Teacher of ATL [Applied Transdisciplinary Learning]
Park Academy West London, Hillingdon, Middlesex, UB8 3GA4 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
17 April 2023
Latest start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
27 March 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 March 2023
Job details
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £32,407-£48,055 depending on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
This learning model allows our students to learn in a unique way, focusing on finding solutions to real life problems, through utilising their knowledge from a range of subject disciplines. It equips our students with the skills and knowledge to help them thrive in our 21st-century world. At the centre of the approach are the "driving questions". Examples are things like: ''How can we, as local public health directors, prepare a response plan to the spread of the next infectious disease or public health concern?" Or ''How can we, as global citizens, understand climate change in order to initiate eco-friendly practices at our academy?'' These questions provide the purpose of learning for students and teachers, and they should be engaging for students, provoking and open-ended, with several possible answers or solutions. They immerse pupils in a problem that affects their current and future lives. In answering these, pupils are taught to apply key workplace traits, including interpersonal and communication skills. Teachers overseeing ATL projects are given ring-fenced time to plan together and decide what the working week will comprise of. Teaching ATL has been likened to teaching at primary schools but at a higher level, and teachers have told us they like the freedom this gives them. Overall, teachers have told us ATL makes them more imaginative and confident. ATL has also had an impact on the dynamic between teacher and pupil: the lessons create an environment of greater parity between pupils and teachers as they are both learning at the same time. Pupils taking the lessons are much more confident and engaged with their learning. ATL is driving the speaking and listening requirements of the national curriculum and is also developing vital soft skills, as students are learning the value of collaboration and teamwork.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer:
- A well-resourced, established and flourishing Department
- A personalised approach to continuous professional development training
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Supportive Leadership Team
- Students with a positive attitude and willingness to learn and succeed
- Appraisal process with positive professional development through personalised CPD.
- Open and positive working environment
- Feedback and advice
- Elizabeth Line close to school (15 minute walk) and links to Central London.
- A wider supportive Trust network
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Parking on site
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About Park Academy West London
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 797 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Park Academy West London website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@aspirationsacademies.org
- Phone number
- 02073604400
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