457
Castle Douglas High School
Unpromoted Teacher Scale - £22,866 - £36,480

Dumfries and Galloway’s approach to education looks to combine the traditional values, ethos and atmosphere of this unique corner of Scotland with fresh 21st Century thinking. We are seeking to appoint creative teachers with vision and a passion for learning. This post represents an excellent opportunity to be innovative in developing our culture of sharing and learning.

An opportunity is offered for a suitably qualified and experienced teacher to apply for the temporary role of Teacher of Additional Support Needs at Castle Douglas High School.

Additional Support Needs is at an exciting stage in Castle Douglas High School and the successful candidate will be part of a team who will shape how additional support is delivered to the benefit of the pupils, their parents and the communities the schools serves. The school is at the start of a journey to being recognised as a nurturing school and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to help shape how that nurture approach is evident within additional support needs.

Castle Douglas High School would like to recruit a talented and committed Teacher who will bring a great deal of enthusiasm to this role. This opportunity is offered on a secondment basis or as a temporary contract until the end of session 2018-19 and may be suitable to both a current teacher of additional support needs who would like the opportunity to further develop their skills and knowledge of this area or to a teacher who would like to experience additional support needs with a view to moving their career in that direction.

Applicants should be confident and able to demonstrate they are an experienced and innovative practitioner. They should have a sound and detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant aspects of Curriculum for Excellence 2-18 and be able to demonstrate they have a commitment to the vision, values and core priorities in the development of education, teaching and learning which meets the needs of all pupils.

The successful applicant will join a developing team of ASN teachers. They will support and be supported to deliver high quality educational experiences and contribute to the positive management of the school by modelling the school aims and values to maximise and recognise the attainment and achievement of all of our young people.

Closing date: 18/01/2019

Reference: DGA04153

Dunmuir Park,Dunmuir Road, Castle Douglas

 

 

About Castle Douglas High School

+44 1556 502821

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Castle Douglas High School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in the town of Castle Douglas within Dumfries and Galloway, in western Scotland. It is a state school. Smaller than average in size for a school of its type, the school’s latest handbook identifies a school roll of 415 secondary and sixth form students between the ages of 12-18.

The school was built in 1958 and has since gone under a number of renovations. It became part of the Scottish Government’s School of Ambition programme in 2006.


Headteacher

Gerald Donnelly


Values and Vision

Castle Douglas High School is an area with a continually positive ethos and a happy, purposeful atmosphere. Using the motto “achievement, respect, unity”, it is a school of high aspiration.

A varied and productive curriculum combined with a great range of extracurricular activities ensures that students are given a strong educational grounding to apply to their future lives. It also ensures that parents, as well as students and teachers, are key to the success of the school.


Education Scotland

“Particular strengths of the school [include] well-behaved young people who are keen to learn [and] the standards achieved in national examinations. [Students] cooperate well with teachers in lessons and enjoy opportunities to work actively and independently, to express their opinions, and to work together in groups. Almost all young people feel safe and cared for in school, that they are treated fairly and with respect, and that the school is helping them to become more confident.”

View Castle Douglas High School’s latest Education Scotland report


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