IB Visual Arts Teacher

ACS International Schools seek an enthusiastic IB Visual Arts Teacher to enrich the Upper School community at ACS Egham International School.

At ACS Egham, we embrace the IB curriculum as a beacon of aspiration, fostering a global perspective and empowering students to chart their own paths to success.

With over five decades of IB teaching experience, ACS is adept at delivering this rigorous program effectively. Our commitment to the IB extends throughout our institution, ensuring its seamless integration into every aspect of our educational framework. Many of our educators serve as IB examiners, possessing invaluable insights into guiding students towards excellence.

We are seeking a dedicated educator who shares our passion for nurturing students' curiosity through a concept-based, inquiry-driven, and student-centred pedagogy.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Educated to Bachelors degree or international equivalent as a minimum in the relevant subject
• A teaching qualification (QTS or equivalent)
• MYP experience is required and DP experience would be desired
• Strong IT skills, preferably with Apple products
• Significant experience and willingness to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning
• Demonstrable positive and tolerant outlook, enthusiasm for teaching and good understanding of behaviours of the relevant age group
• Fluent in both verbal and written English
• Experience of teaching in an international school

Benefits of teaching at ACS:

• Recognising that time is needed to plan, collaborate and provide meaningful feedback to students, teachers at ACS teach a maximum 21 hours per week
• Our maximum class size is a manageable maximum of 22 with most classes being smaller than that. We are a well-resourced school, enabling us to provide our students and teachers with the resources they need to learn and achieve
• We take the professional development of our staff seriously and provide ample opportunities and resourcing to support this.

Start date: August 2024

ACS celebrates diversity as an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.