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Dance Specialist

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower, Chafford Hundred, Essex, RM16 6SA

This job expired on 31 August 2022 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  31 August 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 August 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 38 weeks per year, 22.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 Point 7 (Outer London): £23,400 FTE
• Actual salary: £11,750.40
• Additional allowances:

  Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

  We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

  In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Dance Specialist job summary

Inspire and transform learning with us. Support local children as a Dance Specialist at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower.

As our dance specialist, you will:

• Teach primary-age children the PE curriculum with a focus on dance
• Plan, prepare, deliver and assess a range of dance lessons and extra-curricular clubs
• Ensure all equipment associated with the PE session is correctly set up, maintained, stored and returned on completion of the PE session
• Establish professional Ârelationships and communicate with line manager and staff
• Be responsible for agreed enrichment activities
• Ensure all students identified for support are given every opportunity to access the curriculum
• Highlight each student's learning needs to the class teacher and agree how they will be supported in lessons
• Monitor identified students in lessons, providing teachers with feedback on participation and progress
• Support identified students to engage with the learning objectives set for the lesson
• Use the Academy's behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
• Maintain records of students' progress in relation to their targets
• Contribute to evaluation, review and target setting of provision maps.
• Support teachers in creating a positive learning environment
• Join a curriculum team and be responsible for the organisation of resources linked to that team
• Supervise students as part of playground duties

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths – Grade C or above
• UKCC Level 2 qualification(or higher) in any dance or appropriate equivalent qualification
• HLTA qualification
• Experience of delivering dance lessons Âto young people aged between 5 and 11 in a school environment
• Knowledge of the PE National Curriculum and ability to deliver the curriculum through sport
• The ability to encourage and inspire young people through dance
• Energy and enthusiasm to improve the learning of all students
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to use own initiative
• Effective team worker
• Ability to work in a flexible way
• Ability to show sensitivity in complex situations
• Good organisational skills
• Aspirations to raise own academic achievement in the future

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.ÂBefore applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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About Harris Primary Academy Mayflower

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 1023 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harris Primary Academy Mayflower website
• Email address: info@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk
• Phone number: 0203 772 4588
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-primary-academy-mayflower

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is a thriving, diverse and friendly three form entry academy that launched in September 2014 and is funded through the free school programme. We serve the communities of Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock. We moved into our brand new building, capable of accommodating five forms of entry, in 2016, and were rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2017.

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