English literacy teacher ages 9-14

Do you have a passion for inspiring and empowering young people to build a beautiful, equitable and sustainable world? Are you a qualified teacher? Do you have the confidence and expertise with 9-14-year-olds teaching literacy either online or onsite?

Join us at REAL School Budapest!

We are a maturing international school for young people who will both imagine and shape tomorrow - and today. Through project-based learning, our students discover the world and themselves, develop a sustainability mindset and the skills to make a difference, and learn to embrace change. Whilst we follow the English National Curriculum for literacy and numeracy, our heart focus is on nurturing the entrepreneurial skill set, the sustainability mindset, the independent learning skills, and the wellbeing of our students through real-life experiences. We offer our team members an entrepreneurial, respectful, collaborative, kind, high-standard environment where they can bring out the best in themselves.

We are inspired by Green School Bali - where our founding team previously worked.

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." (Cicero)

Are you ready for an unparalleled adventure?

Your opportunity

To drive the design and implementation of the literacy learning experience for our upper school (9-14-year-olds) with a focus on both subject-based and project-based learning.

Your goals and responsibilities

• Engage, inspire and teach mixed-age students (from 9 -14) English literacy, guided by the National Curriculum in England
• Co-design and teach areas such as reading and habits of reading, vocabulary and grammar, writing, discussion, presentation, debating and listening, and drama
• Agree on learning goals together with students and parents, and track progress
• Go well beyond English in cross-curricular and project-based learning, in collaboration with the learning group’s lead educator
• Inspire the natural curiosity in kids, facilitate learning rather than deliver content
• Engage students from many different cultures, with a wide range of learning needs, and differentiate appropriately for these
• Be ready to teach online in synchronous and asynchronous ways
• Contribute to school improvement planning and the development of the literacy curriculum
• Empower young people to identify, develop and realise their goals throughout a personal
• learning journey that involves the creation of exquisite products and a portfolio that evidences their beautiful work.
• Make learning visible and measurable, without the use of standardised tests or grades
• Build trusting, collaborative, compassionate connections with parents, and communicate with them regularly through several different channels
• Usher young people into a beautifully eclectic, balanced way of life, in which they develop a profound respect for the planet and all sentient beings
• Add value to a highly collaborative collegial team of dedicated educators
• Contribute to the after-school activities programme
• Embrace and make effective use of open-plan, shared learning spaces, as well as nature- and city-based learning opportunities. Recognising the environment as an educator.
• Stay current with trends, innovations and research in learning science, instructional media and learner behaviour

Your qualities and qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a teacher in English Language and/or Literature or equivalent
• An innovative methodologies mindset and experience in curriculum planning
• Qualified Teacher (PGCE) or a Bachelor's degree in Education (international experience is preferred)
• Strong level of spoken English
• Experience with sustainable or entrepreneurial causes is a major plus
• Experience in authentic project-based learning is preferred
• A natural ability to establish strong, positive relationships with young people and their parents
• Experience with non-neurotypical, culturally diverse, and EAL populations is preferred
• An openness to having your ideas respectfully challenged, and to spending time on the edge of your comfort zone
• A love of the fine arts and/or sports and/or outdoor life, and preferably a talent in some aspect of one of them
• A passion for our purpose and the social impact we aspire to create; alongside alignment with our school culture, including our passion for plant-based food
• A charismatic self-starter, who is highly resourceful, persistent, adaptable, innovative, creative, collaborative and who wants to continuously improve in a changing and agile environment.
• A person who is confident alone, but who believes that we are stronger together in a team-based approach to creating.

Our provisions for you

• The literacy teacher's role in an ambitious endeavour to invent progressive education with a purpose, whilst enjoying the hallmark creative freedom of REAL School
• Remuneration commensurate with responsibilities performed
• All that Budapest, ‘the Paris of the East’ with nature on its doorstep, has to offer
• Free plant-based food, 3-times a day, from our on-site Planteen
• The chance to become an expert in educating for sustainability, as you live it
• Membership of an energetic, collaborative, kind, and positive team
• Inclusion in an inspirational, diverse and intellectual community, where causes take centre stage and real-life project-based learning, student agency, wellbeing and sustainability are at the core of continuous innovation

Is this role for you?

If so, then we invite you to upload your CV by clicking Apply Now. Please also share an up-to-2-minute video as to why this endeavour is for you and what you could bring to it.

Closing date for applications: when the position is filled.

Our team welcomes your questions. Connect with us at careers@realschool.hu

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; REAL School Budapest respects and advocates diversity and is an equal-opportunity working environment. REAL School Budapest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including references from previous employers by following our safer recruitment practice. Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure or equivalent will be required for all prior countries lived. All positions of employment are dependent on the fulfilment of Hungarian employment law requirements.

www.realschool.hu

“Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.”

The EarthCharter