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Early Years Teacher

Bilingual European School - The British American Pre-School

Italy, Milan

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
28 May 2022

Job overview

BAPS, (www.bapschool.eu), our prestigious Early Years Department with 35 years of practice, is currently seeking to appoint an experienced, creative, and dynamic Early Years Practitioner who is qualified and passionate about working with children from 2 to 6 starting from September 2022. 

Applicants must have strong relational skills, willing to work in a stimulating learning environment with students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. 

Potential candidates must have the following: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Early Years
  • Hold a  Qualified Teacher Status or an equivalent qualification. 
  • Be an English first language speaker with excellent oral and written communication 
  • Have at least three years of classroom teaching experience in the Early Years 
  • Have a positive and flexible approach to school life and a well-developed ability to work in teams
  • Knowledge of the EYFS would be an advantage 

 The school provides flights, a fixed baggage allowance, and support finding accommodation.

BAPS and BES are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students, and we expect all applicants to share this commitment. We ensure that safe recruitment practices are followed and hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards. All appointments will be subject to  interviews, criminal record checks, and three successful references, including one from current employer.

BAPS and BES are also committed to providing equal opportunities to all pupils, staff, applicants, and other community members in a safe, happy environment where all can succeed and where cultural diversity is celebrated. We ensure that there is no discrimination of any kind in our employment practices.

The British American Pre-School and the Bilingual European School prepare children aged 2 to 14 to be ”travelers of the world”, providing a unique educational journey that successfully lays the groundwork to meet the challenges of tomorrow, developing their natural talents both in English and Italian. BAPS, founded in 1987, offers a full immersion English programme that combines the inquiry-based and child-centered educational philosophy with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
BAPS that adopts a “play-based learning” approach, provides children with the necessary knowledge and skills for a smooth transition to the BES bilingual programme.  BES, founded in 1999, integrates the Italian Ministerial programme with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate, offering a bilingual education of excellence with a global perspective. At BES, every student is a unique and special individual engaged in hands-on, minds-on learning activities in line with the constructivist approach. BAPS and BES proudly joined Globeducate in 2021, combining the group’s forward-looking project with the school’s unique model of integrated cognitive bilingualism, recognized by an international team of researchers from the Goethe University Frankfurt as a role model for bilingualism in Europe and all over the world. The Globeducate network operates in more than 55 bilingual and international schools in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. It is one of the four largest private school groups in the world with an international presence and the largest of its kind on the European continent with more than 25.000 students from over 60 different countries, and growing rapidly. Globeducate's mission is to prepare each student to become a global citizen that can shape the world and is well-aligned to the student-centered approach at BAPS and BES.

Starting date: 1 September 2022

Offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references, criminal background checks and immigration authorization if applicable.

Due to the large number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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About Bilingual European School - The British American Pre-School

The British American Pre-School and the Bilingual European School prepare children aged 2 to 14 to be the travelers of the world, providing an outstanding educational journey that successfully lays the groundwork to meet the challenges of tomorrow, developing their natural talents both in English and Italian.

BAPS, founded in 1987, offers a full immersion English programme that combines the inquiry-based and child-centered educational philosophy with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum (for the first three age groups) and Key Stage One (for Reception children). BAPS full immersion English approach centred on the “play based learning” and the “learning by doing” provides children with the necessary knowledge and skills for a smooth transition to the BES bilingual programme.

BES, founded in 1999, integrates the Italian Ministerial programme with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate, offering bilingual education of excellence with a global perspective. At BES every student is a unique and special individual engaged in hands-on, minds-on learning activities in line with the constructivist approach.

The stimulating learning landscapes, designed by the internationally renowned architect Rosan Bosch, give students the opportunity to foster a life-long love of learning. The school hosts a permanent Bruno Munari® art laboratory and an accredited LEGO® Education Innovation Studio. BES is also recognised by Avanguardie Educative as a centre of excellence for educational innovation and in collaboration with Project Zero is committed to building the learning models of the future.

BAPS and BES proudly joined Globeducate in 2021, combining the group’s forward-looking project with the school’s unique model of cognitive integrated bilingualism, recognized by an international team of researchers from the Goethe University Frankfurt as a role model for bilingualism in Europe and all over the world.

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