Teacher of Visual Arts (Art & Design)
WQE and Regent College Group
LEICESTER
- £14,859 - £25,039 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 16/08/2021
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2021
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in this post at WQE.
We believe that this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, offering a real opportunity to make a difference in this thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our work with students; their academic and wider achievements, their learning experiences, the support they receive in their academic progress, their learning environment and their wider experience of College life. The College operates across two closely located campuses, next to the University of Leicester on University Road and a smaller campus at Regent Road.
In this context, we are looking to appoint a well-qualified, self-motivated and enthusiastic teacher of visual arts to join our large successful Media and Creative Arts Curriculum Area. This is a post at 0.6 of FTE, commencing in 16 August 2021.
We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic person with substantial and successful advanced level teaching experience where the ability to teach across a variety of Art and Design courses including graphic communication at Level 3 and Level 2 level would be an advantage. The successful applicant must enjoy working and planning collaboratively. The capacity to inspire students will be essential as is a passion to provide the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for our students.
For our part we shall make every effort to support our new colleagues in making the best of the professional opportunities offered by this post.
What we can offer -
A permanent, 0.6 FTE position role commencing August 21.
A competitive salary on the Sixth Form Colleges’ Teacher pay scale which ranges from £24,765 to £41,732 pro rata, per annum, The actual salary will range from £14,859 - £25,039
Annual incremental pay increases, linked to performance, within the pay scale range
A defined benefit pension scheme
Staff well-being programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Annual flu vaccination
Continual Professional Development
Free on-site parking
Eyecare voucher scheme
CURRICULUM AREA INFORMATION
Media and Creative Arts is a vibrant curriculum area, which includes six A Level and three GCSE visual art specialist subjects, in addition to A Level Media, Music and Theatre Studies as well as several vocational courses. At our last college assessment review, we were judged to be Grade 1, with excellent results and with outstanding student study outcomes. Fundamental to our ethos is a commitment to respect and nourish students’ emerging creative identities whilst giving them teaching, learning and assessment structures that offer the best opportunities to understand their craft and excel in their accomplishments.
The curriculum area is led by a Curriculum Area Leader who is supported by a Deputy Curriculum Area leader and two Assistant Curriculum Leaders who will together ensure the provision of high-quality outcomes and experiences for students and lead the on-going development of teaching, learning and assessment. The Curriculum Area has 15 specialist teaching staff, 4 art and design workshop and studio technicians and a senior technician, all with a broad range of specialist skills and a passion for providing the best possible art and design learning experience. To support our students’ learning we organise regular national and international study visits to galleries and productions.
We are committed to developing an informed awareness that allows students to value and experience the cultural heritage of this and other societies and cultures, past and present. The work of students and visiting artist and designers is regularly displayed in our own ‘Gallery 12’ exhibition space: This creates a valued forum of inspirational artwork, skills-based practitioner led workshops and critical debate.
Media and Creative Curriculum Area is located in a contemporary building which has accommodation that includes comprehensively equipped wood and metal workshops with CNC machining provision and extensive storage for work in progress, a ceramics/sculpture studio with an outdoor carving yard, 4 painting studios, a dedicated graphics studio and print area, fashion and textiles studio, a photography area with flash photography studios and darkroom and a dedicated gallery space.
More information about the curriculum area and its work can be found on the college website and at our course hub. Please see link below.
https://wqecreativearts.myportfolio.com/work
APPLICATIONS
If you wish to apply for this post, please return the completed application form including the personal details and equality and diversity monitoring forms.
Please do not submit a separate CV. Only information on the application form will be used in the selection process.
Completed applications must be returned by 8.00am on Thursday 20th May 2021. Short- listed applicants may be contacted via telephone and email, and therefore it is essential that appropriate contact numbers and email addresses are included within the application. Interviews will be held on the 26th May 2021 and are currently planned to be onsite. Full details will be emailed out to the candidate.
If you have not received further communication from the College within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Please return all completed applications to: HR Department, WQE and Regent College Group, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RJ or via e-mail at vacancies@wqe.ac.uk
Attached documents
About WQE and Regent College Group
- WQE and Regent College Group
- University Road, Leicester
- Leicestershire
- LE1 7RJ
- United Kingdom
OUR CONTEXT
WQE is a large, thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College providing courses for around 3750 students overall. We are ambitious and determined to build on our successes in providing the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for our students, in a welcoming and inclusive learning community.
WQE enjoys a strong reputation and this is reflected in its popularity with students, attracting applications from the City, from Leicestershire, Rutland and beyond. The majority of our students come from the City of Leicester, an ethnically and socially diverse urban area and the student body reflects this. The College operates from two very closely located and spacious sites, each adjoining the main University of Leicester campus and which provide pleasant, well-resourced and inspiring environments for our students and staff.
The University Road Campus is the larger of the two in size, accommodating around 2500 full time students and the Regent Road Campus accommodates around 1250 full time students.
THE CURRICULUM
Across the University Road and Regent Road campuses the College offers a curriculum that is inclusive and accessible to students from a range of ability backgrounds from Entry Level through to Advanced Level, with the overwhelming majority at Advanced Level and equivalent courses at Level 3. The broad offer includes;
· A levels and equivalent classroom vocational/applied courses at Level 3, including Extended Diplomas
· GCSEs and equivalent classroom vocational/applied courses at Level 2, including English and Mathematics
· Level 1 vocational/applied courses and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
Examination results at advanced level are strong. A levels make up the majority of provision, and the pass rate in the summer of 2022 was over 96%; progression rates for students following programmes at other levels are also high. We are particularly proud that our results are achieved by students with a wide range of prior achievement and from diverse social backgrounds. This is a reflection of our commitment to widening participation and a culture of high expectations. Our students are responsive, like to learn and want to succeed. In a typical year the majority of them progress to higher education, many staying in the Midlands region but others going further afield.
Alongside excellent teaching, high quality support and guidance are crucial to our students’ success. We invested in support for our students, with specific teams overseeing students’ progress and these teams work closely with teaching staff, with staff responsible for Careers or progression and with the Student Services and Academic Support teams.
STAFF
Across our two campuses, in the region of 370 teaching and support staff are the heart of our work and success. A striking feature of the staff is their loyalty; many have spent by far the greater part of their careers at WQE and remain as enthusiastic as ever. At the same time the College’s recent merger and continuing growth and popularity provides opportunities for new staff to join, and the College is fortunate to still being able to attract high quality fields.
The College is strongly committed to continuous professional development and actively encourages all staff to reach their full potential. The College also continues to benefit from its very close links with five similar Sixth Form Colleges through the CENBASE peer development and review group with the mix of subject specific networks and the annual joint training day, focused on sharing practice in teaching and learning.
RESOURCES
Our financial health is strong, and we currently have a turnover of over £19m pa. Teaching areas are well resourced, and we continue to invest in order to improve students’ experiences. Ourbuildings and estate create an inspiring environment and are well maintained. As student numbers have increased and to keep the buildings in good order the following are examples of our investments in facilities and learning environment.
A £10m project was completed in 2009, which now accommodates our Media and the Creative Arts (together with a cafeteria) and the complete refurbishment of the Science areas. In addition the science accommodation was further extended in 2011 with the construction of a new building. In 2013 we opened a newly refurbished and extended student dining and social area; in January 2014, a new Learning Resource Centre was built together with a new large Sports Hall and classroom block.
Developments then focused on improvements to teaching accommodation. In 2015 we undertook two substantial refurbishment projects, to create a suite of refurbished classrooms and a new suite of IT teaching rooms, followed in 2019 with a further £1m investment to refurbish classrooms and create additional social and café spaces.
The College’s most recent Estates Strategy was approved by the Governing Body in Summer 2020 and sets out an ambitious and exciting programme to refurbish and remodel the remaining teaching rooms to create outstanding teaching and learning facilities to deliver an outstanding learning experience for all our students and staff. Particular focus is being given to the bringing together of teams and improving the quality and flexibility of our spaces. Important progress has been made in delivering this Estates Strategy, with major refurbishment projects being completed in summer 2021 and summer 2022.
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