Graduate Teaching Assistant - Ceramics and Art
Sidcot School
North Somerset
- Expired
- Salary:
- £11,220 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 March 2019
Job overview
We educate students rather than simply train them to pass tests. Take a look at our website to find out how we prepare children for a life of adventure: https://www.sidcot.org.uk
Job Summary: A varied and fulfilling role that offers invaluable experience of working in our beautiful and vibrant Art department. Responsibilities include ceramic technician work including kiln management, some teaching of extra-curricular ceramics clubs, in class support across the disciplines. The successful candidate may also choose to develop their own practice outside of lesson times and facilities will be available for this purpose. Responsibilities will also involve varied boarding and school duties.
About Us: Sidcot School is a thriving independent day and boarding school set in glorious countryside just 7 miles south of Bristol Airport. Our students experience a community where it is clear that independent thought is encouraged and curiosity is a way of life. Great education starts with great teachers and our teachers want their students to have interesting lives; they want to give them the confidence and motivation to develop their talents, and the desire to put those talents to good use in the world.
About You: An exciting opportunity for graduates in tune with our approach to education in search of gaining experience of living and working in a boarding and day school, perhaps prior to embarking on a PGCE course or taking up a teaching position. The candidate will need to be technically confident in both firing and glazing techniques and able to respond to the practical challenges that a busy ceramics department brings. The candidate should be a proactive person who will enjoy sharing their own creative experience with our students.
Salary: £11,389 per annum, plus free accommodation and school meals during term time.
Please click below to apply via our website:
https://www.sidcot.org.uk/jobs
Closing date for applications: Monday 25 March 2019. Interviews will take place during the week commencing Tuesday 2 April 2019.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post
Attached documents
About Sidcot School
Sidcot School is a mixed, independent, all-through Quaker school and sixth form for pupils aged three to nineteen. It is located in Winscombe, Somerset, in south-west England, and has about 550 students on its roll.
The school can trace its history back to 1699, when it was founded by Quakers. However, it moved to its current site in 1808.
The school is a registered charity, and is administered by its governing body. At least half of these governors must be members of the Religious Society of Friends.
Headmaster
James Jones
Values and vision
The school is established on strong Quaker values, and this remains a key part of its ethos today. It places a strong emphasis on mutual respect.
Quakers believe “in living life adventurously and letting their lives speak”. In practice, the school says, that means teaching in a way that encourages individual thought, questioning and exploration. The school also aims to ensure that pupils have all the support they need to grow as individuals, and recognise and celebrated their talents.
The school welcomes students of all faiths and none.
ISI report
“Pupils of all abilities and ages achieve well. They make good progress, exceptional in some cases, enabled by good, often excellent teaching and an excellent curriculum and programme of activities. Many pupils achieve exceptional standards in art.”
“Pupils are good learners, working together with others very successfully and thriving when teaching encourages them to employ their highly developed sense of personal responsibility in their learning.”
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