MYP English Teacher

ISA international School in Guangzhou is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic MYP English Teacher starting from August 2019!

School Mission

ISA International School is committed to creating a community, which is focused on individual learners, nurturing their gifts and talents, and helping them become responsible global citizens and internationally-minded young men and women. Their education will follow a holistic model, which balances academic and co-curricular pursuits with leadership, character and moral development. It will be a community where many nationalities and cultures come together and learn from each other, especially in an international school environment. The ‘ISA International School Science City Campus’ will enroll more than 1 800 students, and K-12 full process international education for students aged 2 to 18. It is scheduled to be operational in August 2020.

Location Overview

Long known as the “Flower City”, Guangzhou is the largest metropolis in South China, Affluent in historical and cultural heritage. It is close enough to Hong Kong for wonderful weekends away. Most of Guangzhou is a full-integrated and modern city that you will find anything and everything you need.

Language Programme 

During the ISA Middle Years, we focus on language learning with extensive opportunities for students. English is the main teaching language of the ISA Middle school curriculum. We also provide English Language and Literature Course and English as an Additional Language (EAL) Program to help students achieve very high level of English, which is the equal to that of native English speakers of the same grade elsewhere. All students have 4 lessons of Chinese lessons per week. Students with a different “Mother Tongue” also have 4 hours of language tuition. Mother Tongue languages offered include Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. Students with a Chinese heritage can choose to do an extra 4 hours of Chinese or extra English (EAL) lessons. 

Language and Literature - English

MYP language and literature courses are taught for four lessons per week. The course includes a balanced study of genres and literary texts, formal and informal writing instruction. The course also includes a study of media literacy to ensure that students are prepared for the future. Students’ interactions with texts generate moral, social, economic, political, cultural and environmental insights. Through their studies, students learn how to form opinions, make decisions, and engage in ethical reasoning. 

We focus the study of texts as an active engagement with language and culture and, by extension, to how we see and understand the world in which we live. A key aim of the language and literature course is to encourage students to question the meaning generated by language and texts, which, it can be argued, is rarely straightforward and unambiguous. Helping students to focus closely on the language of the texts they study and to become aware of the role of each text’s wider context in shaping its meaning is central to the course.

This course aims to develop students’ skills of textual analysis and the understanding that texts can be seen as autonomous yet simultaneously related to a variety of cultures and beliefs. The course is designed to help students develop a range of transferable skills. An understanding of the ways in which formal elements are used to create meaning in a text is combined with an exploration of how that meaning is affected by reading practices and preconceptions.

Special Qualifications/Skills Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree or higher in English 
• Teaching qualification (PGCE or equivalent of a PGCE)
• Native level English speaker
• IB, UK curriculum, IGCSE, overseas and international exposure
• Min. 2 years of teaching experience, ideally with experience of the IB Curriculum
• Proven track record of outstanding teaching in the early years
• Recent experience of working with students from a variety of cultures
• Recent participation in continuing professional development
• Exemplary communication skills, both verbal and written 

Benefit Package

320 000 RMB - 400 000 RMB/year based on experience and qualifications including flight allowance, shipping allowance, housing allowance with flat nearby the school, school shuttle bus from flat to school, Visa application assisted, contract completion Gratuity (8% of the year salary), Global Medical Coverage, Free tuition fee up to 2 dependents.