Art and Design Teacher

Art and Design Teacher – Aurora Beeches

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary: £24,000 - £35,896 (M1-UPS2)

Hours: 32 hours a week

At Aurora Beeches in Cranborne, we believe in giving young people, ages 11-16, the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support all our pupils with a range of needs including Autism and other associated conditions. We can take advantage of our beautiful setting to inspire and create fun experiences to enhance learning and progress.

The main purpose of the role:

As our Art and Design Teacher, you will deliver high quality teaching and learning to pupils aged 11-16 with ASC, social and emotional difficulties, anxiety disorders and mental health needs. The focus is on increasing academic and vocational qualifications and knowledge, whilst achieving independent living skills that will equip our pupils for the next stage in their lives, be that further education, or other training. The key to success will be your ability to communicate your passion for art in a way that inspires pupils to develop a love of art and the part it places in their own and lives of others. To promote the types of future careers that can be achieved through the art curriculum.

The ability to be able to teach Art and Design up to GCSE level is essential.

Key duties:

• Contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the pupils within a specialist learning environment.
• Use innovative ways of engaging pupils so that they can explore their creativity, supporting them to understand how art can enrich their own lives.
• Use art as a forum to enable pupils to develop their understanding of culture and the diverse World around them.
• Enhance social mobility by providing pupils a range of experiences that will support them to confidently communicate in different environments.
• Work collaboratively and flexibly with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team, to ensure pupils can access their education.
• Create, maintain and use short-, medium- and long-term plans in delivering the curriculum, to ensure pupils develop skills in fine motor, hand eye co-ordination, language, social skills, decision-making, risk taking, lateral thinking, complex analysis, problem solving and inventiveness.
• Set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
• Contribute to the review of EHC plans, PEP and CLA reviews.
• Provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• Assist in the development of the curriculum offer. To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism and SEMH to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning.
• Manage a delegated budget as required.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com  

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

Essential:

• PGCE, QTS/QTLS, or equivalent Level 5 teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
• To be able to teach Entry level 2 & 3, and GCSEs in Art and Design

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a school environment, ideally in specialist education.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good teaching and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Effective skills in planning, preparation, recording and reviewing pupils’ progress.
• Good IT skills and understand of how IT can be used to support learning.
• Ability to remain calm and reflective when working in a challenging environment.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative, be well organised, prioritise effectively and achieve results against deadlines.
• Ability to engage pupils in enabling positive relationships.

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are interested in this role then please apply online and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com  

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

FTE: £30,000.00 - £44,870.00