Teacher - Design Technology

Mesaieed International School

We are seeking a passionate and forward-thinking Teacher of Design Technology to join Mesaieed International School. This is an exciting moment to join us as we strengthen our curriculum to ensure students are equipped not only to make, but to think, innovate, and solve meaningful real-world problems. As a skilled practitioner, you will deliver a curriculum where creative making and critical design thinking go hand in hand. Practical outcomes will be built on rigorous, iterative design processes, enabling students to develop curiosity, resilience, creativity, and strong analytical skills aligned with industry expectations. You will play a key role in modernising our offer across Key Stages 3 5. At KS3, you will lead the development of a coherent curriculum that ensures genuine progression in knowledge, skills, and understanding rather than repeated tasks. You will demonstrate how Design Technology shapes society and enhances lives, while nurturing imagination, exploration, and human-centred innovation as the foundation for success at KS4 and KS5.

Your teaching will maximise learning every lesson through adaptive planning, clear sequencing, and evidence-informed pedagogy. You will help shift our focus from simply finishing the product to deep learning within making, embedding technical knowledge, sustainability principles, digital design tools, and industry-relevant contexts. Collaboration will be central to your role. You will contribute to a faculty culture grounded in continuous improvement, strong subject expertise, and coaching-led professional development. You will seek opportunities to connect learning with authentic design challenges, industry partners, and our wider community to show students that their ideas and solutions really matter. Beyond the workshop, you will enrich school life through clubs, competitions, enterprise initiatives, and opportunities that extend learning beyond the classroom. You will foster a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment where students feel confident to express ideas, take risks, and grow as emerging designers, engineers, and creative problem-solvers.

This is an exciting time to join Mesaieed International School, as we continue to develop a high-performing and collaborative culture rooted in academic excellence and equity. The successful candidate will be determined to make a real difference and embrace the opportunity to teach in a forward-thinking school with exceptional young people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Outstanding Classroom Practice: Deliver high-quality and engaging Design Technology lessons across KS3 KS5 that champion creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and strong academic and practical outcomes for all learners
• Adaptive Teaching: Use evidence-informed strategies to scaffold learning within making, ensuring every student, including those with SEND or additional learning needs, can access, enjoy, and excel in iterative design and practical application
• Assessment and Progress Tracking: Use formative and summative assessment intelligently to monitor technical skill, design thinking, and conceptual understanding, addressing misconceptions and tailoring support to secure sustained improvement
• Curriculum Development: Contribute to the modernisation of the Design Technology curriculum, ensuring strong sequencing, progression, and alignment with MIS s Framework for Excellence moving beyond repetitive tasks to purposeful, real-world design contexts
• Co-Curricular Enrichment: Lead and support opportunities that extend DT beyond the workshop, such as design challenges, F1 in Schools, enterprise projects, sustainable innovation, competitions, and partnerships with industry and the local community
• Collaboration and Professional Development: Engage proactively with colleagues in coaching, CPD, and shared planning to strengthen pedagogical practice, deepen subject expertise, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Student Wellbeing and Relationships: Build strong, positive relationships with students, nurturing confidence, resilience, and curiosity, supporting them to take creative risks while maintaining high expectations for conduct and workshop safety
• Family Engagement: Communicate proactively with families to celebrate achievement, promote safe and supportive participation in practical learning, and ensure every student is empowered to reach their full potential
• Safeguarding, Inclusion & Workshop Safety: Uphold the highest standards of safeguarding, equity, and health and safety in practical environments, actively identifying barriers to learning and ensuring appropriate support and protective measures are in place

Essential:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
• Successful experience teaching Design Technology across KS3 KS5
• Demonstrable success in securing strong academic and practical outcomes, fostering creativity, problem-solving, and a genuine interest in design and innovation
• Strong understanding of inclusive, adaptive, and evidence-informed practice
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with students, colleagues, and families
• Secure subject knowledge, including design processes, materials, technical accuracy, and the capacity to use assessment to drive sustained progress
• A real commitment to professional growth, reimagining DT, and collaborative improvement through coaching and curriculum development
• Alignment with MIS s values and drive to contribute actively to school life

Desirable:

• Experience in delivering Food & Nutrition, CAD/CAM, or another complementary DT discipline
• Active member of a Design Technology professional community (e.g., D&T Association) or willingness to engage with subject networks and industry partnerships
• Experience teaching in an international or multicultural school environment
• Experience supporting learners with diverse needs in practical and design-based contexts
• A willingness to lead or develop design challenges, enterprise initiatives, industrial links, or enrichment experiences that extend learning beyond the classroom