Visiting Teacher of Woodwind
Chigwell School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Self-employed
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 31 March 2023
Job overview
Part time/Self employed
Chigwell School are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified visiting woodwind teacher who specialises across the ‘reed’ and wind parts. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner to cover lessons on clarinet, saxophone and possibly bassoon and oboe. The successful candidate will have to exhibit individual teaching and communication skills across various abilities and styles and will be expected to prepare pupils for exams for ABRSM, Trinity and Trinity Rock & Pop. Teaching is across the age range of 7-18 years old.
The role is self-employed to start in September 2023. The position to begin with will provide about three hours of teaching, but being self-employed here the successful applicant could create a much broader list to suit their own working schedule.
Applicants should complete the application form (self-employed) which can be found on our website https://www.chigwell-school.org/vacancies/ and send to the HR Manager at hr@chigwell-school.org. The Director of Music, Mr Howard Ebden, will be happy to answer any questions; he can be contacted at the School by telephone 020 8501 5745 or by e-mail: hebden@chigwell-school.org
Closing date: 31st March 2023- early applications are encouraged
Candidates will be contacted by telephone or email to attend an interview if required. Applications will be considered upon receipt . The School reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date.
Chigwell School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and enhanced DBS.
Attached documents
About Chigwell School
Chigwell School is an independent, mixed, Church of England all-through day and boarding school for four to 19-year-olds, located in Chigwell, Essex. The school has just over 1060 pupils.
The school can trace its history back to 1629, when it was founded originally as a boys’ school. It is run as an educational charity, overseen by a board of governors who are also trustees of that charity.
Headmaster
Mr Damian King
Values and vision
Chigwell School’s motto is: “aut viam inveniam aut faciam”, a Latin phrase which means literally, “Either I shall find a way or I will make one". In-keeping with this, the school wants its students to develop a “determined, independent spirit, taking responsibility for themselves, their relationships with others, and the world around us”.
The school defines its mission as aiming to cultivate a learning community that aspires to excellence in all aspects of life, including: spiritual intellectual, moral, cultural, social and emotional aspects.
Chigwell School aims to provide a rounded education in the broadest sense, encouraging pupils to develop and discover talents and interests across and beyond the curriculum in order to help them to play a full part in the life of the school, and go on to make a positive contribution to the world.
The school hopes to be a community in which pupils develop a love of learning and are challenged to think critically, and with creative curiosity, for themselves.
ISI report
“Pupils’ personal development is excellent throughout the school. They are tolerant and appreciate non-material aspects of life. Pupils display maturity and they respect others, regardless of background or personal characteristics. They have highly developed cultural awareness and a developed understanding of British characteristics.”
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