Activities
Teacher (for
April 2003 or sooner if possible)
Job Description
Please read in conjunction with Notes for Job Applicants for further general information on St Clare's.
Background to the post
St. Clare's is committed to promoting personal development, education and recreation through student participation in a wide range of activities outside the academic curriculum. For students on the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, participation in activities is a formal curriculum requirement (CAS - Creativity, Action and Service), necessary for the award of the IB Diploma.
A central Activities Office co-ordinates and runs an extensive programme of activities for all St. Clare's students. The student body is unusually diverse for a College of our size, and changes during the course of the year.
There are four main groups of students:
- Students aged 16
- 20 preparing for university entrance, either directly or indirectly,
on IB Diploma, pre-IB, and university foundation courses, or studying
English language as a prelude to full-time academic study in English.
About 250 students; academic year only - University level
students on Liberal Arts programme - mainly from US universities. Age
20-22.
About 45 students, academic year only - English language
- adults
No upper age limit, though most are 18-23.
These courses are offered throughout the year, for anything from 2 weeks to one year. Students include a certain number of mature professional people (solicitors, doctors, business people) as well as those who are more immediately recognisable as "students".
About 80 students during the academic year, increasing during the summer, - Short course students
aged 10 - 18/19
Attending summer courses on the International College site (16+), or at Rye St. Antony School (10 - 16). Also includes visiting school groups during the academic year, and closed group courses elsewhere (e.g. in Cambridge this summer). Our IB Institute runs courses at Easter and during the summer and we also offer IB workshops for teachers.
Activities include social, cultural, aesthetic, sporting and other activities ranging from theatre visits to overseas multi-activity trips; in-house fashion shows to discos; trips to Brighton to pottery classes; conservation work to community service.
The post arises through the resignation of one of our 'Activities Teachers', who had particular talents in the area of female sports, though she also contributed to the programme of social events and organised a number of overseas trips.
We wish to continue
with the development of the Activities Dept. and expect the successful
candidate to play a full role.
The aims are:
- to expand the range of activities offered
- to attune the activities more precisely to the very different interests
and needs of the diverse student body
- to encourage greater participation in activities by students
- to develop further the participation of teaching and other staff in
activities with students
- to encourage students to make full and good use of their free time,
in activities other than those based in pubs and clubs.
- to promote participation of students in activities, events, etc. in
Oxford.
The dedicated activities team consists currently of four full-time and two part-time people. There is also a large team of visiting activities teachers, including sports coaches, yoga, photography and pottery teachers. Music teaching is provided by visiting teachers, arranged by the Music Co-ordinator. All established teachers are also expected to contribute to activities with students, sometimes in activities adjunct to the academic programme, which do not come under the oversight of the Activities Office.
Activities are currently arranged on- and off-site. Facilities include art, music and drama rooms, photography dark room, and a general purpose hall. As our on-site facilities for sports etc. are very limited (a consequence of being located in the leafy suburb of North Oxford), we make extensive use of hired and public fields and facilities. Horse riding (four horses) takes place at leased facilities outside Oxford. Two minibuses and a car are available for general College use.
Weekend and holiday trips are regularly arranged by the Activities Office to places such as Paris, Amsterdam, Scotland, Peru, Egypt, France (for skiing) and Kenya (safari/beach holiday).
The Activities Office is centrally located on the International College campus, and a presence is maintained at the Bardwell Road centre. Separate teams are based at other summer course centre.
During the summer courses and other vacation courses, activities play a particularly prominent role with an expanded team of temporary activities organisers usually directed by one of the regular activities team.
Activities Teacher
Reporting relationships:
- To the Director of Activities
Duties include:
- to lead a variety of sports - as many as possible!
- to lead cultural, social and other trips, including overnight trips and more extended trips during holidays
- involvement in offering a range of activities to students e.g. community service, outdoor education, creative activities etc. in addition to the sporting role
- to assist in the administration of the Activities Office, including being available for advice for students at specified times.
- to direct activities on vacation courses up to 3 weeks each year.
The post is open to applicants from a variety of backgrounds. It would certainly suit a teacher, but it is not essential to be a teacher.
It is essential that the person appointed can drive College vehicles. He/she must therefore be over 21, and have held a clean driving license for at least three years.
Terms and Conditions
Appointment will be dependent upon satisfactory clearance of the necessary Criminal Records Bureau enhanced checks for working with young people.
Hours of work are flexible, and will involve working in the evenings, at weekends, and on bank holidays as required. On average, working hours will be in the region of 40-45 hours per week.
Your annual leave entitlement will be 45 working days, plus statutory public holidays and the general extension of statutory holidays at Christmas (from 24 December to 1 January inclusive) granted to all members of the administrative staff. Some bank holidays are to be worked, with time off in lieu.
The salary for teachers
will be according to the national teachers' scale.
For non-teachers, starting salary would be negotiable in the range of
£13,000 - £16,000.
National Teachers' pensions scheme or College's group personal pension scheme. Life cover available either as part of the TPA or for other staff through a separate scheme.
Free meals are available in the College dining room, during working periods, and when a full meal service to staff and students is being offered. (i.e. not for certain small courses)
There is the possibility of residential accommodation, in conjunction with a residential responsibility position as warden or house manager.
The appointment will be from April 2002 (or sooner if convenient).
Applications
Please apply by short
letter and enclosing a full curriculum vitae to include names, addresses
and telephone numbers of 2 referees.
Applications to:
Tom Walsh
Assistant Principal
St Clare's, Oxford
139 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7AL
Fax: 01865 310002
Email: recruitment@stclares.ac.uk
Further information
about St. Clare's may be found on our website:
http://www.stclares.ac.uk
Closing
date for applications: Tuesday, 10 December, 2002
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