Design and Technology Teacher - Full-time, OASIS ACADEMY ISLE OF SHEPPEY

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OASIS ACADEMY ISLE OF SHEPPEY

Pay: UNQ, MPS, UPS

Start Date: September 2021

Start date: September 2021

Salary: UNQ MPS, UPS

Contract type: Permanent

Hours per week: Full time, 32.5 hours per week

We also consider applicants who are interested in part time hours

Weeks per year: Term time only, plus 5 staff training days

Application deadline: 31st August at 5pm

Do you actively contribute to student’s inspiration and creativity through the use of materials? We are looking to appoint a Teacher of Design Technology who will help our students become resourceful and innovative.

Our Offer To You

• A lively environment with colleagues who care
• Access to free counselling services and specialist wellbeing resources
• Trust-wide opportunities to make an impact through National Lead Practitioner incentive
• You will be given a mentor to help you settle into your new role and help you develop your practise
• Reduced workload through the Oasis curriculum resource bank
• Energised students ready to be moulded

The Role And What We Are Looking For

Can you guide our young design enthusiasts through the practical and theoretical elements of our curriculum? In one of our most popular subjects her at Oasis Academy, Isle of Sheppey we’re preparing our students for the job titles that don’t even exist yet. We are looking for someone who is fully on-board with the academy vision and ready to take on ownership of establishing and maintaining great practice. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Design Technology Teacher looking to grow their career in a CPD rich environment.

Our Academy

We are a large secondary academy and sixth form based across two specialist campuses on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Our unparalleled range of facilities allows us to teach a dynamic, academic and vocational range of subjects to suit the passions and aspirations of our young people. Our academy is improving day-by-day as we grow and are welcoming one of our largest year 7 and sixth form cohorts this September. We leave no child behind at OA Sheppey and foster strong links with community services to support the island to flourish beyond the school. It’s a really exciting time to be part of the Sheppey family.

Being part of the Oasis Community Learning multi-academy trust we also benefit from support and sharing of best practice from our regional schools, Regional Director and wider Oasis family, including the Oasis Curriculum specialists and resources.

What are you waiting? Apply today!

Like what you see? Make sure you fill out an application today and submit to us before the deadline of 5pm on 31/08/2021. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Ellie Harry via Tel: 01795 873591 Ext:76254 if you have any questions at all – we’d be happy to help!

Visit our LinkedIn page; https://www.linkedin.com/company/oasis-academy-isle-of-sheppey and our careers page; https://www.oasisacademyisleofsheppey.org/join-us/why-work-with-us

We have the right to interview upon receipt of application.

Closing Date: 30/09/2021 at 10:00

Interviews: TBC

Information about the school

As a potential new comer, there are some important things you’ll want to know about Oasis:

Our Academy is proud to be one of 53 Oasis Academies in the UK. We are one of the largest mixed comprehensive schools in the country with capacity for 2,500 students, spread across our two campuses.

Isle of Sheppey boast state of the art facilities and a unique community environment. We have outstanding facilities across two Campus’ including 250-seat theatre, performing arts suites, specialist laboratories for science and technology; construction and motor vehicle workshops, hair and beauty suite and extensive sports facilities on both Campus’.

We have undergone a period of significant transformation over the last 3 years. On average, each Oasis Academy secondary school has increased the number of students obtaining 5 plus A*-C grade GCSE’s by 23 percentage points on its predecessor school.

Much like our students Oasis Academy staff are on a journey. We are constantly looking to better ourselves and the School. Our lessons are planned and created for the students, we promote classroom engagement and bringing practical life skills into the classroom that link learning to their future careers.

At Oasis Academy we are passionate about inspiring our students, we want them to embody the 9 habits of Oasis Academy. As a Teachers of Science your lessons will capture student’s imaginations they will be intrigued, ask questions and most of all love Science.

The post holder will be joining us at a critically exciting point in our development and we would be interested to hear the unique skills and attributes you can offer the young people we work alongside.

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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