Modern Language Assistant - French, Italian and Spanish (Accommodation available)
Dollar Academy
Clackmannanshire
- £13,260 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- 12 hours of conversation work per week plus up to 10 hours per month of other duties. £480 deducted each month if applicant lives in (to cover accommodation and food)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2021
- Apply by:
- 30 June 2021
Job overview
Founded in 1818, Dollar Academy is the world’s oldest co-educational day and boarding school. The Academy is situated in about 50 acres of grounds, amidst delightful scenery, in the small town of Dollar at the foot of the Ochil Hills. Centrally located, Dollar is only 20 minutes’ drive from Stirling, 30 minutes from Perth and under an hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow. The school is a 25-minute drive from the world-renowned Gleneagles resort and an hour from the famous beaches and golf courses of St Andrews. With approximately 1300 pupils the school is renowned for its innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Continuous development of staff and facilities is also paramount at Dollar.
We are seeking French, Italian and Spanish speakers to join us as Modern Language Assistants. These positions are crucial in supporting the linguistic development of our pupils and Assistants provide an insight into the culture of the country whose language they speak.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide intensive 1:1 speaking practice for pupils
- Support pupils looking to make extra progress with out of class work
- Help to plan activities and lessons
- Provide adult tuition once per week
- Provide support to our boarding house pupils and other occasional tasks around the school
Knowledge and Experience
- Fluency in chosen language
- Native speaker or equivalent proficiency
- Reasonable knowledge of English
About Dollar Academy
Dollar Academy was founded in 1818 as the UK’s first co-educational day and boarding school and has been at the heart of Scotland’s educational development for 200 years. The school is the Sunday Times Scottish Independent School of the Year 2018.
Dollar has over 1250 pupils aged 5-18, of whom approximately 75 are boarders. The school’s extensive 70 acre campus is set in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Central Scotland and is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Edinburgh airport is conveniently situated and can be reached in 45 minutes.
Dollar is distinguished by its excellence in pastoral care, co-curricular provision and classroom teaching.
Enjoyment of learning lies at the heart of this school and the aim is for all pupils to gain satisfaction from a real commitment to study and participation in the great range of sporting, art and cultural activities on offer.
Dollar pupils undertake internationally recognised SQA examination courses and, in a typical year, over 65% of exam results are at Grade A. Although firmly grounded in the values of Scottish education, Dollar takes a deliberately international approach and the diverse boarding community is at the heart of school life.
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