Mathematics Lead Teacher Middle and High School Level
La Escuela de Lancaster
Mexico
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 22 January 2022
Job overview
“There is more in us than we know if we could be made to see it; perhaps, for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.” (Kurt Hahn)
Lancaster School is a non-profit, bicultural, inclusive school with a progressive educational philosophy, firmly committed to both Mexican and international educational systems. As a community, we welcome diversity in all its forms and the complexity that goes with this.
Lancaster caters for roughly 800 children from 3 to 18 years, mostly of Mexican nationality from professional and academic families. Secondary students study the International Middle Years Program (IMYC), IGCSEs and the IB Diploma, while also completing local educational requirements. Secondary classes are limited to a maximum of 25 students. In the IB diploma years, classes are smaller with a maximum of 16 students.
We are looking for a bilingual Spanish-English Mathematics Lead Teacher with passion for education, effective communication, able to inspire confidence, mediator and counselor, self-critical, ethical, curious, reflective, excellent interpersonal skills, self-sufficient, intuitive with a genuine commitment to the education of the whole child. The successful candidate will preferably have at least 2 years of experience overseeing academic staff, preferably at the secondary and/or high school level, in a context of diversity and inclusion, full understanding of mathematics teaching in an EAL context. It is important that you have the ability to see the bigger picture and the detail, understand and solve complex problems, able to show initiative and innovate while assuring agreed procedures are followed, be good team player, willing to consult and promote collaboration.
The Lead Teacher provides leadership and guidance within the department, including the management of resources within delegated budgetary limits, the review and development of curriculum, quality of teaching and the effectiveness of assessment practices to support learning and also contributes to the school’s planning (both short and long term) and provides leadership to whole school developments, as required.
Some of your activities will be:
• establishing goals and expectations
• ensuring an orderly and safe environment
• promoting and participating in professional development & growth
• planning, coordinating and evaluating teaching and the curriculum
• resourcing strategically
• creating educationally powerful connections
Some of what we can offer at Lancaster includes:
● Classes are small (maximum 25) and there is daily non-contact time
● Ongoing support for professional development
● Good local salaries & benefits
● Two-year, renewable contract
● Return airfare at the end of the contract
● Furnished accommodation
● Comprehensive Health & Dental Insurance
● Free weekly Spanish classes at beginner and intermediate levels
More details can be found on the School’s website.
To apply, send a letter of request including the reasons for your request (no more than two sides of A4) and a copy of your current CV, including:
● Contact telephone number
● Skype or FaceTime address
● Names of three professional referees with contact details, including email addresses.
All application should be addressed to the Headteacher: Charlotte Crossland at recruitment@lancaster.edu.mx. Applications will be reviewed until our return on January 10, 2022 due to academic holidays.
Lancaster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including the collection of reference checks with previous employers.
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About La Escuela de Lancaster
- La Escuela de Lancaster
- Prolongation May 5 # 67, Colonia San Pedro Mártir, Tlalpan Delegation
- México City
- 14650
- Mexico
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and star saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities”
- Charles Dickens
The Lancaster School is a non-profit, private school founded in 1979 and is located in the south of Mexico City. From small beginnings, the school has grown in size and quality, while keeping a strong sense of its individualism and identity, in line with the School’s Mission and Philosophy. From the start, Lancaster has offered all our students integrated programs combining the Mexican and British education systems, taught through both English and Spanish.
Lancaster has a unique educational philosophy, based on our long-standing view that the real aim of education is to allow each person to embark on a life-long journey of self-discovery, so constructing our own identity. As such many of our school systems are focussed on supporting Lancaster students discover who they are and who they want to be. Mariana, one of our Lower 6 students, wrote about the school as part of an anthropology class assignment:
“The Lancaster School has a sense of freedom, diversity, respect and empathy. Lancaster allows you to see the world from a different perspective. They teach you how to be a human being and not a machine. Teachers don’t let you fall, but rather, hold your hand to guide you. They let you be free.”
Lancaster has a reputation for being an unconventional school and this is, in ways large and small, indeed true. This stems from our philosophy and the reality that we are, as our mission states, a community of learners. The central idea is that we are engaged in the development of our individual identity, applies to the adults in our community as much as our students. Each of us who takes up the challenge of working at Lancaster finds that we have to examine some of our most cherished beliefs about education. It is our aim that during their time at Lancaster all our staff grow as people, in ways planned and perhaps unplanned. As a community, we welcome diversity in all its forms and the complexity that goes with this.
To be happy and successful at Lancaster teachers need to be: passionate about what they teach, be open-minded, and be reflective. They also need to be adaptable and believe that learning is a process, not a task for our students and ourselves. If you find yourself agreeing with this we would be happy to talk to you about becoming a member of the Lancaster team.
For more detailed information about Lancaster please read our 'General Information for Candidates' document, which you can find at this site.
October 2022
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