Subject Leader of Technology

Nicholas Chamberlaine School; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicholas Chamberlaine School in the West Midlands seeks a full-time Subject Leader of Design & Technology with outstanding leadership and high expectations for students. You will drive innovative teaching and curriculum development across Key Stages, shaping practice and standards.

You will lead teaching and learning, develop staff, monitor progress through data, and build strong partnerships with parents and the wider school community to secure high achievement.

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications of the highest order are an essential requirement.

Responsibilities

• Establish a culture of high expectation by negotiating ambitious targets with students and staff.
• Lead the professional development of colleagues through example and support.
• Regularly review your own practice and take responsibility for your own personal development.
• Support tutors to provide outstanding academic and social guidance.
• Build effective learning communities through collaborative practice within the school and with partner schools.
• Celebrate student achievement and foster an ethos of lifelong learning.

Job description

We are looking for an exceptional full time SubjectLeader of Design & Technology with the ability to provide strong and robustleadership, who has the highest expectations of both themselves and thestudents they teach. If you areenthusiastic about delivering high quality, innovative teaching, we offer astimulating career advancement opportunity in a department ready to bloom.

Academic qualifications of the highest order are anessential requirement for the position.You will contribute positively and effectively to the extracurricularlife of the school. You will be a leaderwith a proven track record of transformational curriculum leadership andpastoral growth who will be genuinely enthusiastic about our GST mission andbring to it personal integrity and a strong work ethic.

Develop ways to expand the reachand influence of NCS students by growing numbers and securing excellentprovision.

Ensure the vision for the schoolis clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all.

Develop an outstanding ethos oflearning, commitment, contribution and enjoyment amongst students based on ourshared vision of proud traditions, wide horizons and high achievement.

Ensure that strategic planningmoves the school forward for the benefit of its students, by taking account ofthe diversity, values and experience of the school and its community at large.

Use national, local and schoolmanagement data effectively, to monitor standards of achievement across the schooland use this to plan for improvement in student outcomes.

Leading Teaching and Learning

Establish a culture of highexpectation by negotiating ambitious targets with students and staff,challenging and supporting students to aspire to the highest outcomes.

Ensure a continuous school-widefocus on students’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor, evaluateand review progress in every student’s learning.

Develop a successful learningculture to enable students to become effective, resilient, motivated andindependent learners, committed to life-long learning.

Develop strategies to secureexemplary standards of behaviour and attendance.

Harness opportunities to broadenstudent’s experience with extra‑curricular and enrichment activities.

Support and guide colleagues touse the most appropriate teaching and learning methods and resources to meetthe needs of the full range of students.

Establish partnership withparents and carers to involve them in their child’s learning.

Celebrate student achievement.

Developing Self and Working withOthers

Develop effective relationshipsand clear communication with all stakeholders.

Lead the professionaldevelopment of colleagues through example and support.

Regularly review your ownpractice and take responsibility for your own personal development.

Support, guide and motivatetutors to provide outstanding academic and social guidance.

Build effective learningcommunities both through developing an active collaborative learning culturewithin the school and actively engage with other schools.

Celebrate the achievementsof individuals and teams.