Social Studies Teacher
ACS Cobham International School
Surrey
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 01/08/2023
- Apply by:
- 30 June 2023
Job overview
ACS International Schools are recruiting a Social Studies Teacher to join the High School team our Cobham campus.
The Social Studies teacher will mainly be required to teach World History (grade 9) and Business Studies .
You will be working within a campus of outstanding facilities in a beautiful countryside setting, inclusive of world-class facilities like our swimming pool, sports centre, and state-of-the-art theatre.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Educated to Bachelors degree or international equivalent as a minimum in the relevant subject
- A teaching qualification
- Experience teaching Social Studies to high school students at IBDP level would be an advantage
- Strong IT skills
- Experience of/willingness to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning
- Demonstrable positive and tolerant outlook, enthusiasm for teaching and good understanding of behaviours of the relevant age group
- Fluent in both verbal and written English
- Experience of teaching in an international school is preferred
- Commitment to excellence in education
- Understanding of and commitment to the Mission, Aims and Values of ACS International Schools
- A high degree of emotional intelligence, allied with outstanding interpersonal skills
- A collaborative approach to team working
- A reflective and analytical thinker
- An entrepreneurial problem-solver
- Positive personality, with the ability to judge the appropriate balance of support and challenge that individual young people need in order to thrive
Benefits of Teaching at ACS:
- Recognising that time is needed to plan, collaborate and provide meaningful feedback to students, teachers at ACS international Schools teach a maximum of 21 hours per week
- Our maximum class size is a manageable maximum of 22 with most classes being smaller than that.
- We are a well-resourced school, enabling us to provide our students and teachers with the resources they need to learn and achieve.
- We take the professional development of our staff seriously and provide ample opportunities and resourcing to support this.
- Working at ACS Cobham provides an excellent route into teaching internationally-recognised programmes such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Start date: August 2023
ACS is committed to inclusion across race, gender, faith, identity and abilities. We believe that diversity helps us to fulfil our purpose, realise our vision and exemplify our values. ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
About ACS Cobham International School
ACS Cobham International School is a mixed, mainstream, all-through school with sixth form, for students aged 2-18. This independent school is located in Cobham, Surrey, and has approximately 1300 students enrolled.
ACS Cobham International School was founded in 1975 and is one of four ACS schools in England and Qatar. Boarding was added in 1988 and the school generally caters for expatriate families who have relocated to the UK. It boasts a purpose-built dining room, a separate theatre complex with performing arts facilities, and a gymnasium.
Head of school
Barnaby Sandow
Vision and values
ACS Cobham International School’s main aim is to make a difference through education. It wants to inspire students to get involved in their community, make a positive change and aim for excellence in their academic lives. Teachers strive to enrich the international experience for every pupil. They value high standards of scholarship, responsibility and citizenship, and work to create a supportive, international community by providing an inquiry-based and inter-disciplinary curriculum.
As an International Baccalaureate World School, ACS Cobham offers a US-based curriculum alongside its renowned IB Diploma and Advanced Placement schemes, which include AP International Diploma and AP Capstone Diploma. Alongside its AP courses, it also offers the Highly Able Programme. The school holds memberships of the US College Board Advanced Placement Program, the European Council of International Schools, the Council of International Schools and the Independent Schools Association.
ISI report
“The quality of the students’ achievement is excellent. A notable contributory factor is the stimulus of a high quality curriculum that places equal emphasis on developing key dispositions in parallel with knowledge, subject skills and understanding.”
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