Teacher of Drama
Hangzhou Dipont School of Arts and Science
Hangzhou, China
- Expired
- Salary:
- Excellent salary and benefits package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2021
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2021
Job overview
RDFZ King’s College School has been formed through partnership between the prestigious King’s College School, Wimbledon, the highly successful Chinese education group, Dipont Education and The High School Affiliated to Renmin University (RDFZ), one of China’s leading schools. Opened in September 2018, RDFZ King’s currently has almost 1500 students on roll and will grow to serve over 3,000 students from 3 to 18 years of age.
About the School
RDFZ King’s represents a new standard of bilingual education in China. It provides for both local and international students via an innovative model that combines Chinese and western approaches to learning and academic excellence, in the context of first-rate pastoral support and opportunities to excel outside the classroom. Our goal is to graduate confident, articulate young people with a broad set of life skills who will go on to attend universities across the world.
The facilities at RDFZ King's College Hangzhou are outstanding and our world-class campus includes wonderful teaching and recreational spaces, numerous and well-equipped laboratories, 800-seat theatre, a 50-metre swimming pool and excellent sports facilities. The school is located on an idyllic lakeside site in the Yuhang District of Hangzhou.
About Hangzhou
Hangzhou, with a population of over 9 million people, is the capital of Zhejiang Province and an important city in China, recognised for its history, prosperity and beautiful natural scenery. It is also the designated city for the development of education and technology in China. Shanghai can be accessed within one hour by high-speed train.
Yuhang District has experienced significant growth and development and is home to the technology giant Alibaba and more than 10,000 high-tech businesses, hotels, shops and restaurants.
About the Role
A new member of the department is required for August 2021 to support whole school drama. A strong curriculum offering is complemented by our extensive house and co-curricular programme, requiring coordination with other staff supporting the drama programme. Drama plays a major part in school life with an annual school musical, drama competitions through the house system and many performance evenings.
The successful candidate will need to be an excellent teacher with the desire and ability to teach IGCSE Drama, support dramatic activities across the school and the drama co-curricular programme. Campus facilities are outstanding and include a black box theatre, several drama studios, an auditorium seating 800 people and international theatre. There are full lighting and sound systems in theatre spaces and a full-sized LCD cinematic screen in the main theatre in addition to green rooms and costume spaces. This is an extremely exciting role for a talented and enthusiastic practitioner.
Applications are invited from candidates with:
• Excellent classroom practice in the teaching of drama
• The ability to work collaboratively and contribute to the development of an outstanding school
This exciting and challenging role commands a very attractive salary and benefits package. In addition to a highly competitive salary, benefits include: high quality housing, bonus scheme, annual return airfare and medical insurance for employee plus dependents. Full tuition support will be provided for a successful applicant with school age children. The position will be offered on an initial three-year contract term with the opportunity to renew thereafter.
Application process
To submit an application, please visit
https://diponteducation.recruitee.com/o/teacher-of-drama
Early application preferred. For further information or informal discussion (prior to application), please contact oliver.knapman@dipont.com
School website: http://www.rkcshz.cn
About Hangzhou Dipont School of Arts and Science
- Hangzhou Dipont School of Arts and Science
- No.1 Guowen Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou
- Zhejiang
- China
The campus consists of:
- A pre-school for pupils aged 3 to 6 years catering for Chinese and expatriate children, offering a bilingual programme based on international and Chinese curricula.
- A Chinese elementary and junior high school for Chinese students in Grades 1 to 9 who study the mandatory Chinese curriculum delivered in both Chinese and English, with a modern pedagogical approach and additional English language instruction.
- An international section for expatriate students from Grade 1, offering a British style curriculum leading to IGCSEs with additional Chinese language instruction.
- An international college for both Chinese and expatriate students, providing IGCSE and A Level courses with potential for the IB Diploma Programme to be implemented in the future.
The brand new campus provides first-class, modern school buildings and state-of-the-art facilities including a large multi-purpose sports hall, a 50 metre indoor swimming pool, fitness centre, playing fields, 400m running track, performing arts auditorium with a capacity for 800 people and boarding facilities. The campus sits on the side of a lake which potentially can be used in the future for water based activities.
This is a partnership project between Dipont Education Management Group (one of the leading education providers in China), King's College School, Wimbledon, and The High School Affiliated to Renmin University (RDFZ).
Dipont Education is a highly successful international education management company at the forefront in developing international programmes in China. Over 7,000 students currently study A Level, IBDP or AP programmes in 28 partner schools. Please see http://www.dipont.com for more information. The Hangzhou project is one of two new school projects opened in 2018 with other schools currently under development.
King's College School, Wimbledon is an independent day school for boys aged 7-18 and girls aged 16-18 in Wimbledon, SW London. Founded in 1829 by Royal Charter, it's a school of over 1300 pupils and is one of the most academically successful schools in the world. Please see http://www.kcs.org.uk for more information.
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University (RDFZ) is widely regarded as the top high school in mainland China and is a member of the G20 group of schools. With a main campus in Beijing, the school has recently established a network of branch schools both in and outside the Beijing municipality. Chinese website: http://www.rdfz.cn.
All partners involved in the project are represented on the Board of Governors.
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