Design Technology Full Time

Tradewind
Design Technology

Main/Upper Pay Scale

Permanent/full time

Summer Term

Design Technology teacher

Tradewind are recruiting! Are you looking for you next role teaching Design Technology in Islington?

This client is a rapidly growing, mixed 11 – 18 school located in the heart of London. The school opened in September 2014 and is part of a multi academy trust. They are proud to say they are a safe haven where every child enjoys their own journey of discovery, creativity and imagination and develops a love for their learning. The students leave school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and experience they need to thrive in the world.

They are looking to appoint an inspirational and committed teacher of Design Technology to join an expanding department as Design Technology is becoming a very popular choice among students. This is an exciting opportunity allowing you to be at the heart of supporting our students to create their futures.

They are looking to appoint someone who:

has a passion for working with young people and the impact this can have on their lives.
has a range of high quality organisational skills and a commitment to continually strive to improve and develop these skills.
has imagination and can take the initiative in developing ideas.
has highly developed inter-personal skills who can develop and maintain effective working relationships with staff, students, and parents.

This role is a full time role to start in Easter and would be to teach Design Technology at Key stage 3 & 4. At Key Stage 3, the focus is on product design and pupils in Key Stage 4 start with an introduction to GCSE Design and Technology. Introduction to the wide range of materials used across Design and Technology. Students to explore a material handling collection and sort materials into categories based on material classification or working properties. Students to link material samples to pictures of a variety of products across Design and Engineering and explain and justify why they were chosen for the particular function. Their curriculum is designed to provide children with the core knowledge they need for success in education and later life and to develop their confidence, their ambition, and their sense of social responsibility. Each subject has a carefully structured method for ensuring students develop the knowledge they need to understand the world and human society and critically engage with it.

This role would be suitable for either a NQT or a more experienced teacher. Full teaching duties and responsibilities apply.

Centrally located in the Borough of Islington they have excellent Public Transport links which are extremely frequent. Parking facilities are available if necessary but onsite parking is restricted.

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We specialise in matching teachers and support staff with their dream job, and help primary, secondary and SEN schools recruit for a wide range of roles across our 12 offices in the UK.

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