What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about language learning and cultural exchange? Do you have a flair for teaching and a dedication to inspiring students to explore the world through language? If so, we're thrilled to invite you to join our team as a Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages! As a specialist in MFL, you'll have the unique opportunity to open doors to new horizons for your students, equipping them with valuable communication skills and fostering a deep appreciation for diverse cultures. Your expertise, enthusiasm, and cultural insight will create an engaging and enriching learning environment where students can thrive.
Key Responsibilities Include:
• Planning and delivering dynamic MFL lessons that immerse students in the language and culture of target countries, catering to their individual learning styles and interests to ensure meaningful language acquisition.
• Creating an inclusive and multicultural classroom environment that celebrates diversity and promotes intercultural understanding, empowering students to become global citizens.
• Assessing student progress and proficiency in the target language regularly, using a variety of assessment methods to provide targeted feedback and support their language development.
• Collaborating with colleagues and language departments to integrate language learning across the curriculum, reinforcing language skills through cross-curricular activities and projects.
• Reflecting on your teaching practice and continuously seeking opportunities for professional growth and development in the field of language education, staying informed about current methodologies and trends.
• Engaging with parents and the wider community to promote language learning and cultural exchange, organising language-related events and activities to showcase students' achievements
What the school offers its staff
We’re Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT) - a multi-academy trust with eight primary schools, five secondary schools, one sixth form and one Central Team under our umbrella.We’re dotted across Rotherham, South Yorkshire with one school based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.At WPT, students are at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to send all children into an ever-changing world, able and qualified to play their full part in it. To give them the best educational experience possible, we recognise the importance of investing in and supporting our colleagues.
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.