Italian Teacher
Le Regent International School
Crans Montana
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Please see the job description attached.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2021
- Apply by:
- 28 September 2020
Job overview
Founded in 2015, Le Régent is a Swiss boarding and day school with an international academic programme. Its modern campus in the heart of the Valais Alps in the stunning ski resort of Crans-Montana is designed for up to 300 students from Switzerland and around the world. Le Régent follows a rigorous academic programme in English in preparation for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme while nurturing the individual talents of each student with its diverse extracurricular offering, including sports, arts, music and mountain activities. Le Régent has been under the guidance of Institut Le Rosey (rosey.ch) since August 2019.
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and forward-thinking teacher of Italian (ideally with Italian as their mother-tongue) to teach across a range of year groups (normally grades 8-12/UK years 9-13) up to and including IGCSE and the IB, and to teach private lessons in the Junior school.
Principal responsibilities:
1. To maintain high academic standards in Italian
2. To monitor the achievement and progress of students
3. To sustain or improve (I)GCSE and IB results year on year
4. To ensure that rigorous and challenging schemes of work are in place to enable achievement and performance at all academic levels
5. To play a full part in the day and boarding life of the school - including weekly duties and some weekend commitments
6. To provide care and guidance to a tutor group
7. To be fully committed to safeguarding and the promotion of welfare
The closing date for applications is 28th September but interviews of suitable applicants will begin immediately, and an appointment made as soon as possible and at the very latest by 16th October.
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About Le Regent International School
Le Régent International School is a 4-18 independent co-educational boarding and day school. Founded in 2015, it is the youngest and the most modern international boarding school in Switzerland. Le Régent is a dynamic and growing IB World School. We provide a multilingual and multicultural educational environment to over 250 students from 45 countries.
The school is committed to holistic educational principles, combining demanding academic curricula with extensive sporting, arts and public-speaking programmes, leading to IGCSEs in Grade 10 and the International Baccalaureate (or the Régent Graduation Diploma) in IB2. Language options are particularly strong and many students speak at least two languages fluently. Le Régent International School is an official examination centre for the IB Diploma Programme, SATs, IELTS and Edexcel IGCSEs.
Located in Crans-Montana in the Valais canton, Le Régent’s Outdoor Education programme comprising frequent expeditions, wild camping, ski-touring and cross-country skiing, takes full advantage of its stunning location to provide students with the personal skills and understanding of the environment that will serve them well in the future.
Our boarding school in the sunny Swiss canton of Valais, is the ideal place for students to become all they can be amongst inspiring students and educators in a family-like atmosphere.
At the same time, Le Régent is proud of its commitment to contemporary pedagogy. It is an Apple Distinguished school and a large proportion of its faculty are accomplished and intelligent users of technology inside and outside the classroom. An accredited IB school, Le Régent paves the way to the most promising universities in the world while respecting each student’s specific interests and concentrating on their strengths.
Who students are today is of great importance to us. However, who they want to become and how they want to shape the world of tomorrow is even more important.
Director General
Bernd J. Westermeyer
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