Food Technology Instructor (The Raise Academy)
Location: Halton, UK
Education Phase: Secondary
Job Role: Teacher
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 22nd April 2025
About us
The Raise Academy is a new school which opened in September 2024, supporting children aged 11-16. The Raise Academy pupils are given the opportunity to be engaged in a wide range of vocational and practical subjects that will give them new opportunities to progress personally, socially, and academically. The curriculum is underpinned by high quality and supportive Maths, English, and Science, and all lessons are taught in small classes of up to 8 pupils, with teachers, learning mentors, and pastoral/teaching assistants.
All members of staff have a commitment and passion to deliver the best possible educational experiences, encouraging all students to dream big and empowering them to lead successful and fulfilling lives, in a safe and protected, well-supported atmosphere. Our aim is to reignite that love for learning that may have been lost at some point, through inspirational teaching and provision of opportunity.
The Raise Academy provides the opportunity for you as educators and those supporting education to make a real difference in an environment that supports your professional development.
I hope you will want to join our team to help shape our school and create an aspirational environment for our pupils. Please get in touch if you have any questions and I look forward to hearing from you.
Key Responsibilities
1. Support the vision and direction of the Academy
2. Provide an engaging specialist curriculum within the Academy
3. Deliver and maintain effective learning and teaching throughout the school
4. Deploy resources efficiently and effectively to meet specific objectives in line with your specialist area strategic plans
5. Ensure effective pastoral care and behaviour support throughout the school
Teaching and Learning
As a specialist Learning Instructor you will help secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the Academy, monitor and evaluate the progress made in your specialist area and present students’ achievement, effectively using benchmarks to track set targets for improvements. He/she will:
1. Deliver high quality teaching of your specialist area within the school and other subjects throughout the school as and when required
2. Support and maintain an environment and a code of behaviour and discipline which promotes and secures good teaching, effective learning and high standards of achievement
3. Help organise the curriculum and its assessment; work with the SLT to monitor and evaluate it in order to identify areas for improvement
4. Ensure that the curriculum and assessments meet National Curriculum requirements
5. Ensure that improvements in literacy and numeracy are priority targets for all students across the school
6. Conduct outreach support for students unable to attend school due to their mental health needs
7. Deliver and support the PSHRE programmes across the school
Partnership Working
1. Seek opportunities to invite parents and carers into the Academy to enrich student experience and to promote The Academy’s value to the wider community
2. Collaborate with staff to actively promote the British values, academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional, and cultural well-being of students and their families
Health and Safety / Child Protection
1. Help ensure that health and safety standards meet statutory requirements, monitoring health and safety matters within the school
2. Help ensure that Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures are rigorously complied with
3. Promote the safety and well-being of students and staff
4. Ensure good order and discipline of students and staff
5. Engage with CPD opportunities in order to effectively fulfil your role
Benefits
1. Very small class sizes
2. Fantastic classroom support
3. Shorter teaching day
4. LGPS or Teachers Pension Scheme
5. Access to training and CPD including further professional qualifications
6. Specialist training where required
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Flexible and supportive approach to work
9. Free lunch at school - we eat with the children and take our break later
10. Free parking (including charging stations on most sites)
11. Nursery benefits
12. Education Mutual – private health support
13. Perkbox - vouchers, discounts and wellbeing
Desired Criteria
1. Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
2. Demonstration of high expectations
3. Success in educational settings
4. Work with disconnected students
5. Able to adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students
6. Understanding the commitment to the school’s wider focus on student attainment
7. Evidence of coaching and/or mentoring
8. Able to effectively resolve personnel issues
9. Training and understanding of child protection
10. Training and experience of working with students with a variety of mental health needs
11. Experience of supporting staff
12. Knowledge and experience of current good practice and development in special education provision
13. Knowledge of successful practice in teaching hard to reach students
14. Knowledge of how to promote independence for young people with complex needs
Candidate Expectations
The successful candidate would be expected to maintain a well-organised, creative, safe and friendly environment for living and learning and hence enhance the ethos of the school. Candidates are asked to address as many of the person specifications as possible in their application.
1. Evidence of further professional development
2. Proven ability to set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge
3. Promote good progress and outcomes
4. Demonstrate subject and curriculum knowledge
5. Plan and teach well-structured lessons
6. Make accurate and productive use of assessment
7. Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
8. Communicate and work effectively
9. Ability to motivate and inspire
Additional Skills
1. Generate enthusiasm for new ideas
2. Inspire others with confidence
3. Communicate effectively to groups and individuals, orally and in writing
4. Resolve conflict through active listening and negotiation
5. Demonstrate a flexible approach and a willingness to listen to others
6. Good organisational skills
7. Provide advice and guidance to parents and carers in a positive and clear manner
8. Remain calm when working under pressure
9. Ability to show patience and empathy
10. Evidence of successful experience in managing change
11. Ability to analyse situations, prioritise and help to implement realistic solutions
12. Ability to establish and develop good relationships with all involved in the school
13. Commitment to the school’s wider community
14. Ability to inspire all in a love of learning for your subject
15. Demonstrate a good level and understanding of ICT
16. Knowledge of how to deal with safeguarding issues in school
17. Behaviour management techniques for groups and individuals
18. Know how to develop effective rapport with students
19. Expectation of high achievement of all students
20. Evidence and understanding and commitment to equality of opportunity
21. Commitment to parental partnership in education and developing links between school, home and the community
22. Excellent interpersonal skills
23. Commitment to one’s own continuing professional development
24. Ability to work as part of a team
25. Ability to make and take decisions and set priorities
26. Able to gain and maintain the confidence and respect of colleagues, students, parents and multi professionals
27. Have energy and perseverance
28. Be confident and enthusiastic
29. Be reliable and have integrity
30. Positive recommendation from present employer
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