Physics Teacher
Ecole d'Humanité
Switzerland
- CHF 70,000 per year
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 June 2024
Job overview
Physics & General Science or Math Teacher - Full time, US Program
You Can Make a Difference:
Seeking a science teacher with experience teaching physics, plus either math, general science, biology, or chemistry. You will use creative, hands-on approaches to inspire young people through participatory activities and lessons. In small learning groups with an average of six students, and teaching only three academic classes each morning, you will respond to the individual needs of students and create a framework for conveying your chosen content in a clear and exciting way.
Required:
- Experience teaching physics to students in high school, and willingness/ability to teach Advanced Placement Physics (AP training available)
- Skills in differentiating instruction to students with varied academic and cultural backgrounds
- Willingness to live and work in a small, tight-knit community, supporting the boarding program as a family head
- For applicants from outside Switzerland or the European Union, a university degree in a related field
- Ability to teach sports, performing arts, and/or handcrafts in our afternoon co-curricular program
Desired:
- Experience with problem-based or inquiry learning, Understanding by Design, and/or Advanced Placement courses
- A valid teaching credential (or willingness to make this a priority)
- Enthusiasm for outdoor education and participation in winter sports
What we offer:
- Freedom to develop innovative and dynamic syllabi based on student interests (and your own!)
- Working with other passionate educators in a values-driven environment
- Small class sizes where you can get to know each of your students
- A well-integrated student support team
- The opportunity to share your interests in our diverse co-curricular afternoon program. Teach a course on calligraphy, stand-up comedy, foraging, podcasting, yoga, origami, parkour — if you love it, you can teach it!
- Becoming a certified hike leader and exploring the region during our whole-school multi-day hikes
- Opportunities for professional development (recent examples include Non-Violent Communication, Theme-Centered Interaction, Advanced Placement, Google Suite, and Professional Learning Communities)
- Access to employer-supported childcare
- Opportunities for your middle or high school-aged children to attend our school
- Relocation support, accident insurance, and employer contributions to Swiss retirement fund
- A unique village-like campus home in the heart of the Swiss alps, located within an expansive ski resort
About Ecole d'Humanité
The Ecole d’Humanité, an international boarding high school, is located in Hasliberg Goldern, just off the rail line between Interlaken and Lucerne. Surrounded by the awe-inspiring peaks of the Bernese Oberland, our international village for living, learning, and growing is home to children and adults from some 25 different countries. The stunning natural setting provides both a wholesome learning environment and exceptional opportunities for hiking, skiing, climbing, and other outdoor activities.
The academic program at the Ecole aims to promote meaningful understanding rather than surface knowledge. Students take only three academic subjects per trimester. This allows them to concentrate on each one with special intensity. Small classes (student-teacher ratio is 5:1) allow for individualized instruction and demand active participation.
To balance the intensive academic program in the morning students devote their afternoons to the arts, sports, and practical work, selecting from some eighty possible courses. Blacksmithing, skiing or snowboarding, woodworking, painting, pottery, rock-climbing, the annual Shakespeare production, French theater, classical, jazz, folk, and pop music ensembles, instrumental and voice lessons, gardening, and animal husbandry are just a few of the fields students can choose to explore and then concentrate on in their afternoons.
The Ecole d’Humanité offers both Swiss and American academic programs. The American Program leads to a High School Diploma and includes preparation for the College Board SAT exams, for which the Ecole is an official testing center. Students can also prepare for exams leading to the AP International Diploma (see facing page) and entrance to universities around the world. Our Swiss Program offers primary and normal secondary school diplomas which are recognized throughout Switzerland. Older students can prepare for university via the Swiss Matura exams or the College Board AP exams, or they can take courses that increase their chances of winning a place in a demanding apprenticeship or a vocational college.
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