What skills and experience we're looking forFull time Teacher of Technology (Food Technology Specialism)Required from January.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
Full time Teacher of Technology (Food Technology 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 Food and Nutrition to GCSE. The ideal candidate will be confident 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
Professional Development
Further details about the role
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
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.
The successful candidate will lead the Technology Team and be supported by their SLT Line Manager and Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum and Staffing). They will also have the opportunity to shape and develop the staffing structure required to continue to support all technology staff to ensure the highest standards of curriculum delivery are maintained and developed for all our students.
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 work, 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 and develop a portfolio demonstrating a range of complex skills that they then use to inform the design and manufacture of a textiles outcomes. 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 A Level.
Sixth Form
The Department offers courses in A Level Textiles Design, and A level Design & Technology.
Both these courses encourage students to better understand the visual world and provide opportunities to develop a visual language and explore design outcomes.
A Level – Textiles
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.
