Teacher of the Deaf
The Leigh Academy
Dartford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + London Fringe Allowance + SEN Allowance based on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2018
Job overview
About the role: The Leigh Academy have been offering support to HI children for over 20 years working primarily with an aural/oral approach, with sign support for some children. We are highly successful and skilled at what we do and now have a rare opportunity to appoint a qualified Teacher of the Deaf to join our provision. We currently have between 10-15 pupils requiring assistance that are in mainstream classes who the successful candidate will provide intervention for. This is a fantastic time to join us; the Academy has gone from strength to strength and to continue that development, we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated teacher to join our team. Informal visits are gladly welcomed; if you would like to arrange this, please contact the Talent Team directly on 01634 412 240.
Our Hearing Impaired Unit: The Inclusion Hub at the Leigh Academy includes a dedicated resource base for Hearing Impaired students with severe to profound hearing loss. The HI students are placed in Tutor Groups alongside their hearing peers. They are taught by the Academy’s subject teachers, working in the mainstream classes for the majority of the time. The Hearing Impaired Resource Base’s specialist staff provide support, working alongside teaching staff, to ensure that the needs of the deaf students are taken into account. Some of the students use Sign Language to support their spoken language so signed communication support is provided. All staff within the HIU have at least BSL Level 1 with some working towards their Level 2. The Academy strives to promote Deaf Awareness within the Academy community as a whole and Deaf Awareness is included in the pastoral programme for all students. Though the Hearing Impaired students work primarily in their main classes for majority of the time, some lessons take place in the Hearing Impaired Resource Base itself. The rooms are used for specialist teaching, audiology and Speech and Language Therapy.
Our successful candidate with either have the relevant qualification or be on track to complete it in the near future. We can offer a start date between April - September 2018 depending on your availability and commitments/notice period.
Working for the Leigh Academy: The Leigh Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. The Academy is divided into four Colleges: Brunel, Chaucer, Darwin and Da Vinci - each has their own personality and range of specialisms, allowing them to be unique.
Overall, the academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic Leadership Team are committed to making it a great place to work for staff at all stages in their careers. Our award winning building and facilities are modern, light and airy and the open learning plazas and classrooms built around a day-lit wintergarden give the academy a unique and special character. It is also an academy that is conscious of its environment as it is brimming with sustainable innovations such as passive cooling, earth tubes and passive ventilation
We can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and collaborative department not only within The Leigh Academy, but within the wider Trust as well. Full support will be provided and you'll have the tools and environment needed to teach in a way that works for you. We know that being a teacher can be both challenging and rewarding in equal measures and that you thrive on inspiring young adults and stimulating their curiosity. At The Leigh Academy we aim to give our teachers the freedom to innovate and inspire our students as we know this is a crucial ingredient to driving great learning outcomes.
What are we looking for in you? To be successful you need to be a qualified teacher who is passionate and knowledgeable about your subject and possesses the ability to teach consistently at an outstanding level. Whether you are at the start of your career or an expert teacher we focus on what attributes you will bring to the academy and most importantly what impact you will have on our students.
As a Trust we feel it is important to hire for the right attitude which is why we look for teachers that are enthusiastic, focused and resilient to the day to day pressures that teaching brings.
The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust
Attached documents
About The Leigh Academy
The Leigh Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. Overall the academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic leadership team are committed to making it a great place to work for staff at all stages of their career. As the flagship academy of Leigh Academies Trust we have an inspirational building hosting modern technology and great facilities. We ensure that our students are prepared both academically and socially for their futures. We ensure that students’ talents and interests are nurtured through our broad and balanced curriculum, in particular through the delivery of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme in Years 7, 8 and 9, having been accredited as an IB World School in December 2020 for our Key Stage 3 curriculum, and previously in 2017 for our International Baccalaureate Careers Pathway in Key Stage 5, which sits alongside our offer of A Levels and BTECS. We take pride in being the first school in the UK to have been awarded The Healthy Minds School kite mark, in recognition of successful involvement in the Healthy Minds curriculum delivery, demonstrating a commitment to the personal development of students and staff.
We strive for excellence in all that we do whilst ‘Opening minds to Success’. This is reflected in our dedicated staff and our consistent approach to teaching and learning to ensure all of our students are happy, successful and resilient to the challenges they face. Our intention is to work in close partnership with parents and carers to ensure that students of all abilities, interests and talents are given every opportunity to be part of our inspiring, challenging and supportive community. We work hard to ensure all staff are supported in their current and next stage of their career journey, ensuring staff are able to access NPQ courses and other further training opportunities within the Leigh Academies Trust and externally.
Everyone who visits us is impressed by our students, the working atmosphere, the sheer sense of enjoyment in the learning process and the strong focus on achievement.
Principal
Mrs Julia Collins
Values
The Leigh Academy inspires the next generation to be resilient and respectful learners who are successful and strive for academic excellence by:
- Challenging all to become compassionate and active members of our global community,
- Building effective partnerships through intercultural and social interactions,
- Ensuring consistent approaches to develop lifelong learners.
Vision
At The Leigh Academy, we aim to provide a learning environment which is both welcoming and supportive and to create a caring, working atmosphere which will enable students to reach their full potential intellectually, spiritually, ethically and physically. The Leigh recognises the importance of the individual, values all of its students equally and strives to ensure that they have the opportunity to experience success. We publicly acknowledge their achievements with pride.
The Leigh Academy aims to continue to inspire the next generation, to provide our students with engaging lessons, personalised learning plans and individual support and feedback to allow them to develop skills and knowledge that will make them successful, happy and resilient to the challenges they will face when they leave us.
We believe that it is our mission to support students to develop the skills they need to be successful in their education and beyond.
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