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Teacher of Art

Teacher of Art

West Island School - ESF

Hong Kong

Salary:
Basic salary including Cash Allowance ranges from GBP 60,700 to GBP 98,800 p.a.
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August 2020
Apply by:
20 October 2019

Job overview

West Island School      Website: http://www.wis.edu.hk

We are seeking a teacher of art to be proactively involved in the development of our students as emerging young artists. Knowledge and skillful use of visual arts mediums and creative digital media/technology is also essential within our teaching and learning environment. The successful candidate should have proven abilities regarding personal organisation and a range of creative processes that embrace contemporary art practice.


Our team of three visual arts teachers work within the larger Creative Arts Faculty. Together, you will collaborate to nurture and celebrate visual arts, creative thinking and open mindedness. As part of a dynamic team whose mission is to help every learner achieve their personal best, you will develop curriculum and teach using the MYP framework for students aged 11-14. During Year 10, students choose a range of iGCSEs they wish to complete and you will also be teaching iGCSE Art. For those students who wish to specialise further, there are options to pursue IB Higher or Standard or Btec Arts.


Your passion and subject knowledge is more important than having direct experience of teaching MYP or IBDP programmes. Applications are welcome from those with experience of equivalent post 16 programmes such as A level or Senior Secondary Curriculum.


Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Education, or Bachelor Degree in the subject with PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education), or equivalent

• Experience of teaching the subject across the full age and ability range up to and including Year 13 (IB Higher or equivalent)

• Previous full-time teaching experience

• Commitment to inclusion

• Evidence of leading or contributing to an extra-curricular programme of events

• Pro-active, adaptable and passionate team player able to share responsibility for the development of curriculum and pedagogy


Teaching in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a premier destination for expatriate and local teachers! ESF Teachers enjoy an extremely lucrative salary package and a very high standard of living overall, in an exciting and vibrant world city. The teaching profession is highly respected, student motivation and outcomes are excellent, and all teachers receive considerable support from ESF with settling into Hong Kong, as well as with their professional development. Please feel free to contact us in advance about life in Hong Kong if you feel a conversation on this topic would be helpful.

The position will be a full-time renewable contract for an initial two year period from August 2020.  See ESF Terms and Condition  for further details of  the package.

Closing Date: 20 Oct 2019

For enquiries, please contact Andree Bemet at +852 +852 2819 1962 or andree.bemet@wis.edu.hk.

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Applications must be submitted online through https://recruit.esf.edu.hk

Step 1: Go to the Registration tab and register. You will then receive an email with an activation link.

Step 2: When your account has been activated, login to the system and click "Job Listing"

Step 3: Check the box next to the job(s) that you wish to apply for and click "Apply & Continue".

ESF is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with the ESF's Personal Data Policy, a copy of which will be provided upon request.

Aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection.

About West Island School - ESF

Strength from Diversity: A Better School, A Better World

Welcome from Hong Kong and from an outstanding International school comprising over 50 nationalities in the heart of Asia.

We are a happy, dynamic and hugely successful school established in the best traditions of the English Schools Foundation. The ESF exists to provide excellence in learning for Hong Kong based students of all abilities, nationalities, cultures and beliefs who would like to be educated through the medium of English.

Our school is housed in an exciting and innovative environment from which we can see the University, Hong Kong’s largest teaching hospital, the new cyber port and the busy shipping lanes which demonstrate Hong Kong’s key position on the global superhighway.

We have an outstanding record of high academic attainment through a careful crafting of curriculum to meet our students’ needs. We believe in using best practice from around the world, recruiting excellent practitioners from a variety of countries and using their knowledge and expertise. Our curriculum is taken loosely from the National Curriculum of the United Kingdom in our lower years, IGCSEs form our middle years academic programme and we offer three ESF diplomas to our upper school students with the option to pursue the International Baccalaureate or the Advanced or Intermediate Diplomas especially created for our student cohort.

Throughout the school we practice the belief that learning takes place within and without classroom walls. We believe in experiential learning, the value of creativity, action and service which are core to student experience throughout the school and the power of student leadership, choice and decision making through the empowerment of our “student voice”.

West Island School’s distinction lies in the pursuit of high achievement and attainment in learning through support, encouragement, praise and motivation. We believe that excellence in academic and co curricular learning experiences are of equal importance to provide a basis for a dynamic and enriching life. Central to our philosophy is that our school and those within it can influence the world of today and tomorrow. The quality of the relationships between staff and students and within the student body is excellent and draws upon a wide diversity of nationalities, cultures and beliefs which we believe enriches and strengthens our school. Above all else West Island school is a happy school where people are valued and where all individuals who are part of our community can fulfil their potential as learners: whether student, parent, teacher or para professional.

These claims were validated by the Hong Kong Education Department which after inspection categorized our school as an “Outstanding School”. We are the only international school in Hong Kong to have received this prestigious award.

The English Schools Foundation (ESF) was established in 1967 and is the largest education foundation in Asia offering a liberal education through the medium of the English language to children of school age. ESF now operates five secondary schools, nine primary schools, two “all-through” Private Independent Schools, five kindergartens and a school for students with special needs. Our 18,000 students are drawn from over 75 nationalities. Increasingly, our schools are also the destination of choice for local families.

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