About The Role
Are you a passionate teacher in the Arts? Well this could be the position for you
Please note this position is fixed term until 06 December 2025.
EKC Group are going to be working in collaboration with BRIT Kids and have an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to undertake teaching within a specific section as part of the BRIT Kids Saturday morning classes programme at our Canterbury College.
BRIT Kids are fee paying performing, creative and media arts classes that run on Saturdays. BRIT kids is part of The BRIT School, a unique free school for the Performing and Creative arts.
We are looking for a Film teacher delivering 2 workshops of an hour each.
At BRIT Kids we ask teachers to be creative, contemporary and self-directed.
We want teaching at BRIT Kids to be the highlight of your week. We believe that allowing teachers to devise and create your own class content, means that you have ownership over what you are delivering and therefore passion and knowledge to deliver at a high level.
You are asked to devise your own projects and write your own schemes of work, with support and guidance, when needed by the Director. The emphasis on contemporary, unique and challenging is important to us. You are encouraged to take risks and step out of your comfort zone.
The joy of teaching at BRIT Kids is that although we have high expectations, level descriptors and ask for schemes of work overviews, you are not confined by a curriculum.
You will be expected to write Schemes of Work overviews and run to the BRIT Kids ethos which celebrates creativity through challenging, bespoke and contemporary teaching.
About You
As a BRIT Kids teacher, here are your main responsibilities:
* To plan, prepare and deliver all classes yourself
* To monitor attendance and punctuality, keeping accurate and up to date registers.
* To prepare students for performances or exhibitions and open days.
* To attend team meetings as required.
* To attend to the health and safety and safeguarding of all children.
* To follow the BRIT Kids discipline procedure, keeping the Director informed of students with behavioural problems.
* To cater for AEN students
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Please contact the Resourcing Team at if you have any queries about this position.
About Us
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the
Positive About Disability Award
and are a
Disability Confident Employer
. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment to
Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)
and to current or previous
Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge)
with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.