Teacher of Innovation

The Role

Teacher of Innovation 

We are seeking a candidate with interests in Design with Technology in education to join our team as a Teacher within our Innovation School.

The successful candidate will assist in the delivery and development of studio projects across the junior and senior school. Working with David Sassarini, Director of Educational Technology and Innovation, and our Innovation team to bring our pupils learning experiences that promote creativity and agency. The successful candidate will facilitate problem-based learning challenges and teach pupils the skills and processes required to overcome set creative challenges. Our curriculum is based upon the Design Councils double diamond approach to design thinking and our pupils engage in four design challenges annually. The teacher of innovation will be responsible for leading studios where they inspire and support pupils to brainstorm and design, creative solutions to real world problems. The successful candidate will also work alongside other teachers, coaches and experts from various fields in a dynamic studio setting to help pupils reach their goals.

Our ideal candidate will:

• be passionate about education and excited about expanding their own knowledge and creativity
• have a wide range of interests beyond their primary discipline
• love the creative energy accessed through their own design education
• feel passionately about harnessing and sharing this with young people, inspiring curiosity
• be inspired to help students navigate the creative process in a dynamic studio environment.

Interviews will take place on Monday 16 December 2024. 

All appointments at Kelvinside Academy are subject to satisfactory clearance through the Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and candidates must hold GTCS registration or be eligible for this.

About Kelvinside Academy

Kelvinside Academy is an independent, HMC, co-educational day school with 640 pupils aged from 3 to 18. It may have first opened its doors in 1878 and be housed in a Grade A listed building in Glasgow’s West End, but there’s much more going on inside the walls than meets the eye.  

It is a forward-thinking independent school with a focus on progressive pupil-centric learning at every stage and pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional academic assessment.  It combines high standards of teaching and a superb extra-curricular programme within an inclusive and caring ethos to encourage the individual talents and ambitions of every young person. 

Results in examinations are well above the national average. Pupils are encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities for personal development through sport, music, drama, outdoor pursuits and clubs and societies.   

The first of its kind in the UK, Kelvinside’s state of the art Innovation School facility has enabled design thinking and an architectural design studio model to be incorporated into the school’s curriculum from J1 to S6.

Junior school classrooms are inspired by the collaborative, pupil-oriented Scandinavian school model featuring bleacher seating, mobile teaching stations and whiteboard desks. All Junior School pupils enjoy weekly Forest School sessions and Innovation School classes.

Outdoor education plays a primary role in learning with our Wilderness Campus in the Cairngorms National Park, School Yacht ‘Level Best’, external roof garden classroom and Forest School partnership with the University of Glasgow.

Our Greek motto translates as ‘Ever to be the Best’. In recent years, this has been given a more modern interpretation and the ethos of the school is to challenge each individual pupil to ‘Be The Best You Can Be’ in all aspects of life.