Dance Teacher
Harris Primary Academy Mayflower, Chafford Hundred, Essex, RM16 6SAThis job expired on 30 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
30 March 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 February 2023
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
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- Three days per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- UQT Scale (London Fringe) + £1,500 Harris Allowance FTE
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Passionate about inspiring young people? Join us in inspiring the lively little learners at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower as a Dance Teacher.
Our dedicated team provides a supportive network both onsite as well as support across the Federation to ensure all our staff feel encouraged to do their best. You will be part of a community of dedicated, friendly staff standing by and upholding its mission in creating and maintaining a supportive and thriving learning environment.
This role is offered on a part-time basis (three days per week)
The successful candidate will have:
- Previous teaching experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Energetic, driven, creative, and dependable.
- Demonstrate patience and leadership skills.
- Ability to motivate and encourage students
- Ability to teach using various dance styles and methodologies from beginner to advanced level.
- Ability to communicate with a diverse group of teachers and students.
- The ability to engage, encourage, and motivate students to reach their goals.
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a degree in Dance or Performing Arts are desirable, but not essential.
What the school offers its staff
Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is a successful academy that was judged outstanding in every category in our May 2017 Ofsted inspection.
We are a 5 form entry primary school, opening with a Reception cohort and are growing by a year group at a time with currently 902 pupils on roll from Nursery to Year 6. This will make our academy, which was funded under the free school programme with backing from Thurrock council, the Department for Education and the Harris Federation which sponsors the free school, the biggest primary free school in the country.
We are a sister school to Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred and
Our Core values of : Manners, Perseverance, Responsibility, Community and Achievement, underpin everything that happens at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower. They are our foundations and we have a clear expectation that all adults as well as children and staff model and respect these values both inside and outside the academy. These foundations have enabled us to build high quality, inspiring education for our children within the two years the academy has been open. This is reflected in both the exceptional day to day practice here as well as the outstanding outcomes our children have achieved in each year.
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. We also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS, UPS or UQT Scale, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme and many other benefits.
Further details about the role
Your responsibilities will include:
- To develop dance curriculums and prepare lesson plans;
- To form various dance curriculums and implementation of different developmental activities;
- To evaluate student performance and make recommendations for improvement;
- To choreograph routines and select music for recitals and concerts;
- To provide a fun, creative environment;
- To demonstrate methods and techniques of dances.
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.
About Harris Primary Academy Mayflower
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1028 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- info@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0203 772 4588
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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