To promote effective learning, appropriate achievement and educational,
social and personal progress of all students for whom the teacher is designated
as being responsible, consistent with the aims of the school and the unique
needs of each individual.
Job Details
Hours of Work: 1.0
FTE
Position Type:
Permanent
Line Manager:
Head of Technology
Travel Required:
No
The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience,
please see the attached job description for more information.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Teacher of Design Technology / Engineering to work in a successful team whose focus is to inspire young people to be the best they can be. The successful applicant will be expected to teach all aspects of the technology curriculum from Y7 to Y11 and a background in Design Technology / Engineering would be preferable. The successful applicant may also be expected to teach other elements of the KS3 DT curriculum which may include food/ textiles from time to time.
You will be an inspiring practitioner, able to make a significant contribution towards supporting our drive to continue raising achievement and standards. We are an ambitious school and are passionate about the education of our students, continuous professional development of all staff and developing our strong partnership with parents and the wider community.
Information about the Technology Faculty
All rooms in the faculty are well resourced and are either brand new or newly refurbished. They include two food rooms, a large computer suite, a bespoke textiles room, a multi materials room with added IT facilities, one predominantly woodwork room and one predominantly metal work room.
At Key Stage 3 we offer a 3-subject rotation carousel in Y7/8. This comprises electronics/graphics, resistant materials/engineering and food/textiles. In Y9 students do a mini rotation from September to Christmas, then pick a specialism of either food, product design or engineering which they continue to do until the end of the summer term.
At Key Stage 4 we offer a balanced and varied curriculum containing both academic and vocational options. We run GCSE Food and Nutrition, WJEC Hospitality and Catering, and VCert Engineering. We also offer GCSE Design Technology.
At Post-16 we offer AQA A Level Product Design and have a rapidly growing cohort of students opting to do this.
For our extra-curricular opportunities, we also offer after school revision and coursework sessions plus a KS3 CAD/CAM club.
Design and Technology students have access to a vast array of industry standard equipment including CAD/CAM. Students can design using various up to date CAD packages and make using traditional and modern manufacturing technologies, including CNC and automated industry compatible machinery. This gives our students a taste of a modern working environment and thus equipping them with up-to-date skills
Faculty equipment and processes include design software such as Boutique 3, Solidworks, Boxford CAD/CAM design, PE design, Google Sketchup, 2D Design; CNC manufacturing such as computerised sewing machines, lathes, milling, A1 and A3 size Router, CNC Lathe, CNC Milling machine, Laser Cutters and Rapid Prototyping machine.
Traditional equipment such as the sheet metal folder, band saws, lathes for both wood and metal, miller, router, vinyl cutters, sewing machines, food processing, fast chill production, air fryers, industrial fridges, new gas and electric ovens.
About the Trust
Areté Learning Trust currently has 11
schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from
ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.
At Areté Learning Trust
we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our
staff team have the chance to reach their potential.
Our
Trust is committed to promoting:
To realise our
aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that
as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.
Why wok for us?
We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how
their work fits into the bigger picture.
We seek employees who
are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm
to improve performance.
In return, we are
committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for
all staff.
Areté
Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.
Essentially this means
that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We
want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to
enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our
learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting
and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.
Regardless of role, we
seek staff who:
We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for
more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for
the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good
fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your
application.
Application
Process
Please complete the online application form to
apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description
and person specification before making an application. You should use the
information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to
make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work
you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed
in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the
selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing
date.
The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and
protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers
to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment
process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny
of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Online
searches may be done as part of due diligence checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
Louise Bramley
lbramley@arete.uk