Head of Boarding
St. Peter's International School
Portugal
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 February 2021
Job overview
The position
This is a new role which is being created as a consequence of construction and opening of a new Boarding Residence at St. Peter’s International School.
The Head of Boarding will work closely with the Head of School and will have high level, responsibility in a number of areas:
Pastoral and Administrative Responsibilities
- Be familiar with, and develop further, a working knowledge of relevant legislation including the Children Act, Child Protection Act, Human Rights Act, Health & Safety at Work Act and the legal rights of children.
- Ensuring a visible and active presence in the boarding community, in order to develop a relationship with all boarders.
- Keep the Head and other appropriate staff informed of pastoral issues relating to any student in the boarding community and manage these in conjunction with the Deputy Head.
- Inform and consult with the Deputy Head of serious student breaches of discipline or good conduct and maintain a record of punishments awarded.
- Ensure that medical matters are dealt with appropriately, liaising with the Health Centre, the Sports Department and the students’ parents and guardians as appropriate.
- Ensure that all appropriate registration/attendance/absence records are kept for all boarders, including signing in and out of the residence and clear whereabouts of boarders during weekends.
General
- In conjunction with the Boarding Team arrange, organise and participate in the programme of activities, trips, social events and activities weekends which play a key role in ensuring a special boarding experience.
- Carry out fire practices in boarding time in accordance with the School’s policies and maintain a record of fire practices.
- Liaise with the Boarding Team to carry out risk assessments in order to ensure that all matters related to the safety, welfare and security of boarders are fully met.
- Liaise with the House Parents, Site Supervisor and Housekeeper in all matters relating to the maintenance of the House.
- Ensure that boarders’ views are secured on a regular basis through questionnaires and Boarders’ Council Meetings.
- Represent the interest and needs of the boarding community.
- Attend Head of House meetings and other relevant meetings as required.
- Be responsible for the appointment of all boarding staff.
The profile
The successful candidate is likely to match most or all of the following characteristics:
- A good honours graduate in a relevant academic discipline and capable of teaching up to A level.
- Passionate about, and dedicated to, the benefits of a boarding education.
- Innovative thinker and a flexible approach.
- Successful experience in a boarding post
- with significant leadership and management responsibility.
- Aware of Health & Safety issues in boarding and the National Minimum Boarding Standards.
- Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills.
- Capable of formulating and expressing an independent view and of working collaboratively as part of a team.
- Calmness and efficiency and the ability to work under pressure and multitask.
- A friendly, professional approach capable of inspiring confidence in colleagues, students, existing parents and future prospective parents.
- Excellent communication skills, oral, written and in the use of digital technology.
- Outstanding organisational and administrative skills.
- Aware of the nature of the School and prepared to commit to its all-round ethos and values.
- Willingness to work hard with energy and enthusiasm, realising that the post involves commitment seven days a week during term time.
Other
- Supporting all school activities including attendance at and participation in events, parents’ evenings, Open Days and other significant calendar events.
- A light teaching commitment to be decided on appointment and reviewed on an annual basis, to change according to the needs of the
- School and the demands of the role.
- Carrying out any other duties in line with the broad responsibilities of the role.
- Please note that the successful candidate will be expected to reside sufficiently near to the School to enable emergency cover and on-call duty responsibilities to be shared with the
- Head, the Head of Boarding, and other staff as appropriate.
Remuneration
The salary will be highly competitive and commensurate with the significance and importance of the post and the experience of the successful candidate. In addition, health insurance will be made available to the successful candidate.
The recruitment process
The closing date for applications: 09.00 GMT Friday 5 February
All candidates will be contacted following the closing date to let them know if they have been successful in progressing with their application
In order to apply, please submit an application form and a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. Please include current salary details and the names and addresses of three referees. Referees will not be approached until the final stages and not without prior permission from candidates.
The preferred method of application is online at: www.odgers.com/81780
All applications will receive an automated response.
Personal data
IIn line with GDPR, we ask that you do NOT send us any information that can identify children or any of your Sensitive Personal Data (racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning health or sex life and sexual orientation, genetic and / or biometric data) in your CV and application documentation. Following this notice, any inclusion of your Sensitive Personal Data in your CV/application documentation will be understood by us as your express consent to process this information going forward. Please also remember to not mention anyone’s information or details (e.g. referees) who have not previously agreed to their inclusion.
Address
Quinta dos Barreleiros CCI 3952, Volta da
Pedra, 2950-201, PALMELA
St Peter’s International School and Inspired are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the relevant authorities.
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About St. Peter's International School
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- St. Peter's International School
- Quinta dos Barreleiros, Volta da Pedra, Palmela
- 2950-201
- Portugal
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Background
St. Peter’s International School (SPIS) is the longest established international school in Palmela, Portugal. The School provides a competitive, high-quality education which meets the needs of a diverse student population. The School’s pedagogical method is unique and teaching is highly personalised and differentiated to each student. Sports and all artistic areas are always encouraged and considered essential to all students.
The School is proud to be over 25 years old and still investing in excellence while providing a multicultural environment with around 40 different nationalities, which means students are always in contact with different cultures and languages.
SPIS offer a bilingual curriculum from Kindergarten until Grade 4, the Portuguese curriculum with extra lessons of English, Spanish, Latin from Grade 5 to Grade 9, and finally the option of the National Portuguese curriculum or the IGCSE+IB for Grades 9 to 12. This means the School covers a lot of options in terms of curriculum and, for that reason, students have a complete education that allows them to continue their studies in Portugal or abroad.
SPIS has a constant desire to evolve and improve the curriculum, the facilities and the conditions for all students and families; the School ceaselessly seeks to do more and be better every day. In short, all at SPIS believe that its students can achieve their maximum potential, be happy and fulfilled from an earlier age.
Considered one of the safest countries in the world, and with weather and a climate that catches everyone’s eye, SPIS has welcomed many families from all around the globe over recent years. To further develop the relationship with other countries, the School is proud to launch St. Peter’s International Boarding School, with a brand new building and boarding offering that will mark the beginning of a new approach, with a more bilingual environment and international curriculum. With comfortable rooms and access to a modern and safe campus, boarding students will feel very much at home.
Ethos & Aims
In a world that is constantly changing, in which society lives at an ever-increasing pace, education has taken on a leading role, bringing with it the highest of social responsibilities.
SPIS is an international school that provides a competitive, high-quality education to meet the needs of a diverse population. Its fundamental principles are centered on the integral development of the child, valuing academic and personal success, based on attitudes, practices and values that contribute to the growth of the individual.
SPIS’s mission is to build self-reliant, critical, creative students, who have the necessary skills and abilities to perform well at a personal, social and professional level. Thus allowing them to pursue their studies, and actively integrate into a rapidly changing and increasingly globalised society.
Considering the cosmopolitan spirit of the School, in which students of different nationalities work together, the English language acquires particular importance in SPIS’s educational context, and is present in the syllabus from Kindergarten to Secondary School. The acquisition of other languages is also vital – Spanish, German and Latin – and allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of the School’s social context, as well as an insight into different world views and cultural realities. This in turn encourages a cross- -disciplinary development of knowledge and values, as well as greater competitiveness in the world of work beyond.
Structure
The School currently includes a multidisciplinary teaching team, who are experienced and qualified to create innovative and challenging learning environments, in all teaching areas. Since its founding, the School has never stopped growing, innovating, modernising and investing in a diverse and multicultural educational context, responding to the needs and expectations of its students who come from all over the world. Teaching activity is planned as a team, seeking to achieve academic success, giving value to education with the aim to continuously improve the quality of teaching and learning.
SPIS develops formal, enjoyable and artistic learning activities, based on interpersonal relationships and meaningful content, which provide support to students while building their knowledge of the world and simultaneously discovering themselves.
SPIS consists of five sections: Pre-School, Primary School Junior School, Middle School. Secondary School and the International Section (IGCSE and IB Diploma). The composition of the School is as follows:
Nursery and Kindergarten 120 pupils - day students, from the age 6 months to 6 years old. The Coordinator is Mrs. Catarina Simão
Primary School 255 pupils - day students, from the age 6 to 10 years old. The Coordinator is Mr. José Henrique Junior School
Middle School 595 pupils - day students, from the age 10 to 15 years old. The Coordinator is Mr. Pedro Mata
Secondary School 323 pupils - day students, from the age 16 to 18 years old. The Coordinator is Mrs. Vanda Ramos
International Section 121 pupils - day students from the age 14 to 18 years old. The Coordinator is Mrs. Telma Fresta
Throughout its sustained growth, the School has benefitted from the ongoing development of its facilities, gaining a considerable amount of physical space, creating the scope for students’ numbers to grow substantially. For the start of the next academic year (2021- -2022), SPIS will open St. Peter’s Boarding Residence, an innovative addition to the School’s provision which will provide outstanding facilities catering to boarders from all over the world. The School will also benefit from a new cafeteria and social rooms.
Academic
SPIS offers a broad academic curriculum with a wide choice of subjects at Secondary National Curriculum and also at the International Curriculum (IGCSE and IB Diploma).
Early childhood is a fundamental stage of children's lives, the first years being particularly important for their physical, intellectual, and emotional development. In Nursery School and Kindergarten at SPIS, the School has developed its pedagogical approach, bringing together best practices from various methods from around the world.
SPIS offers a differentiated curriculum in both Portuguese and English, using the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning Methodology), and bases its educational approach on values of academic and moral excellence. It offers its students a high academic standard, a quality teaching environment and provides a solid personal and social education, built through the development and acquisition of syllabus, skills, values and behaviour.
The English language continues to have a significant role throughout these teaching levels, during which the students are able to complete an international certification with the University of Cambridge. With the School’s ethos based on reciprocal kindness and respect; sports, arts, and the specific knowledge of different subject areas are a constant presence in a context which is in permanent adaptation to current academic models. The dynamic contexts and the differentiated approach adopted in the classroom, the extra support lessons and reinforcement of contents, as well as sessions which develop skills and study techniques, contribute to the acquisition of progressively more elaborated competencies.
In the International Section, SPIS is proud to offer its students a unique opportunity to immerse in a multicultural educational context and culture. Cambridge Assessment International Education is a part of Cambridge University, and prepares school students for life, helping them to develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond.
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