Graduate Assistant (Creative Arts - Design & Technology, Art and Music) at St Andrew’s School

The Role

St Andrew's Senior School is seeking to appoint a Graduate Assistant who will assist the house parents in providing Pastoral care within the boarding house teams and act as a model in all areas to students within the boarding house.  Reporting to the House Parent in the respective boarding house, the Graduate Assistant key areas of responsibility will be:-

Boarding 

• Promote the welfare of the students and to support the School in safeguarding the students through relevant policies and procedures
• Be part of the Boarding House team, involved in decision-making on the activities initiatives, routines & pastoral arrangements

Academic

• Assist in the running of Academic clubs and maintain and update certain departmental and general school notice boards
• Liaise with the Deputy Head Pastoral and Assistant Head Pastoral in matters related to tutoring of group of pupils and cover for academic lessons.

Person Specification

Sports and Co-Curricular

• Must have experience and understanding of any of the following sports:  Hockey, Basketball, Football, Rugby, Netball, Cricket and Swimming
• Experience of working in the Sports Industry especially with children from ages 12 - 19 in a School environment
• Teaching and supporting children in a School environment
• A proven track record of excellence in playing and coaching at least two competitive sports at a high level (college/county/national/regional levels of competition, consistently training with the team for a considerable period of time)
• Preferred - A proven track record of implementing successful sports programs.

Creative Arts (Design and Technology, Art and Music)

The role of Graduate Assistant - DT (GDT) is to work alongside the existing team of Design and Technology staff, assisting them in the delivery and development of this highly successful and popular subject.  In particular, the GDT will teach some small classes directly and contribute to supporting the ambition in design, creativity and engineering of students throughout our age range (14 -18 years).  This support will occur in timetabled lessons, small group design tutorials and working with students preparing for public examinations during the timetabled school day.  We would also expect our GDT to plan an important role in the DT Department's co-curricular activities - such as our CAD Club and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Club.

Other duties will include the following:-

• To assist in the efficient running of workshops and studio spaces
• To maintain a number of displays and project example areas
• To assist the staff with the duties that arise in the day to day running of the department
• To assist the Technician with the upkeep and organization of the workshop spaces