Teacher of Design Technology
The Edinburgh Academy
Edinburgh, City of
- Expired
- Salary:
- The EA salary scale, commensurate with experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2024
Job overview
Package Description
The school prides itself on its warm and welcoming community, inclusive of all staff. Our teaching staff work alongside the operational teams to ensure the smooth running of the school. We value the contribution of all team members.
Through involvement in the co-curricular programme all those who work with us can bring their passions to work. Developing our talent is important to us. Access to training and professional development is available and encouraged.
In addition to salary and teacher holidays, our reward package includes:
- Enrolment into generous DC pension
- Free gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Benefits Programme including discounts to a number of major retailers, holiday, electric car and cycle to work schemes, as well as health and well-being option
- Fee discount
- A three course lunch is provided during term time
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic and inspirational teacher of Design & Technology to join a popular department within our teaching team.
This role is offered at 0.8FTE, however there is scope for it to be a full-time post depending on the successful candidate's willingness to offer in other areas.
Department Details
The department is comprised of two full-time and one part-time teaching staff and one full time technician. In principal, all staff will teach across the full age range, including SQA National 5, Higher and AQA A-Level. Staff are encouraged to continue developing their subject knowledge and skills through both internal training and outside courses.
Curriculum offered and the organisation of teaching groups
All P7 and S1 classes are in the department for one period a week throughout the year. This increases to 3 periods a fortnight in S2, during which time the pupils make their N5 subject choices. We currently offer Design & Manufacture and Practical Woodwork. Next year we have three classes in S3 (two Design & Manufacture, one Practical Woodwork) and two classes in S4 (both Design & Manufacture).
Post 16, we deliver SQA Higher Design & Manufacture in S5 and AQA A-level Product Design in S6. We also offer an NPA in Jewellery in the senior years.
Enrichment/Co-Curricular Activities
Outside of lessons, many pupils chose to spend time within the department, with pupils undertaking lower school project work and senior school assignments. The department is in its second year of participation in the international STEM competition, F1 in Schools, with three teams currently aiming to compete in the Scottish Final later this year.
Accommodation and Resources
The department consists of two classrooms, two well-equipped workshops and a fully equipped Jewellery/Silversmithing Studio. The technician has a room within the workshop area and is very much part of the team. Staff are allocated a personal iPad and a computer in the shared department office space. We have an additional, welcoming staff base, which is supplementary to the school staffroom.
Main Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities associated with all teachers at the Edinburgh Academy are:
- To plan, prepare and teach lessons to all assigned pupils according to their educational needs.
- To assess, record and report on the progress of the pupils within the guidelines written in the Staff Handbook.
- To engage with the wider School Curriculum in a manner which is consistent with the ethos of the School.
- To carry out such administrative and other routine tasks as are outlined in the Staff Handbook.
- To demonstrate a commitment to both individual professional development and to the developing curriculum in the School.
- To carry out any other duties and to assume any other responsibilities as the Rector shall from time-to-time reasonably request.
- To be conscious at all times of the importance of the external image of the School and to act in a professional and constructive manner with pupils, parents and external agencies.
- To play a full part in the co-curricular life of the School.
The Ideal Candidate
E= Essential; D= Desirable
- GTCS registered (or ability to be) with an appropriate degree and relevant teaching qualifications, able to teach from P7 up to Advanced Higher level - Essential
- Join the PVG scheme – Essential
- Ability to work cooperatively with staff, parents and the wider school community – Essential
- Excellent organisational and communication skills – Essential
- Able to manage systems which promote positive pupil behaviour and maximise learning opportunities – Essential
- Working knowledge of all relevant areas of the curriculum – Essential
- Motivated to adapt to deliver new courses – Essential
- Motivated to continually develop our curriculum and assessment practices – Desirable
- Motivated to develop and deliver co-curricular STEM activities – Desirable
- Willingness to actively develop the ethos of the department and wider school community –Desirable
About the school/organisation
The Edinburgh Academy is a fully co-educational school. The School consists of a Senior School, Junior School and a Nursery Department. The School is a member of HMC. The Edinburgh Academy moved to full co-education across the whole school in 2008. The Junior and Senior Schools are on separate sites, both of which have spacious grounds and sports facilities including extensive playing fields, an all-weather sports area, and a large Sports Hall and Centre.
About The Edinburgh Academy
The Edinburgh Academy
Introduction
The Edinburgh Academy is an academically selective, independent, co-educational day school for pupils aged 5-18 years with a reputation for being caring and friendly. It aims to provide co-educational excellence with a first-class all-round education to those of intellectual promise and academic potential, regardless of background, race or creed. The Edinburgh Academy aims to be forward-looking and progressive but also greatly values its long held traditions.
Although the School is not academically exclusive, the ability range of pupils is well above the national average. Great emphasis is placed on the pursuit of co-curricular interests alongside academic studies for all our pupils. The School has a strong reputation for individual attention and excellence in its pastoral care and co-curricular provision.
The School is oversubscribed at all entry points and this creates a competitive pressure on admissions places at the School.
School Background
The Edinburgh Academy is a fully co-educational school. The School consists of a Senior School containing approximately 590 pupils and a Junior School containing approximately 390 pupils, and we have a Nursery department of around 100 pupils. The School is a member of HMC. The Edinburgh Academy moved to full co-education across the whole school in 2008. Previously girls were only admitted in the Sixth Form (S5 and S6).
The Junior and Senior Schools are on separate sites, both of which have spacious grounds and sports facilities including extensive playing fields, an all-weather sports area, and a large Sports Hall and Centre.
The School’s Place in Edinburgh
The School was founded in 1824 and has been regarded as a leading educational establishment within the City of Edinburgh and across Scotland ever since. Original Directors included the leading literary names of their age such as Sir Walter Scott. Robert Louis Stevenson and James Clerk Maxwell were also pupils at the School. More recent Former Pupils (Academicals or ‘Accies’) include: Nicky Campbell - radio and TV broadcaster; Guy Berryman - bass guitarist with Coldplay; Will Whitehorn – past President of Virgin Galactic - Space Tourism Company; Mike Blair - Scottish rugby; Dragon’s Den star, James Ingham.
The Senior School occupies a site in Henderson Row, less than a mile from Princes Street and at the northern limits of the Georgian ‘New Town’, of which it was designed to be a part. The buildings include an iconic school hall and the James Clerk Maxwell Science Centre, which was completed in November 2006. The playing fields are about half a mile from the main buildings – Raeburn Place (8 ½ acres) (shared with the Academicals - Former Pupils), New Field in Inverleith Place (20 acres) and a further five acres at the Junior School and Nursery, also at Inverleith, with a 400 metre grass running track.
An investment programme in facilities of over £15m has in the last 5 years seen a new Junior School library and classroom block, 2 floodlight all weather pitches, a Performing Arts Centre at Senior School and new sports pavilions. A bespoke climbing wall facility was officially opened in 2015. The School has further ambitious plans beyond this current phase of development, which will see a wholescale redevelopment on our Senior School site over the coming decade.
The Edinburgh Academy is a highly regarded school within the local community, across Edinburgh and beyond. Staff and pupils take great pride in this reputation, and the commitment from all is evident in the continuing success and progress of the School.
The Edinburgh Academy is committed to sharing its facilities with the local community and has established a series of projects that provides the use of its estates and premises for the public good.
Further details about the School and its resources can be found on the School website - www.edinburghacademy.org.uk
Classes and Assembly
7ths (S6) and 6ths (S5) classes are organised by tutor groups studying either Highers, Advanced Highers or GCE A-level. Across the Senior School no teaching group consists of more than 24 pupils and many are substantially smaller.
A School Assembly is held at 8.50am each morning, and is attended by the whole school. School Services for the whole school are held on several occasions during the session.
Exam Results
The Edinburgh Academy uses both English and Scottish examination boards. Nearly all subjects now present SQA National 5 and Advanced Higher examinations. Each year, a significant number of our 7ths (S6) have conditional places at very competitively sought universities on the basis of their Advanced Higher/A-level and Higher results.
Yearly academic results can be found on the School website.
Games and Activities
At the Edinburgh Academy, sport offers opportunities at all levels. The PE curriculum is varied, encompassing a wide variety of team games and individual sports. The School runs teams in a large number of major and minor sports and encourages pupils to represent the School at one or more sports at any age group.
In Music, there are about 20 performing groups including orchestras, choirs, wind bands, a big band and several chamber groups.
In Drama, there are usually three or four main productions each year. There is a fully active LAMDA qualification schedule in acting, reading for performance, mime, public speaking and Musical Theatre in place. This occurs at break time and lunchtimes. In addition, the Drama and Music department liaise to produce an annual musical, with potential to increase this.
All pupils currently join the CCF or The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in 4ths (S3).
All members of staff are expected to play a full part in supporting the co-curricular life of the School.
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