English Specialist

The highly successful and quickly growing British International School of Chicago, South Loop has established a reputation for excellence in the Chicago market. Leading students to success in the highly-respected International Baccalaureate Diploma, the school’s outstanding teachers prepare students for college and beyond through a robust and rigorous curriculum. The contemporary, learning-driven school is located in the South Loop area of Chicago, serving both American and international families.

Nord Anglia Education Schools

In addition to being highly successful in its own right, the British International School of Chicago, South Loop, is a member of the Nord Anglia Education family of premium international schools. Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We believe that being part of our family of 43 schools gives our schools a special advantage.

Working together in a collaborative environment, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have a wide range of resources and support to enhance our students’ success. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and King’s College London.

About the role

You will join a team of experienced Secondary English specialists. Join our fast-paced international environment, and you will deliver UK National Curriculum, IGCSE and International Baccalaureate Diploma programmes. You will challenge your students to set ambitious targets for themselves and seek out and implement innovative teaching practices to enhance the student experience and outcomes.

About you

You are able to create a classroom culture where there are no limits to what can be achieved. Your qualifications will include a degree in your specialist subject, a teaching qualification, plus at least 2 years teaching experience after successfully completing your NQT year. Receptive to feedback and ready to embrace change, you will be keen to share best practice with colleagues and peers.

The school is looking for someone with the following skills:

• Innovation: the candidate must be creative and confident in their ability to contribute excellent, engaging resources to the department.
• Communicative – the department prides itself on its communication with students, parents and colleagues.
• Determination – the candidate must be driven and ambitious.
• Collaborative – an enthusiasm to work with others, furthering each other’s ideas and work.
• An outstanding classroom practitioner.

The best candidate:

• Will have experience teaching literature to an advanced level. The rigours of the IB course are demanding, and candidates must be able to challenge and stretch their students on a daily basis.
• Will be an outstanding classroom practitioner – one who is creative and adaptable.
• Will be enthusiastic. The job is demanding and requires true passion for the subject and the profession.
• Have a history of excellent results for GCSE and A Level/ IB.
• Will be able to evidence considerable contributions to the wider success of their school.

A strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage students and parents with the wider school and Nord Anglia Education community. Your strong motivation and communication skills will also enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement and personal investment within the classroom. Finally, you will also be able to meet visa-related restrictions, including proving current domicile in the UK.

Benefits

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of more than 8,000 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 Education, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more than ever before.

We offer career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. Nord Anglia University unites our team through a vibrant online platform that harnesses the collective expertise of peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practice. We also provide extensive online and face-to-face professional development through Nord Anglia University 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 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offer our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates from Nord Anglia Education’s worldwide staff 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 Nord Anglia Education teacher, 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 applications is 3rd March, 2017. 

First stage interviews will be conducted by Skype or telephone and final interviews will take place at the Nord Anglia Education Recruitment Event in central London in the week commencing 16th – 17th March (alternative arrangements will be made for candidates who cannot attend in person).

At Nord Anglia Education 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.

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