Art and Design Teacher

Job Title: Art and Design Teacher

Location: UK-Dorset

Overview:

Art and Design Teacher

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary: £24,000 - £35,896 (M1-UPS2)

Hours: 32 hours a week

This school believes in giving young people, ages 11-16, the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support all our pupils with a range of needs including Autism and other associated conditions. We can take advantage of our beautiful setting to inspire and create fun experiences to enhance learning and progress.

The main purpose of the role:

As our Art and Design Teacher, you will deliver high quality teaching and learning to pupils aged 11-16 with ASC, social and emotional difficulties, anxiety disorders and mental health needs. The focus is on increasing academic and vocational qualifications and knowledge, whilst achieving independent living skills that will equip our pupils for the next stage in their lives, be that further education, or other training. The key to success will be your ability to communicate your passion for art in a way that inspires pupils to develop a love of art and the part it places in their own and lives of others. To promote the types of future careers that can be achieved through the art curriculum.

The ability to be able to teach Art and Design up to GCSE level is essential.

Key duties:

• Contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the pupils within a specialist learning environment.
• Use innovative ways of engaging pupils so that they can explore their creativity, supporting them to understand how art can enrich their own lives.
• Use art as a forum to enable pupils to develop their understanding of culture and the diverse World around them.
• Enhance social mobility by providing pupils a range of experiences that will support them to confidently communicate in different environments.

• Work collaboratively and flexibly with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team, to ensure pupils can access their education.
• Create, maintain and use short-, medium- and long-term plans in delivering the curriculum, to ensure pupils develop skills in fine motor, hand eye co-ordination, language, social skills, decision-making, risk taking, lateral thinking, complex analysis, problem solving and inventiveness.
• Set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
• Contribute to the review of EHC plans, PEP and CLA reviews.
• Provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• Assist in the development of the curriculum offer. To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism and SEMH to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning.
• Manage a delegated budget as required.

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