Head of Primary Section
San Silvestre School
Peru
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 3rd 2020
- Apply by:
- 27 June 2019
Job overview
Grade 2 (7/8 year-olds) to Grade 5 (10/11 year-olds)
400 students on roll
The School
San Silvestre is a leading independent day school for girls from 3 to 18 years, situated in Miraflores, a pleasant seaside suburb of Lima. The school has an excellent academic record leading to IGCSE and IB examinations. Applications from well qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and energetic candidates who are passionate about life and learning are invited for an August, 2020 start, this being the middle of the academic year which begins in March.
Our Team
Drawn from different countries around the world, the San Silvestre school team share the school’s philosophy considering each student as a unique and special individual. A warm teacher-student relationship gives the girls the opportunity to express their opinions, take initiative, contribute ideas and provide solutions.
The Primary Section follows a bespoke curriculum based on Inquiry Based Learning, taking the best from PYP, IPC and the British National Curriculum enveloped in a Growth Mindset philosophy. The school is recognized as an institution with a highly qualified teaching staff who are lifelong learners, committed to ensuring that the school’s vision and mission are at the heart of all they do.
The Position
A highly committed, creative and innovative leadership team that has worked together for a decade has led the Primary Section, shaping the academic and pastoral spheres of the school in order to create a safe, just and enriching learning environment. The role of Head of Primary is one in which collaboration is at the core and the community is seeking an individual who will ensure that this style of guidance continues.
Qualifications and Experience
We are looking for an inspirational, innovative, positive and compassionate leader who is excited about teaching and learning; he or she must be committed to building and working as a team.
The successful candidate will have proven organizational skills and recent, successful experience of senior leadership in a Primary School. International experience is essential, as is an awareness of and/or experience in Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) curricula. The post is for a native English speaker. Knowledge of Spanish is not essential but is an asset for communication with Peruvian colleagues and parents; however, if the chosen candidate has no knowledge of Spanish, a commitment to begin learning immediately is imperative.
Candidates should be computer literate and very comfortable with technology.
A competitive salary with benefits is available.
How to Apply
Apply in writing with a letter of application and full CV including names and contact details of at least 3 professional referees to:
applications@sansilvestre.edu.pe with a clear subject heading ‘Head of Primary application’
Closing date for applications: June 28th, 2019
Interviews will be held via skype in July and September 2019
About San Silvestre School
Our Philosophy
San Silvestre provides a stimulating, happy and caring atmosphere in which each pupil is encouraged to achieve her potential with confidence and self-esteem.
Having had the full opportunities of an integral formation, a San Silvestre pupil can assume her role in society as a valuable person capable of contributing positively to whatever environment in which she is involved.
Ethos
A happy school, with high academic standards, San Silvestre School for Girls provides an environment which fosters individual goals and achievements while providing a friendly and caring atmosphere throughout the school. The dedicated staff are committed to providing a stimulating environment in which the needs of the girls are met in academic, sporting, cultural, artistic, technological, communication, social, civic and spiritual areas. Each pupil, from the Nursery 3 year-olds to the Secondary Section 18 year-olds, is encouraged to compete with herself and this is possible in an atmosphere where she can grow in confidence.
As a British-Peruvian school, it is absolutely essential that we transmit the virtues of both cultures, strengthening pupils’ individual skills and encouraging all efforts aimed at their overall development. Academic training, learning languages, social commitment and self-competition are some of the goals achieved through consistent encouragement and monitoring from a very early age.
“I am, I can, I ought, I will”
That is our motto, which is a true reflection of the philosophy of life that we try to transmit to the girls who have been entrusted to us. Our goal is to ensure that our students leave school with a high level of self-esteem, a good measure of common sense and the ability to stretch themselves, to commit themselves to become actively involved in their community and to assume the responsibility for their own actions. Our girls realise that through their own work they can achieve personal development.
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