French Teacher/Department Lead Teacher
Windsor School, Old Fort, The Bahamas
Bahamas
- Expired
- Salary:
- An attractive international package including a faculty membership to Albany Bahamas is available for the successful applicant.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 19th August 2024
- Apply by:
- 9 April 2024
Job overview
Windsor School, The Bahamas are seeking to appoint a passionate, dedicated and motivated French Teacher to join our growing MFL department. You should have excellent subject knowledge, and be able to combine academic knowledge and achievement with a passion for the subject to boost learning outcomes in our Middle and High Schools (Years 7 - 13).
This is an exciting opportunity for qualified, engaging, and driven teachers who work with equal efficacy independently and as part of a team. The position would suit dynamic teachers who are able to inspire pupils of all abilities to develop their full potential. Applicants will join an innovative, forward-thinking, and committed school that places emphasis on developing the whole child and fosters relationships with all stakeholders in our community.
Job overview
You’ll inspire students to achieve their full potential in Modern Foreign Languages, using a passion for language to deliver high quality and engaging, interactive lessons that boost both written and spoken capabilities of students. A focus on learning and continuous assessment and wider curriculum requirements is key, as well as the ability to use your knowledge to impact progress positively within the subject. An understanding of the CEFR levels would be an advantage. Languages are an integral part of life at Windsor and a valued part of the curriculum. The MFL department organises events, exchanges and trips abroad to support and enhance the language learning experience for our pupils; a willingness to contribute proactively to these activities is important.
Job requirements
- Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent qualification (Master FLE …)
- Relevant specialist qualifications and subject experience (e.g a language or language teaching degree)
- Understanding of CEFR curriculum requirements for MFL
- Sound knowledge of delivery of both oral and written aspects of MFL to ensure consistent levels of speaking and writing are achieved within the classroom
- Knowledge of the AP Central Course content is desirable but not essential
An attractive international package including a faculty membership to Albany Bahamas is available for the successful applicant.
Further information about the school and related sites can be found from the links below and from our school Instagram page (@windsorschoolbahamasoldfort):
https://www.windsorschoolbahamas.com/
https://www.albanybahamas.com/
Windsor School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The protection of our students’ welfare is the responsibility of all Windsor staff and individuals are expected to conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of our organisation. The successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced security checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks. References will be taken up and carefully checked.
Our school's practices reflect and are aligned with the written Expectations of the International Taskforce on Child Protection.
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About Windsor School, Old Fort, The Bahamas
- Windsor School, Old Fort, The Bahamas
- Old Fort Town Center, P.O. Box CB 11924
- Nassau
- Bahamas
Windsor School, a 3 campus, coed, Nursey - Year 13, boarding and day school believes in the holistic cultivation of learners by offering an empowering and scaffolding education; creating a lifetime passion for learning with a global appreciation and awareness. As a registered Cambridge institution offering EYFS provision and an exciting independent primary curriculum based around the Cambridge Primary curriculum, Windsor Lower School inspires learners to develop a passion for knowledge while giving them the opportunity to earn a high-quality internationally recognised education in a diversified environment.
Windsor Lower School is situated on 5 acres on the island of New Province in The Bahamas and teaches Pre-Reception through Year 6 learners aged 3 - 11. During the early Pre-Reception and Reception developmental stage, our curricular focus envelops academic, social, emotional, and physiological growth designed to help our learners foster the right openness and joy for learning, relationships, and community. We believe that a child who is happy, recognised, and celebrated will be prepared for the rigours of a challenging and rewarding education and approach their upper years with confidence.
Following this ethos through Primary coupled with Cambridge programmes our learners are given the opportunity to fully engage themselves in a community-based environment that teaches them to look beyond and think globally in relation to the opportunities that they are building for themselves while celebrating "home" and creating a social consciousness.
At the end of Year 6, learners move to Windsor School Albany Campus. This site offers provision for Year 7 - Year 13 learners and provides a rare academic and athletic upper secondary school experience. Set on 25 acres within the secure, gated resort community of Albany, Windsor School at Albany offers both day and boarding school for learners.
Windsor is actively looking for teachers who believe in setting high standards for education and inspiring new levels of creativity; using new technologies and facilities for sport, art, performing arts, business, and science while instilling the old-fashioned values of respect, compassion, and accountability.
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