Coordinator and Teacher of EAL
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
Switzerland
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2023
- Apply by:
- 26 December 2022
Job overview
The Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz is an international boarding school with a history stretching back over 120 years, located near St. Moritz in the heart of the scenic Engadin valley (Switzerland). 220 boarders from around the world and 110 local day students study at our school for the Swiss Matura, the iGCSE, the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) and the International Career-Related Programme (IBCP). The school philosophy is founded on respect for tradition combined with innovative thinking and emphasizes values such as respect, openness, responsibility, engagement, inquiry, critical thinking, creativity and balance.
The opportunity has arisen to appoint a colleague in the following roles:
Coordinator and Teacher of EAL
for its Department of International Studies
- Workload: 100%
- Start date: August 2023
This post requires the successful candidate to both teach and coordinate EAL in the International Department. Experience or interest in preparing students for Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language is advantageous, as is familiarity with the IB English B course.
A postgraduate qualification in a relevant area (Teaching English as a Second Language, Applied Linguistics) is required.
The EAL Coordinator:
- Supports EAL students in approaching the curriculum and developing appropriate study skills
- Works with teachers to develop and implement EAL teaching strategies (internal workshops, peer observations)
- Coordinates yearly Cambridge language examinations for students in their final pre-IB year
- Works closely with a second specialist EAL teacher to develop meaningful vertical articulation of the department’s overall EAL provision (DIS1 to DIS3)
- Fosters within the department the understanding that all teaching involves language teaching
- Requirements:
- University degree, teaching diploma; postgraduate qualification in relevant area as described
- IBDP & IGCSE Teaching experience preferred
- Experience and enthusiasm for wider DP/CP student support – such as Extended Essay supervision
- High standards of teaching and learning, and a commitment to collaborative professionalism
- To contribute to extra-curricular activities such as competitions, enrichment activities and boarding life
- EU/EFTA citizenship
We offer:
- Attractive conditions of employment, including competitive salary
- A dynamic international context in the spectacular alpine setting of the Engadine
- Opportunities for professional development
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; the successful applicant will be subject to thorough background checks.
We look forward to receiving your application using the online form on our Website:
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
CH – 7524 Zuoz / Switzerland
+41 81 851 30 00
About Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
The Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, founded in 1904, is a Swiss international boarding school set in spectacular alpine landscape near St. Moritz. About three hundred students between 12 and 18 years of age from around the world and the Engadin valley follow programmes leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma (English), the Swiss Matura (German, German/English or German/Italian) and the German Abitur.
We provide our students with an education which promotes intellectual, physical and emotional balance. We work to create a thriving, international school community where young people from the Engadin and around the world can build the foundations for fulfilling and successful lives.
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