Part Time Teacher of Drama QTS essential

Job Description

The vacancy is for a part time appointment teaching drama and some English, we anticipate that the FTE for 2020-21 will be within the range 0.4 to 0.5. We are able to work with the person appointed to agree their timetable and working days, but our preference would be for someone to work at the beginning of the week when other part time staff have non working days. It may be possible to agree a higher FTE for a strong candidate who is able to teach English or another subject to KS4 or 5.We welcome applications from experienced teachers and also from NQTs who would benefit from an excellent induction period programme and mentoring. We are only able to consider applications from people who have UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or are able to apply for it without further training. Drama is a very popular subject at St Bede’s, and is taught across all key stages. All drama lessons are taught by drama specialists and take place in specialist drama studios, with ample space for full practical engagement in all tasks. Our three custom built drama studios have superb technical facilities available to be used in lessons, including theatrical lighting and staging. The department is supported by a dedicated technician who is available to assist in lessons when equipment is required. All students in Year 7 and Year 8 participate in one hour of drama a week. Lessons are entirely practical explorations of a wide range of drama skills and genres, including mime, script work, non naturalism, Greek theatre, Commedia Dellarte and pantomime. In addition to this, students are offered extra curricular drama opportunities to further develop their performance skills and commitment to the subject. Students that select to continue drama in Year 9 are taught three times a fortnight, and we are frequently over subscribed with students that select this option. Throughout the year, students focus on developing skills that will benefit their GCSE drama study, including physical theatre, text work, melodrama, an introduction to Brecht, and devising from stimuli. We study Edexcel at both GCSE and A Level drama. The GCSE course covers a wide range of skills, including devising, scripted work and deep textural analysis of The Crucible, as well as the study of a variety of live theatre performance. The course is popular in the school and we usually have two well subscribed groups per cohort. At A Level, students study set practitioners, including Artuad, Stanislavski, Brecht and Frantic Assembly. They create their own devised performances using a text as their stimulus, as well as working towards a final scripted exam incorporating group work, monologues and duologues. Their final written exam studies two set texts in detail, as well as the analysis of live theatre. Extra Curricular drama is extremely popular at St Bede’s and has a high profile across the school. We run multiple KS3 drama clubs to allow younger students to develop confidence and core performance skills. They frequently perform at events and share their work widely. In addition to this, we traditionally put on a large scale, whole school musical each year, which is hugely over subscribed. It involves students from all year groups both as performers and as musicians in the large band. We are also able to include a very large student technical team, which covers all areas including lighting, sound and backstage. We would welcome applications from enthusiastic, creative drama specialists, who would enjoy working closely with the department to lead exciting practical lessons, develop the drama curriculum with new ideas and help lead whole school drama initiatives. We are particularly looking for a candidate who would initially teach KS3, with the potential to take on KS4 and 5 as the school continues to expand. Training and support would be given by the highly experienced department to do so if the right candidate has not taught the most recent GCSE and A level specifications.