Teacher of Technology Product Design Specialism
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
5 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6 - 1 fte Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- ECT/MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teacher of Technology (Product Design Specialism)
Required from January 2025
ECT/Main Professional Scale/UPS
The school wishes to appoint an enthusiastic and committed teacher who is able to teach Product Design GCSE and A Level. The ideal candidate will be confident in teaching KS3, 4 and 5; including the KS3 rotation covering Food and Nutrition, Textiles and Product Design.
We are looking to appoint a well-qualified colleague who is flexible, highly motivated and creative with a good knowledge of their subject. This department is fortunate to be benefitting from new facilities.
The person appointed will receive high quality CPD, mentoring and support as well as a wealth of opportunities to develop their practice. There is also plenty of scope to be involved in a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
The school has a high profile for achievement locally and nationally and prides itself on its strong record of internal professional development.
The school was judged by Ofsted to be “Outstanding” in May 2024
Further details and an application form are available from the Staff Vacancies section of the school website www.mgsg.co.uk
Applications made via TES Online will be accepted.
CVs will not be considered and should not be submitted.
All applications with a covering letter addressed to Mrs E Wilson, Headteacher
Closing date: 1 pm Tuesday 5th November 2024
Interviews will take place the following week
What the school offers its staff
Further details about the role
Technology Department
Due to the expansion of the school, an opportunity has become available for a suitable candidate to join the Technology Department. The person appointed will join a lively, enthusiastic and academically successful Department, which at present comprises four full-time and one part-time members of teaching staff with four technicians for Technology, one of whom is shared with the Drama Department.
Technology is currently taught in a suite of five rooms and new facilities became available in 2018-19. We have a wide range of resources available, and we encourage a variety of teaching methods to be used in the classroom. We embrace new approaches to teaching and develop those that prove successful.
Lower School Technology
As students start the school, we introduce students to some new and some familiar materials, techniques and equipment. Across the whole of Year 7 we visit the different stages of the design process, exposing students to situations which will develop their understanding of the stages and developing creativity and resilience. Students rotate through a carousel of Food Preparation and Nutrition, Textiles and Product Design in both Year 7 and Year 8. The core of every material area is the design process which develops skills in:
- Generation, development and communication of ideas
- Creative response and problem solving of briefs and tasks
- Applying knowledge and understanding of materials and processes
- Reflection and evaluation of own designing
Students in Year 8 revisit the three areas of Design Technology. Within the schemes of learning, students have the opportunity to revisit parts of the design process in order to reflect on prior learning and develop independence and resilience to make progression. Students use their learning of materials, techniques and equipment to make design decisions that are enriched by a wide range of research techniques that support the students to work creatively. By the end of Year 8 students will have a portfolio of design solutions that will evidence their analytical, theoretical and practical capabilities within the context of design, as well as prepare them for their studies across all subjects.
Upper School
Year 9
Students visit each area of Design Technology (Food Preparation and Nutrition, Textiles and Design Technology) Student sample the GCSE in each of those areas so that they can make informed option choices. Students have the opportunity to experience the learning concepts and skills that transition into each of the GCSE courses that we offer in years 10 & 11. The curriculum offers students a snapshot of what to expect in each of the GCSEs as well as developing higher level practical skills and learning.
Years 10 and 11
The department offers courses in:
Design and Technology- Using iterative design to create systems, products and services that fulfill user needs whilst considering sustainability, ergonomics and manufacture. The students complete design briefs that respond to real world issues through research, analysis and product development.
Textiles Design – Students use inspiration to design a portfolio demonstrating a range of complex skills that they then use to inform the design and manufacture of a textiles based product. Students create a sketch book that enables them to present their design journey developing their reflective and analytical skills. Students learn how to develop an idea through using research and testing.
Food Preparation and Nutrition – Students learn a range of skills and techniques to create food products. Students learn about food safety, nutrition and complex techniques. Students carry out a large number of practical activities that enable them to refine their skills as well as their understanding of the science behind the ingredients.
All of these courses are underpinned by the same generic process of designing but the material areas create different challenges that give the opportunity to be creative, innovative and develop design solutions. There is a huge emphasis on problem solving and recognising the moral, social, cultural and environmental issues within design, as a product can, in reality, have both a positive and negative effect on our society.
In carrying out projects, students will develop planning and presentation skills. Using a variety of media, including ICT, students will produce a portfolio of work that will demonstrate their ability to communicate in a variety of ways.
Assessment for all of these courses is listed below:
Textiles - Unit 1-Portfolio of work- 60%, Unit 2- Externally set task- 40%
Design and Technology - 50% coursework portfolio,50% written examination
Food preparation and Nutrition- NEA 1 and 2- 50% and a written examination- 50%
Success in any of the design courses will provide an opportunity for further study at AS and A Level.
Sixth Form
The Department offers courses in A Level Textiles Design, and A level Design & Technology.
A Level – Textiles
Both these courses encourage students to better understand the visual world and provide opportunities to develop a visual language and explore design outcomes.
Students become more aware and confident when making aesthetic judgements and develop their skills to become independent, autonomous artists and designers.
The course is split into 2 components:
- The portfolio unit; personal investigation
- The externally set assignment.
Each unit encourages creativity through project work, which is defined by a collection of work in response to an idea and use of a theme. Students experience a range of material techniques.
Many of our students go on to study Art and Design in further and higher education institutions.
A Level – Design and Technology: Product Design
This course provides students with an opportunity to work creatively to solve problems. It is a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical skills and enables students to work with confidence when faced with challenges.
Students investigate social, cultural, environmental and economic influences on design and technology and can put their skills to practice whilst undertaking a range of practical projects.
The course is split into 3 components:
- Examination paper 1 – assesses technical principles
- Examination paper 2 – assesses design and making principles
- NEA (Non-exam assessment) – assesses practical application of technical, designing and making principles
There are strong links with Mathematics and Science based subjects and a good understanding of these subjects will be essential for studying this subject at A Level.
This course links to several different careers and many students who study this course go on to undertake degrees in subjects like, among many others; Architecture, Product Design, Engineering etc.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1394 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mcbridej@mgsg.kent.sch.uk
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend is a selective girls’ school with boys in the sixth form which is situated in the town of Gravesend, with easy access to the A2 and M25 and a direct rail link to Charing Cross. In February 2012 we converted to Academy Status and the school celebrated its Centenary throughout 2014/15.
The school occupies two sites. One houses the original 1926 building with its distinctive quadrangle and bell tower, surrounded by its playing fields. New Science, Technology and Dining facilities opened across 2020-2021. Our second site has specially designed facilities for Technology, Sports and Drama which opened in 1995. There is IT provision on both sites and a new teaching block opened in 2021 which houses our new library, Music, multi-purpose activity studio, additional classrooms and specialist IT rooms.
The school is an 11-18 grammar school. Entry at age 11 is via the Kent 11 plus selection procedure comprising nationally standardised Verbal, Non-Verbal and Mathematics tests. The procedure allows admission of the top 25% of the ability range. An optional additional opportunity to assess eligibility for admission is available through the Mayfield testing procedure.
We are an outward looking school determined to provide the highest quality education by capitalising on opportunities available to the school. We work as a team where the contributions of all the staff are equally valued. We place major importance on providing new staff with an effective induction into the school and all staff are constantly seeking to improve their professional practice through external and internal training. Governors, parents and the community are extremely supportive of the work of the school.
The Senior Team consists of the Headteacher, a Deputy Headteacher, Senior Assistant Headteacher and six Assistant Headteachers. Curriculum Leaders lead their subject teams to ensure a high-quality teaching and learning experience for all our pupils. Pastoral care is led by an experienced team of Learning Leaders who work with Form Tutors and are supported by Pastoral Support Managers, Key Stage Co-ordinators (AHTs) and the Senior Assistant Headteacher. A House System was introduced in September 2014. Merit points are given to students during the year and the Aster Trophy is awarded to the House with the most points overall at the end of the academic year.
The curriculum follows the National Curriculum guidelines and students have the opportunity to gain ten GCSEs at the end of Year 11.
There are circa 1430 students on roll, 380 of whom are in the Sixth Form.
The school PAN is 210 for year 7 entry.
Extra-curricular activities include a full sporting programme, choirs, orchestras and other club activities. A large number of students participate in the Mayfield Challenge (Lower School) and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (Upper School and Sixth Form). There are Conferences, the Graduation Ball and many other opportunities for students to participate in events outside their classroom studies. The school enjoys strong links with the local business community and runs a full Careers (CEIAG) programme. The school runs an extensive programme of trips and visits both locally, nationally and internationally for all year groups.
Mayfield Grammar School is a happy community where we foster excellent relationships between staff and students.
This is a non-smoking school.
Anyone interested in the school is welcome to visit our website at www.mgsg.co.uk
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