Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge, Experience and Training
Essential:
Holder of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
A passion for teaching and education in its widest sense
Excellent subject and curriculum knowledge
Experience of teaching Product Design at all Key Stages, including GCSE and A Level, and demonstrating a positive impact on student progress and outcomes
Ability to articulate an ambitious and appropriate vision for the department
Ability to set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge both staff and students
Ability to manage staff (collectively and individually), with structured challenge, support and CPD
Ability to coach and train others to be highly effective teachers
Ability to analyse and use data to raise departmental performance
Excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication with a range of stakeholders
A willingness to undertake Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL)
The ability to show initiative, to multi-task and develop existing skills
Ability to demonstrate patience, flexibility and a sense of humour
Ability to cope with pressure and demonstrate a calm and measured response
A natural aptitude to model the Trust’s core behaviours – ‘We display transparency, kindness and respect in all our interactions with others, and support each other in all our endeavours. We are tenacious in our desire to make the difference together’.
Preferable:
Knowledge of school procedures, including safeguarding
Prior experience of working in a school or a similar role
Prior experience of working with young people in a secondary setting
Headteacher:
Julie Jones
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Old Rectory Drive, Hatfield
Hertfordshire, AL10 8AB
☎ 01923284169
✉ recruitment@danesedtrust.org.uk