Job Description

Are you a Modern Foreign Languages Teacher who is looking for a new challenge or to start their career in a supportive teaching school?

Our MFL department is seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner of Modern Foreign Languages from September 2019 onwards. This vacancy provides an excellent opportunity to work with an experienced and dynamic team in a high quality and well-resourced environment.

It would be of interest both to experienced and newly qualified teachers, who have a passion for languages, pedagogy and always strive to be remarkable. If you have an endless enthusiasm for languages, the ability to inspire and enthuse students whilst striving for excellence we would love to hear from you.

Our aim is to create remarkable language learners who can use the target language with aplomb and equip them with the skills to move onto the next stage in their language learning career.

The ideal candidates will:

• Be an excellent MFL teacher, with the skill to develop conceptual understanding across a range of ages and abilities;
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support our faculty pedagogy;
• Have the ability to engage pupils and build excellent relationships;
• Be committed to their own continuing professional development.
• A genuine commitment to making a positive contribution to the academy.

We would welcome applications from both Newly Qualified and experienced teachers alike.

Tendring Technology College (TTC) is a large successful 11-18 mixed comprehensive school, which has two campuses; Frinton Campus (14-18) and Thorpe Campus (11-14). TTC is a key member of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), a multi-Academy sponsor with over 60 primary, secondary and special academies across the UK.

AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life. Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.

Our values are:

• Be unusually brave
• Discover what's possible
• Push the limits
• Be big-hearted

We offer:

• Excellent career prospects across the network, with a culture of looking to promote from within
• Access to CPD to enable you to grow and develop in your role
• Teachers' Pension Scheme
• Something we take very seriously is staff WELLBEING. That's why we have partnered up with BHSF to provide support and employee benefits, such as a health cash plan scheme to support healthcare, discounted gym membership and a employee assistance programme
• The opportunity to use Google Suite, which allows you to do your best work, all in one suite

The date of commencement will be September 2019.

Closing date: Sunday 31 March 2019. Interviews will be carried out as soon as possible as and when suitable applications are received.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Find your remarkable, apply today, by clicking the following link:https://bit.ly/2GBbSVY

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements. Please visit our websitehttps://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/academies-enterprise-trust/work-at-aet/graduates for further details.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty

- To apply please use the following: recruitment.61CF8BFB6.0@applythis.net

Information about the School

Tendring Technology College (TTC) serves a wide catchment area in the Tendring District that is a mix of rural and coastal environment with easy access to the vibrant town of Colchester with London Liverpool Street a straightforward train journey. TTC is unique in that it is a split site College with approximately 1900 students. The Thorpe campus is dedicated to our Key Stage 3 students and nearly 5 miles away is the Frinton campus for our Key Stage 4 and 5 students. For staff and students alike the split site at TTC offers the breadth of opportunity and experience of a large school, with the intimacy and care of a small school. We pride ourselves on the support that we give to all new staff. If you want to be part of a dynamic, forward thinking, happy school then make an appointment, we would be very pleased to meet you.

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

OUR TRUST

This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the organisation, and as we pivot from being in turnaround mode to becoming a high performance organisation on the pathway to sustainable excellence. This will see us building our in-house education improvement capacity and expertise, making sure that our schools have all the support they need to deliver an excellent education for every child, every day.

Our people are our single greatest resource and we want to make sure we are creating the optimum environment and conditions so that everyone in AET can do their very best work. We will only deliver on our promise of excellence for all of our children if we attract, develop and retain the very best talent in the country and surround them with exceptional development throughout their careers.

We want people on our team who are excited by scale and the prospect of having a deep and lasting impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children. We also want people who are intellectually rigorous, stay curious, and generous enough to be committed to the messy challenge of collaboration.

AET has an exciting future ahead and by joining us on this journey, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the children and young people in our schools.