Brighton College Teacher of Dance & Drama

Brighton College (Singapore) - Teacher of Dance & Drama About the School
-Brighton College (Singapore)

Brighton College (Singapore) is an exciting place to work, and it is our staff who make our community a vibrant and stimulating environment.

The academic success of the Brighton College Family of Schools is due to excellent, innovative and well-planned teaching. Above all, therefore, we are looking for individuals who foster a passion for learning and who demonstrate an ability and genuine desire to develop pupils and staff to their fullest potential.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Teacher of Dance & Drama to join our fantastic team.

Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 21 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 100,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, "Thrive in a rapidly evolving world".

At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. And each and every one of our schools is unique too.

We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger. We open their classrooms to the collective wisdom of over 100 schools in 21 countries, ensuring every child gets an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

It’s an individual approach that empowers every school, teacher and student to focus on what they do best and thrive.

Brighton College (Singapore) is seeking an inspiring, creative, and dedicated Teacher of Dance & Drama to join our vibrant and expanding school community. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and elevate the performing arts experience as Brighton College (Singapore) evolves from a first‑class Prep School into one of the region’s leading all‑through schools, offering education from Pre‑Nursery to Year 13.

• To teach according to the timetable for the current year, ensuring that lessons are planned, ordered
  and effective.
• To be aware of the need to differentiate work and challenges according to the ability of the pupils, whilst maintaining high expectations of all and taking full account of any linguistic or other special needs.
• To work as part of a team, in harmony with and for the furtherance of the College’s ethos and declared educational aims and priorities.
• To be supportive of the department’s aims, agreed teaching styles, methods of assessment and other policies.
• To set written assignments or other creative pieces of work that involve a finished product (prep) regularly and mark them promptly and in accordance with College and Departmental policies, ensuring that formative comments are always helpful and make helpful suggestions for further appropriate improvement in learning.
• To provide parents with written reports on their children’s work and progress according to current College policy and to attend parent meetings.
• To be responsible for the supervision, control and proper use of teaching rooms, materials and resources.
• To attend InSET, Staff meetings, Key Stage briefings and other meetings that may be called from time to time, as required by the College's Academic Leadership.
• To report in a timely manner any concerns regarding Child Protection or bullying to the appropriate colleague. Be responsible for the pastoral care of the children in the class and ensuring good personal relationships are fostered between the children themselves and with the teacher.
• To actively contribute to the Dance and Drama CCA programme, and at times the Music and Art CCA programme
• Meet with parents as required and foster good professional relationships and communication with parents, this includes but not limited to attending parents' evenings, school functions, Parent Association events.
• Contribute to the Department’s devising…