Teacher of Music
Harrow International School, Shanghai
Shanghai,China
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2018
- Apply by:
- 13 November 2017
Job overview
Candidate profile
The teacher will be mainly employed in the subject delivery of Music as reasonably directed, principally within the Prep phase of the school, although opportunities for Pre-Prep and/or Senior School teaching could also be available to the right candidate.
The successful candidate will support the Director of Performing Arts and play a key role in the development of Music at Harrow International School Shanghai. The school is looking for a candidate who would relish the challenge of developing music, particularly within the KS2 and KS3 curriculum of a new school and who can also exhibit the following features:
Essential
Experience in teaching music within the KS2 and KS3 curriculum.
Familiarity with the British National Curriculum for Music.
Experience with 'Musical Futures' style teaching.
At least one area of instrumental specialism.
Experience in the imaginative use of ICT within the music curriculum.
Good keyboard skills.
Desirable
Experience working in an independent school.
Experience working in an international school.
Experience in leading musical activities with KS1 year groups.
Department Profile
Music is taught as a core subject from Pre-Nursery up to Year 9. Music is offered as an option at GCSE and A level and the department currently follows the Edexcel specification.
The Director of Performing Arts has oversight for music and drama across the entire school and currently teaches music in the Prep and Senior Schools. A second music teacher specialises in the teaching of Early Years and Key Stage 1 classes. A team of visiting music teachers offer private individual lessons on a wide range of instruments. The visiting music tutors also assist in the running of the Prep and Senior School Wind Band and Pre-Prep Violin Ensemble. The Director of Performing Arts is a choral specialist, who directs choirs in the Prep and Senior Schools.
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About Harrow International School, Shanghai
Harrow School Shanghai is a co-educational day school for students aged from 18 months to 18 years. The teaching is based upon the EYFS Framework and the English National Curriculum, culminating in IGCSEs for Removes and Fifth Form (Years 10 and 11), and A levels within the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13). With a world-renowned reputation for its rich heritage of educational excellence, unique traditions and inspiring Leadership and Service programme, Harrow boasts a state-of-the-art campus with outstanding facilities, all located within 35 minutes of the epicenter of one of the world's most exciting and dynamic cities.
Harrow Shanghai is the fourth international school in the Harrow family of schools, joining those in Bangkok, Beijing and Hong Kong, alongside the historic Harrow School and its near-neighbour, John Lyon School, in London.
The School is organised as follows:
- Early Years -Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception
- Pre-Prep-Years 1- 4
- Prep -Years 5- 8
- Senior: Shells, Removes and Fifth Form (Years 9–11) and Sixth Form (Year 12-13)
The School is located in a modern custom-built facility, which accurately reflects the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai. The School combines elements of educational philosophy, practice and traditions from Harrow School in London within the context of the international minded-set of a diverse student body in Shanghai. It is envisaged that the School will eventually grow to a roll of approximately 950. As with the other Harrow Schools, Shanghai’s vision, 'Leadership for a better world', is realised by means of a characteristically Harrow approach to schooling which demands of students and teachers high academic attainment, involvement in a rich array of extra-curricular activities, and engagement in high quality pastoral support structures, particularly the House system. Students are assigned into Houses where their which their academic and all-round well-being is monitored, nurtured and supported.
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