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We’re looking for inspirational geography teachers who are available for up to 120 days between 1st September 2024 and 31st March 2025, to help us create an outstanding KS4 geography curriculum. This will involve creating high-quality geography lesson resources, and accompanying videos, for common Key Stage 4 topics. 

Responsibilities:

Design and creation of lesson resources, comprising slide decks, worksheets, quizzes and associated lesson information, which meet Oak’s quality guidance requirements and showcase best practices in subject and pedagogical expertise across secondary geography lessons as allocated by Oak;

Produce video recordings delivering the lesson to provide a model for teachers and to support remote learning as part of an asynchronous lesson, which meet Oak’s quality guidance requirements and showcase best practice in subject and pedagogical expertise;

Knowledge, skills and experience:

3+ years direct experience of teaching in a school/schools following the English National Curriculum for geography in Key Stages 4;

An excellent practitioner with experience of creating and delivering lesson content that demonstrates pedagogical best practice and excellent subject knowledge;

Have a high standard of maths and English, including punctuation and grammar, in written and verbal communication;

Competent working with and adapting to a variety of technologies.

Successful candidates will be required to provide their own equipment, including:

Laptop with at least 8GB RAM processing speed;

Reliable internet speed and connection with minimum download rate of 20 Mbps and minimum upload rate of 5 Mbps;

Webcam: In-built or standalone camera, capable of recording videos of at least 1080p HD quality and with minimum frame rate of 60fps. The camera consistently records clear, synchronised, unpixelated visuals;

Microphone: Standalone or clip-on microphone. The microphone has a minimum bit depth of 16-bit, is able to support a sample rate of at least 44kHz and consistently records clear and synchronised audio;

A suitable space to film lesson videos (a quiet, well lit room with a plain, light, background).