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Design Technology Teacher

Design Technology Teacher

British International School - Ho Chi Minh City - Secondary

Vietnam

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August 2019
Apply by:
14 January 2019

Job overview

The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City is a Nord Anglia Education (NAE) School. BIS HCMC is the largest international school in Vietnam and a leading international school in South East Asia. With over 2,000 students from more than 55 countries it operates from three campus sites in Ho Chi Minh City. The school provides a top quality British style education in first class facilities resourced to the highest level. The National Curriculum for England, IGCSE and the IB Diploma are taught to English speaking students from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Year 13. 

Each NAE school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of 56 schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University (NAU), and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF and King’s College London.

The school is currently looking to recruit 

Design Technology Teacher 

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, qualified and experienced teachers. A minimum of three years recent experience of teaching Design Technology to GCSE/IGCSE and either A level or the IB Diploma programme is essential. The Design Technology Department is dynamic and innovative while our motivated and high achieving students are involved in a wide range of activities beyond the classroom.

Benefits

When you join a NAE school, you join a global community of more than 10,000 people working together to support our students’ success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more. 

We offer career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. NAU unites our team through a vibrant online platform which harnesses the collective expertise of their peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practice. We also provide extensive online and face-to-face professional development through NAU to ensure that our teachers don’t just maintain their skills, they develop at the cutting edge of educational thinking. 

Our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF and King’s College London, offers our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates from our staff worldwide an opportunity to earn their Executive Master’s in International Education in an exclusive collaboration with King’s College London.

Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the worlds' most vibrant cities. 

As a NAE educator, you enjoy the following benefits:

  • A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale
  • An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge and collaboration
  • A culture which is fair and consultative  
  • Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career

Selection Process

The closing date for application is Monday 14 January 2019 although we reserve the right to pursue good applications as soon as we are ready.

To apply for this position please submit an application, CV and recent professional photograph by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

First stage interviews will be conducted by Skype or telephone and final interviews will take place at the NAE Recruitment Event in central London in the week commencing 21st January 2019 (alternative arrangements will be made for candidates who cannot attend in person). 

Start Date: We offer a professional working environment and an attractive remuneration and benefits package. Initial contracts are for two years with a start date of August 2019.

At NAE we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture. 

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years. 

Attached documents

About British International School - Ho Chi Minh City - Secondary

THE SCHOOL

The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City, is a Nord Anglia Education School and has been functioning very successfully since 1997. From modest beginnings the school has grown to become the largest international school in Vietnam and a leading school in the South East Asia Region. With over 2,200 students aged 2-18 years from more than 55 nationalities and located on 3 modern campus sites in the city, it provides a first –class British style education to families in the vibrant and exciting Ho Chi Minh City.

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) is the world’s leading premium schools organisation, with 69 schools located across dozens of countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 67,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.

Our philosophy for education rests on the 4 pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a 21st Century, personalised, learning experience for all students.

Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. NAE schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.

FACILITIES
All of the school campuses have excellent facilities: large libraries, music suites, indoor swimming pools and large sport halls.

STAFFING
The vast majority of Teachers are full-time, British qualified and trained with relevant UK experience. All EYFS and primary teaching classes have English speaking Vietnamese teaching assistants, many of whom are qualified teachers.

CURRICULUM
We provide a broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum to meet the wide ranging needs of our students.

Our school offers Early Years Foundation Stage (2 years) through to Year 13 (17 years). We operate within the framework of the National Curriculum for England which is adapted to meet the needs of the international community through the use of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC). The English National Curriculum is segmented into "Key Stages".

At Secondary level, our curriculum will prepare your child for both the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examinations and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).

Working within the structure of the British system allows us to make meaningful comparisons with UK national data, to have realistic expectations of what an individual child can achieve and to develop individual targets for improvement.

ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION
The school is a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools and is registered with the UK Department for Education as an Overseas School. It is a registered Centre for the UK examination board CIE and is also an IB World School, authorised to deliver the IB Diploma Programme. The school is a leading member of FOBISIA and has recently been rated as “outstanding in all categories” in a British Schools Overseas inspection.

Mary's Story - Becoming an International Teacher in Vietnam

https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/vietnam/ho-chi-minh-city/bis/article/2018/12/4/marys-story--becoming-an-international-teacher-in-vietnam

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