Trainee Teacher of Business Studies
Woking College
Woking, Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £16,500-£20,000 per annum, depending on the exact number of teaching hours. The College will also pay for the full PGCE course fees, over the two years of the course.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 24 August 2020
- Apply by:
- 13 April 2020
Job overview
The Role
The College requires an enthusiastic Trainee Teacher of Business Studies to join this friendly and vibrant department. The role will be fixed-term for two years, teaching up to approx 12 hours per week, with full-time hours made up as a Learning Support Assistant/Independent Learning Mentor or other appropriate roles which will support your personal and professional development. This role will be in conjunction with a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course awarded by Canterbury Christ Church University.
A full mentoring programme is organised to introduce all new staff to sixth form college systems and procedures and to support and encourage professional development.
We are looking for an exceptional candidate. We expect high performance from all our staff, and are looking for an impressive individual to inspire College students. Candidates should demonstrate their ability and suitability to both the role and the culture of the College.
The Department
The Business Department is a vibrant and highly successful area of the College. Student recruitment numbers have grown rapidly over the last few years now incorporates almost half of the College. The department hosts a range of extra-curricular activities which have included trips to Thorpe Park, Disneyland Paris and Barcelona as well as visits to universities and Young Enterprise. The department has also enjoyed success in a number of external competitions including Bank of England Target 2.0, the Stock Market Challenge held by Reading University and the Marketing Challenge held by Surrey County Council.
As a direct result of the growth in student numbers, the department was split into two separate areas for A Level courses and Vocational courses. Our students value the support the department offers including regular study support workshops, the Easter revision conference and the personalised support and target setting.
A significant number of our students go on to study business-related courses at university and return to the college to keep in touch with us as well as providing guidance and support to students aspiring to higher education.
Application Information:
Salary: £16,500-£20,000 per annum, depending on the exact number of teaching hours. The College will also pay for the full PGCE course fees, over the two years of the course.
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 13 April 2020
Interviews: to be held shortly after the closing date, date to be confirmed.
Start date: 24 August 2020
To Apply: Please download the Trainee Teacher of Business Studies Application Pack and click the Apply Now button to access the Application Form (CVs will not be accepted on their own).
For further information or to return a completed Application Form, please contact:
Kirsty Crook, Personnel Officer: email: kcr@woking.ac.uk Website: www.woking.ac.uk
Important information:
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointed staff will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The College is committed to equal opportunities.
The College encourages all candidates to be familiar with Section 1 of the DfE paper on “Keeping Children Safe in Education” September 2019 and the College's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. These documents can be found on the College's Staff Vacancies page, and Policies page.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the College asks candidates to consider Woking College's Privacy Notice for Job Applicants, which can be found on the Staff Vacancies page of the College’s website.
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About Woking College
Woking College is an oversubscribed and highly successful college of over 1400 students drawing students from more than 60 different schools. Our very successful strategic focus has, for many years, been to create the very best environment for high quality of teaching and learning alongside the widest range of enrichment activities enhancing the cultural capital of our students. Alongside this we place a very strong emphasis on maintaining our wonderful community, we have a more diverse College population than might be thought of as typical for Surrey but we are determined to maintain our inclusive ethos. We are fully committed to innovation whilst maintaining a humane and caring approach for all members of the College community which has resulted in the doubling of the student population in recent years. These approaches have been key to securing Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ in all seven categories in our October 2022 Ofsted inspection.
Woking College is enjoying record results, very positive value-added and an abundance of applications and quite rightly has a teaching and learning culture which is the envy of other institutions, indeed in recent staff surveys over 95% of College staff said they were proud to work at Woking College!
We have benefited hugely from an impressive transformation of the College’s estate over recent years, with the completion of a new Sports Centre in 2014, a new Arts Block in 2015 and a modern and larger Science Building in 2016. A full size 3G pitch was completed in 2020. A £3m teaching block and another £3m project working collaboratively with an adjacent community centre will enhance our estate even further within this academic year.
We recognise the advantages of collaboration and have worked hard over the years to build and maintain close working relationships with other education providers and the Local Authority. The College has been a long-standing member of S7, the Surrey and Sussex group of Sixth Form Colleges, possibly the leading college consortium nationally, and we look forward to continued positive engagement with schools, colleges and the local community for the benefit of all.
With strong leadership from our passionate and committed senior leadership team, and with the support of excellent teaching and support staff across all areas, we look forward to the continued evolution of the College; we also look forward to meeting committed, engaging and passionate people who want to join us to further enhance the life-chances and choices of our students – which is of course our main mission as educators.
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