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Work with us: Singing Support Teacher

Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership is looking to expand its Singing Support Team with teachers able to work in North West Derbyshire.

DDMP logoThe Singing Support Team teach a wide range of whole-class singing projects to children in KS1, 2 and 3. These range from weekly sessions with a class to cluster projects involving multiple schools and high-profile performances in prestigious venues..

The successful candidates should be able to inspire children to sing, have a sound knowledge of strategies to teach songs with multiple parts to whole classes of pupils, and have high expectations for pupil outcomes.

The successful candidates should have QTS and be able to demonstrate:

  • behaviour management skills
  • a thorough understanding of the process of lesson planning
  • how your teaching supports the National Curriculum, providing valuable continued professional development for class teachers

About this role

  • Working arrangements
    This is a part-time role with work offered on a project by project basis. There would be an initial training period alongside an experienced member of the Singing Support Team, and as with all members of the team, your work would be supported by a mentoring process.
  • Location: South East Derbyshire
    This covers an area encompassing Glossop, New Mills, Buxton, Bakewell and surrounding areas.
  • References
    References will be taken if successful at interview.
  • Interview
    The interview process consists of two parts. You will be asked to teach a 20-minute KS2 lesson and show planning for a KS1 lesson, followed by an interview. This will all take place at a school on a date and time TBC.
  • Enhanced DBS checks
    All successful applicants will be subject to Enhanced DBS checks. A DBS check is a record of a person’s criminal convictions and cautions, carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service. An Enhanced DBS check covers spent and unspent convictions, reprimands, cautions, and final warnings and any other relevant information held by police, plus a check of DBS barred lists. Any information shown will be used to ascertain a candidate’s suitability for role.

Further details

For more information about the kinds of projects a Singing Support Teacher leads take a look at our Singing Projects for Primary and Secondary pages

Job description


How to apply

After reading the job description, please follow the link below to complete an online application. A member of the Music Partnership team will then be in touch if we wish to take your application further.

We regret that we might not be able to reply to all applicants who don't meet our requirements.

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