Strings Tutor Fellow
King Solomon Academy
Ark King Solomon Academy
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark support
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 18 July 2022
Job overview
Job Description: Strings Tutor Fellow
Salary: Pro rata: £23,003
Hours: Term Time only; 3,4, or 5 days a week; circa 8.00am to 5.00pm during school term time (with a lunch break)
The role
We are looking for a part time Strings tutor (3 days a week, exact days negotiable but Tuesday to Thursday strongly desired) to join our team in providing inspirational strings tuition for our pupils across the academy from Year 4 to Year 11. We have been expanding our provision every year and are now very close to our full steady state capacity.
Key responsibilities
• To tutor individuals and groups of pupils as part of the string programme
• To support individuals and groups within whole year group orchestra rehearsals
• To prepare pupils for termly assessments and for twice yearly whole school concerts
• To mentor and coach pupils in the development of their self-confidence and aspirations for their future, in particular, their aspiration to go to, and excel at University
• To help maintain, repair and organise our 700 plus strings instruments
• To support pupils with Special Educational needs in or out of classes
• Helping to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
Outcomes and activities
String lessons
• Deliver small group string lessons as part of the music team to all year groups, from age 7 to age 16, including after school GCSE instrumental lessons where appropriate
• Support (and where appropriate lead) ensemble class string lessons and orchestra rehearsals
• Plan and deliver intervention during and beyond string sessions
• Complete relevant administration around strings lessons including homework tracking
• Observe, assess, record and feedback information of pupil performance
• Liaising with pupils’ class teachers and parents about any behavioural matters and or enthusiasm and completion of class work and homework
Strings Instrument Administration
• Assist with maintenance and repair of our instruments
• Assist with the logging, labelling and coding of our instruments
Coaching
• Coach pupils to promote better decision making, motivation and improved achievement inside and outside of music.
About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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