Teacher of Creative Media production
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The Swanage School
Dorset
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- In line with national pay scales
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2024
Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity for an ambitious director and film-maker to take a lead role in driving forward the vision for the creative media department in our dynamic and innovative school on the beautiful Jurassic coast in Dorset.
In our latest Ofsted inspection (November 2023), The Swanage School was judged 'outstanding' for 'personal development’. The school's excellence across the board was recognised with 'good' judgements for all other criteria, and with a 'good' grading for overall effectiveness.
We are looking for a teacher with a genuine passion for the creative arts, to inspire and guide students in film-making, TV, podcasts and print media. Our new, state-of-the-art creative media suite, created with input from Bournemouth University’s media team, is exceptional for a secondary school and includes:
- Green screen
- JVC HM-180 cameras
- Datavideo tablet prompter
- NewTek TriCaster TC Mini 4k
- Podcast and radio studio
- High-spec PCs running the Adobe suite, RTX 3060 graphics cards and other top-end software
We want students to work to real-life creative briefs and have the contacts locally to make this happen. We want to be entering (and winning!) local and national film-making competitions, making use of the strengths of our talented students. Creative media sits alongside our truly outstanding performing arts department, which has an excellent reputation locally, produces sell-out shows, participates in national competitions and draws skilled dramatic performances from students - we want the same for creative media. We have the lights, we have the cameras, we need the action!
As our Creative Media Teacher, you will work closely with colleagues on making this vision a reality and will be given management time to collaborate for creative purposes. Creative Media is taught across KS3, alongside digital literacy, and at KS4 as the BTEC in Creative Media Production. This is already our most popular option subject, despite only having been running for two years.
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About The Swanage School
- The Swanage School
- High Street, Swanage
- Dorset
- BH19 2PH
- United Kingdom
About The Swanage School
The Swanage School is a thriving single-school academy trust in a unique setting on the Jurassic Coast, England’s only natural World Heritage Site, and within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It opened in 2013 as an entirely new 11-16 secondary school founded by the community on behalf of local young people and resides in purpose-built accommodation at the gateway to the town of Swanage.
The School is proud to have quickly built a reputation for excellence in teaching and learning and as a school where every child is known as an individual, can benefit from exciting opportunities, and is nurtured to reach their fullest academic and personal potential.
The School is committed to remaining human-scale with current students on roll of 350 and a tight-knit teaching and support team who ensure that good relationships remain at the heart of everything the School does. The school is very much part of the community and links with community groups and local organisations are extensive.
The Academy Trust overseeing The Swanage School is Education Swanage Ltd, a community co-operative that anyone is welcome to join if they sign up to its ethos and values.
The school was born from a vision of a happy institution which students and staff alike are proud to be part of, that is engaged at all levels with its community and its beautiful surroundings, and where students take responsibility for their learning. Our distinctive approach is perhaps best summed up by our Swanage School 12-point charter:
- Excellence is central to teaching and learning
- It is a pleasure to teach and learn
- Every student’s needs are understood and catered for
- Young people are known and treated as individuals
- Students are able to take responsibility
- All aspects of development are encouraged: intellectual, physical, creative, moral, spiritual and emotional
- All students engage in The Swanage School Challenge curriculum extension programme
- Young peoples’ experiences of school extend into their adult lives
- Behaviour is characterised by mutual respect for others and the environment
- Staff are supported through continuing professional development
- Parents and local residents are welcomed as partners in learning
- Horizons and global awareness are broadened through national and international partnerships
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