Music Specialist

Two Music Specialists

About British International School of Chicago, South Loop

The highly successful and fastest growing school in Chicago. The British International School of Chicago, South Loop has established a reputation for excellence in the Chicago market. Leading students to success in the highly-respected International Baccalaureate Diploma, the school’s outstanding teachers prepare students for college and beyond through a robust and rigorous curriculum. The contemporary, learning-driven school is located in the South Loop area of Chicago, serving both American and international families and is seeking two music teachers to join what is a very enthusiastic staff where music is considered as a very important subject in all student’s development throughout the school from age 3 to age 18.

Person Specification           

You will join a very well established department where the students are very enthusiastic musicians. Students enjoy music on their timetable, as well as before school and after school from the Early Years to Year 11 with opportunities for students who are also in Year 12 and Year 13. All students from Year 4 onwards choose, and are loaned, either a violin, a trumpet or a wind instrument. The ability to offer more than one of these instruments would be an advantage.

You will be able to create a classroom culture where there are no limits to what can be achieved. Your qualifications will include a degree in music, a teaching qualification and successful completion of your NQT year.

The successful applicants will be enthusiastic music teacher’s ready to give of their time freely, and eager to prepare the students for performances and competitions.

Benefits   

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of more than 8,000 people working together to support our students’ success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia Education, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more than ever before.

We offer career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. Nord Anglia University unites our team through a vibrant online platform that harnesses the collective expertise of peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practice. We also provide extensive online and face-to-face professional development through Nord Anglia University to ensure that our teachers don’t just maintain their skills, they develop at the cutting edge of educational thinking. Our collaborations with The Juilliard School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offer our teacher’s unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates from Nord Anglia Education’s worldwide staff an opportunity to earn their Executive Master’s in International Education in an exclusive collaboration with King’s College London.

Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the worlds' most vibrant cities.

As a Nord Anglia Education teacher, you enjoy the following benefits:

• A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale
• An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge and collaboration
• A culture which is fair and consultative
• Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career

Selection Process

**Applicants that have submitted application materials with us in the past do not need to apply again, we have your application/CV on file.

The closing date for applications is 21st April, 2017.  First stage interviews will be conducted by Skype.

Start Date: August 2017

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years

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