Teacher of Sports Studies
Big Creative Academy
Waltham Forest
- £5,600 - £6,200 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teachers Pension
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st February 2022, but can be up to 21st February
- Apply by:
- 25 January 2022
Job overview
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION
Post Title: Sports Studies Teacher
Full/part time: Part Time
Hours: 7 hours per week (0.2 FTE)
Salary: £28,000 to £31,000 Pro Rata
Reporting to: Curriculum Manager for Dance and Sports
Purpose of the role: To teach BTEC levels 2 & 3 on the Sports programs, delivery learning programmes, assistance to students and tutorial support.
Principal Accountabilities:
· 5 Teaching hrs per week (currently – Monday)
· Prepare, teach and assess BTEC Level 2/Level 3 sports studies courses with units that include:
1. Anatomy & Physiology for exercise
2. Health, Wellbeing & lifestyle
3. Sports Psychology
4. Nutrition
5. Fitness Testing & exercise performance
6. Coaching & Leadership
7. Sport in society
8. Innovation in Sport
· Provide pastoral support to students
· Provide safeguarding and welfare support
· Provide some enrichment activities.
Key Tasks:
· Plan course delivery in line with study programme requirements
· Arranges, monitors and supervises learners on study programmes, educational visits and field trips.
· Plans and prepares for inspections, SV reports and visits.
· Assesses students, including formative and summative assessments, internal verification and supervision of assessments.
· Maintains and provides records and statistical checks in relation to own teaching and across courses, including enrolment checks, attendance records and the like.
· As part of the course team, the tutor acts as the main point of reference for students in a particular year or course group. The tutor’s role includes:
(a) participation in inducting students
(b) providing educational and welfare guidance
(c) assisting students in preparing individual action plans
(d) following up student absence and tracking their course work
(e) acting as the focal point in the maintenance of student discipline within
the context of the Academy student disciplinary procedure
(f) undertaking exit interviews with students
(g) preparing administrative returns and reports as may be needed in relation to students, including destination records
(h) writing student references
(i) completing UCAS and other forms with students
Attached documents
About Big Creative Academy
Big Creative Academy
Big Creative Academy (BCA) is a post-16 free school specialising in the creative industries. We believe that teaching skills employers want and empowering young people to think reflectively enables positive outcomes for students and our wider community. Big Creative Academy is committed to wellbeing and excellent teaching. We have recently had an Ofsted inspection and were judged Grade 2 ‘Good’, with inspectors recognising that the Academy makes a significant difference to the outcomes for young people. We have high expectations of our staff and students and want to be recognised as one of the leading providers of vocational programmes in the creative arts. We are already a DfE best practice school for LGBT+.
Big Creative Academy opened in September 2014 and have 300 students, aged 16-19, primarily studying Level 3 vocational qualifications. Our students are diverse and challenging and ultimately extremely rewarding to work with. Our study programmes specialise in music, fashion, media, gaming, events, performing arts as well as GCSE Maths and English. The Academy is lively! We are well connected with industry and all of our teaching staff have industry experience. We also have industry ambassadors from companies such as MTV, ITN, Barcroft Media and Island Records and experts are kind enough to provide masterclasses for students. Our focus on skills, wellbeing and networks gives our students the edge in a competitive marketplace.
The Team
Sacha Corcoran MBE is Principal of the Academy, an inspiring self-made woman involved in education for over 20 years. She has brought together a small outstanding team who are committed to the vision and ethos of the Academy. There are three senior managers, 17 teaching staff and ten in business support. Our team are high achievers and have interesting and diverse backgrounds. Many are have their own creative careers as musicians, actors, producers and fashion designers and all have a passion for creativity.
Some of the benefits of working at Big Creative Academy
Big Creative Academy has a Wellbeing Manifesto promoting positive relationships, resilience and reflection which extends to staff as well as students. We want our team to be productive and happy.
The Academy provides the following benefits:
- A staff wellbeing day
- Admin days built into the academic year
- An individual CPD plan to bring out your brilliance
- Teaching, learning and assessment groups to share best practice and try new teaching techniques
- Opportunities to learn from your creative colleagues, for example, learning how to DJ, sew, improve your photoshop skills
- An employee assistance line for people to talk through difficulties confidentially, with solutions often offered to partners
- Full pension benefits in either the Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme.
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