Teacher of Music

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

We are currently looking to appoint a dedicated and inspiring Teacher of Music.

At Harris Academy Beckenham, you will join a dedicated team of teachers and staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.

The Harris Academy Beckenham is a vibrant Science and Enterprise Academy at the heart of the community in Beckenham. There is a culture of high expectations for every student, which underpins every development in the Academy. We have developed flexible and creative approaches to teaching and learning are raising standards for all. A positive ethos is established around our focus on Science and Enterprise through which we are equipping all of our students with the best possible education, ensuring they are fully prepared to succeed in their chosen careers as constructive citizens of the wider society in which they will live and work.

The Academy opened in September 2011 on the site of the predecessor school Kelsey Park Sports College. We have converted to a co-educational Academy, welcoming female students from Year 7. We are increasingly the secondary school of choice in our area, due to and have a thriving student community, including a rapidly increasing sixth form. We secured a judgement of ‘Outstanding' from OFSTED in July 2017 which recognized our relentless pursuit of excellence in all areas.

To learn more about working in our academy and what we can offer you , view our academy page via the “why work at” button.

The purpose of your role will be:

• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
• To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan)
• Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process)
• Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area)
• Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress)
• Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders
• Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
• Teaching, ensuring a high quality learning experience for students

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
• Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
• Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
• Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
• Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
• Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
• Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
• Be able…