Drama teacher

Teaching Personnel are currently working with a mixed secondary comprehensive school in order to recruit an experienced Drama Teacher to take on a long-term contract for an immediate start. About the school: A 4-18 mixed, community, comprehensive school with a long history of providing a high quality education to the communities of Enfield. Although we are a large organisation, with nearly 1800 students and around 250 staff making up our school community, our dual-campus structure means that the young people in our care have the experience of being in a caring and supportive environment that much smaller schools can offer. Start date: Immediately Teaching responsibilites: Teaching Acting Techniques: Instructing students on various acting techniques such as improvisation, character development, voice projection, and stage movement. Directing Productions: Overseeing the production process for school plays, musicals, and other performances. This involves selecting scripts, auditioning actors, and coordinating rehearsals. Script Analysis: Helping students understand and interpret scripts, including dissecting character motivations, themes, and historical contexts. Stagecraft: Teaching students about stage design, lighting, sound, and other technical aspects of theater production. Performance Coaching: Providing guidance and feedback to students during rehearsals and performances to help them improve their acting skills and stage presence. Organizing Workshops and Masterclasses: Arranging opportunities for students to learn from professional actors, directors, and other theater professionals through workshops and masterclasses. The successful candidate will: Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) Have extensive experience teaching Drama up to GCSE level (Ideally A Level) Be passionate about working with children Have excellent behaviour management skills Be able to manage and oversee the progress of up to thirty students per class on a daily basis Hold or be prepared to undergo an Enhanced DBS check (Child Workforce only) Working with Teaching Personnel, you will benefit from: Competitive daily pay rates paid every Friday (PAYE and no umbrella company used) A dedicated, experienced specialist Consultant Access to our Online Portal to easily manage your calendar, view payslips and update your personal details Access to our exclusive CPD Academy with hundreds of training courses (many free!) After registering with us, in case of relocation you can work with our branches across the country Have access to our intervention programmes, giving you opportunities to develop pupils on a 1:1 and small group basis GBP50 Refer a Friend bonus scheme Pension Scheme If this position is not quite what you are looking for, then please still get in touch to register so we can provide you with other opportunities to support your career in education. All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ rsquo;s on the Teaching Personnel website for details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance lsquo;Keeping Children Safe in Education rsquo; this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website