IB Business and Management Teacher

For August 2023, we are looking for a dynamic Business and Management teacher committed to the holistic growth of students. The appointee will be a member of the Humanities faculty. In Years 6-10, an integrated MYP Individuals and Societies / Humanities course is delivered; in Years 11 and 12 the IBDP Business and Management course is delivered.

The appointee plays an important role in the development of the IB DP Programme, leading the development and delivery of the Business and Management course.  The candidate would also likely teach some hours of MYP Individuals and Societies, DP Economics or DP ToK depending on the candidate’s profile.

Post Profile

• Prior experience with DP Business and Management with at least two years of teaching experience.
• Training in IB DP program, subject specialism in Business and Management, Economics or a related discipline.
• Have experience of teaching the IB Middle Years and /or Diploma Programme;
• Familiarity with best practices for teaching and learning and constructivist, conceptually-driven approaches to curriculum.
• Demonstrate expert classroom practice that promotes inquiry-based learning;
• Possess excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills;
• Demonstrate a growth mind-set and positive drive. 

Contract

• An initial two-year contract with flights to and from country of residence for appointee and close family;
• A salary paid in American dollars which is highly competitive for Latin America;
• Baggage, settling-in and Spanish tuition allowances;
• Private medical insurance for self and close family; 
• Remission on school fees for children enrolled at our school;
• Excellent internal and external professional development;
• A very collaborative and collegial work climate.

Applicants should write to the Human Resources Department: recruitment@newton.edu.pe.

In the subject box of the email, they should write the title of the post for which they are applying.

The names of three referees must be provided, including the current employer. We are a Safe Recruitment organization and shortlisted candidates will need to produce a police clearance certificate for every country in which they have worked.

The deadline for applications is February 14th, 2023. 

About Our School - Newton College

Newton College is a prestigious and innovative IB school, which delivers the three IB academic programmes – PYP, MYP and DP - in both English and Spanish to pupils aged 2 to 18. We have outstanding facilities in our Lima campus and a unique study centre in the Amazon Rainforest (www.newton.edu.pe).  We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with 34 different courses at DP level. All our pupils learn to play a musical instrument from the age of five and the wide range of extra-curricular sports activities reinforces our Physical and Health Education programme. Model United Nations, debating and dance are other successful extra-curricular clubs.

Our pedagogical coaches support teachers with classroom practice and our well-staffed psycho-pedagogy department offers emotional and cognitive support to our students. We constantly foster our school values – respect, integrity, commitment and empathy – the IB Learner Profile, the IB Approaches to Learning skills and education for sustainable development. 

We are members of GAIL, the Global Alliance for Innovative learning (www.gailschools.org ), of LAHC, the Latin American Heads Conference (www.lahc.net ), of BSP, The British Schools of Peru and of ADCA, an association of bilingual schools in Lima. Our expatriate staff are mostly from the UK, USA, Canada and Australasia.

Our graduates continue their studies in the best universities in Peru and throughout the world. Our former student, Kerstin Forsberg, was recently named one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders (http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/).