Teacher of Science
Wimbledon College
Wimbledon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Wimbledon College Payscale/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1/9/18
- Apply by:
- 22 May 2018
Job overview
The College is seeking to employ a well-qualified, enthusiastic and motivational teacher to join our high attaining Science department. The Department has a consistent record of excellent results with both Attainment and Progress in Science significantly above the national average and is a very popular option Post-16.
Applications are welcome from both experienced and newly qualified teachers able to teach throughout the age and ability range.
Wimbledon College is a Specialist Science school and offers a broad range of opportunities to study Science both in timetabled lessons and an extensive extra curriculum programme of events, visits and clubs. The school is also an Associate School of the Royal Society and regularly participates in its education events.
Science at the College is a popular choice for students and we have two sets of A-level classes for all three sciences and in addition Science BTEC is also offered. In Years 7 and 8 teachers teach all three sciences but by Year 9 an increasing number of lessons are taught by specialists in the relevant science. In Year 10 onwards teachers teach in their specialism(s).
The thirteen staff that make up the Science department are friendly, supportive and experienced and as such applications from recently qualified to more experienced teachers would be welcomed. For those at NQT or recently qualified teachers we offer ongoing professional training and support enabling you to develop into an outstanding practitioner.
The post offers a well-resourced department with three specialist technicians that ensures that the work done in class is aiming to be creative, engaging and challenging for the students and satisfying for you as a teacher. Underpinning all our work is the school’s ethos of ‘cura personalis’ (the care of the individual).
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About Wimbledon College
Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.
Wimbledon College aims to create a caring and disciplined community in which pupils will feel secure and are motivated to be involved in their studies and in a wide range of school activities, to encourage pupils to recognise the best in themselves and to work hard to develop all of their talents, and to instil in its pupils an awareness of the needs of others and a commitment to putting their gifts and energies at the service of others.
Staff Development
At Wimbledon College, we believe that professional development is an essential and inherent part of your role regardless of the stage you are at in your career or the position you hold. This results in bespoke CPD journeys based on your current position and the trajectory you would like your career to go in. Every staff member is supported along that journey. Through a combination of internal and external CPD opportunities staff are able to develop their own skills and competencies and then have the opportunity to share those with colleagues from the College and across the borough.
We use a range of resources and strategies within and outside the College to achieve this:
· We have staff completing external leadership courses such as NPQs and Merton specific Leadership Courses
· We engage with a wide range of organisations, including UCL, Bluesky and PixL to support the delivery of our extensive professional development programme for both career progression and skills development tailored to individual needs
· We have a coaching programme to allow both teaching and non teaching staff to share best practice and offer career advice and guidance.
· We have in-school groups that work collaboratively on projects around a chosen topic such as promoting literacy across the curriculum
If you are starting your teaching career with us, we partner with Teach Wimbledon and Roehampton University to welcome both Schools’ Direct and PGCE students. We also have a comprehensive Early Career Teacher support system where you will receive an individual mentor, reduced timetable and opportunities to embed your learning.
We fully appreciate the importance of training for support staff and have a generous budget to ensure that external courses are available in addition to in school training for all interested support staff.
Our aim is to empower staff to ascertain their own professional needs, both within and around their role, and to provide whatever support they require to flourish.
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