Principal Teacher - Craft Design and Technology

Fife Council

  • Fife
  • £57,429 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Job Category: Principal/Deputy/Head TeacherJob Description:Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 6 October 2025Closing Date: Sunday 28 September 2025Contract Type: PermanentSalary: £57,429.00Working Pattern: 35 Hours per weekLocation: Glenwood High SchoolPurpose and Values of Education & Children's Services DirectorateThe Education & Children's Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.Supporting StatementAs part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site atPlease consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
  • Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles?
(Consider the following: how you have promoted health and wellbeing for all; how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you have motivated and included all learners; how you have demonstrated your values and moral purpose?)
  • Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge and understanding of learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum through an enquiring stance.
(Consider the following: how have you increased your knowledge of research and used this to enhance, and apply, individually and collaboratively to inform your professional practice; how is your professional commitment evident in your engagement with professional learning that has enhanced your practice; how have you used innovation and creativity including the use of digital technologies to motivate and engage learners?)
  • Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners needs?
(Consider the following: how you have used assessment evidence as an integral part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning, which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for learners?)
  • Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners
(Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners?)Job DetailsWe are looking for a highly skilled Principal Teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all to ensure positives outcomes for children and young people with a particular focus on behaviour.As a Teacher in Fife, you will work with school-based staff, the school leadership team and a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that pupils are fully included in their school community. As a Principal Teacher, you will:
  • Provide short term focused support.
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues.
  • Consult with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Support staff development.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.The PersonYou are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.For posts within Primary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Primary.For posts within Secondary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Secondary for the specific subject.You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.Full registration is required for all Permanent posts, for temporary class teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold Primary or Secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife CouncilFurther Information
  • Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria
  • How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our
behaviour framework for more information. * Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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