Integrated Humanities and History - Middle and High School
International School of Siena
Italy
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2018
Job overview
Candidates should be well-qualified, committed to high standards, interested in using innovative approaches to learning and enthusiastic about promoting international understanding.
As interviews will be held on a rolling basis, we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.
The School
The International School of Siena is focused on facilitating a meaningful education which is based on high achievement and inquiry based learning. The school consists of small classes, one class per grade. Our IB programmes provide each student with opportunities to explore, inquire and develop confidence as well as equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and understanding necessary for the 21st century.
Our school is currently located in a 17th century villa in the Tuscan countryside just outside of Siena. This is an exciting phase in our development as we are constructing a new school facility which includes a spacious indoor gymnasium, well designed classrooms, Drama studio, Libraries and Science labs which we will be ready for September 2018. Wi-Fi is enabled throughout the campus to support the school’s 1:1 learning project, with every student having access to a personal tablet or laptop.
We are fully authorised to deliver both the International Baccalaureate Primary Years and Middle Years Programme (www.ibo.org) and we are a candidate school for the IB Diploma which we expect to begin teaching from September 2019.
The school is one of several very successful Italian schools belonging to ISE (the International Schools of Europe) which in turn are part of Inspired, a worldwide network of premium schools. (www.inspirededu.co.uk), offering global best practice and professional development.
The Position:
We are seeking to appoint a teacher of Integrated Humanities and History to join the secondary school team. The ideal candidate would be interested in teaching across the entire secondary school age range and have an interest in helping foreign learners of English become truly bilingual. For suitable candidates, there may be the possibility of additional responsibility as we implement the IB Diploma programme from September 2019.
The initial contract will be for a period of two years, after which there may be the possibility of converting the contract into a permanent position of employment.
Essential characteristics:
- to be in possession of a university degree in a related subject and an appropriate teaching qualification;
- to have had recent experience teaching the subject within the 11-19 age range;
- to be a fluent English Speaker
- to be an EU passport holder or already be in possession of a valid visa that enables to work in Italy.
Previous experience with IB programmes is not required and official IB training will be offered, together with relocation assistance.
Why work with us:
- A knowledgeable and talented staff body committed to supporting the very best in student achievement.
- IB professional development during employment
- A competitive salary
- Support settling in to Italy with our Relocation Agents
- An international campus in Siena, Italy and a school where teachers are respected as professionals and afforded autonomy to teach in the most innovative and effective ways.
How to apply
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should send a single PDF file containing the following to our Principal, Ms Vicki Watson at vwatson@internationalschoolofsiena.it
- Letter of application;
- CV with photo;
- Contact details of three referees (one of which must be supervisor from most recent appointment).
The successful candidate will be expected to begin work at the end of August 2018, before which date a criminal records check will need to be completed as part of our child safeguarding policy.
More information about the school can be found on our website at http://internationalschoolsgroup.it/school/siena.
The school is one of several very successful Italian schools belonging to ISE (International School of Europe) which in turn is part of Inspired (www.inspirededu.co.uk), a worldwide network of premium schools offering global best practice and professional development.
About International School of Siena
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Our School is part of the Inspired Education Group
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The school consists of small classes, one class per grade. Our IB programmes provide each student with opportunities to explore, inquire and develop confidence as well as equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and understanding necessary for the 21st century. Our school is based in a purpose-built facility which includes well-designed classrooms, a spacious indoor Gymnasium, a Drama studio, Libraries and two Science labs with on-going developments of the external facilities.
We are an International Baccalaureate World School delivering all three programmes: Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme.
Our classrooms are exciting centres of collaborative learning and this extends to the philosophy and vision of relations between teachers and families. We believe that collaboration with families is of particular importance and our teachers interact comfortably and confidently with parents as well as being imaginative and flexible classroom practitioners. We expect high standards in teaching and learning with special awareness of language acquisition and literacy since the majority of students do not have English as their mother tongue.
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