Teacher of English Literature and Language and Drama
Akademeia High School
Warsaw, Poland
- Expired
- Salary:
- competitive with generous relocation package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2023
- Apply by:
- 13 March 2023
Job overview
English Language and Literature Teacher
We are looking for a dynamic, inspirational and academically-driven teacher to join our thriving English and Drama Departments. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Akademeia High School community, which is already a well-established international school in its sixth year of operation. The school boasts a vibrant academic environment with fantastic faculty members and a supportive administrative team.
About Akademeia:
Akademeia High School is an academically selective school in Warsaw, offering IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses. The majority of our students are preparing to study at either Oxbridge or the Ivy League, or at Russell group universities, as well as internationally acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. With a rigorous admissions process and A Level classes taught in the form of undergraduate seminars, the school pursues a pre-university university model.
About the job:
You will teach English Language and Literature and Drama in separate classes to students aged 14-18, across a range of English and Drama courses at IGCSE and A Level.
English Language and Literature
Working collaboratively with other members of the English Department, you will be involved in the planning and delivery of a range of our curricula throughout a given academic session.
You will also support students in the planning and delivery of major pieces of work, such as external coursework, as well as developing their wider essay and transactional writing skills.
In tandem with the wider department, you will take an active role in promoting and encouraging the development of literacy throughout the school, both by personal example and through community-engagement projects conducted with students.
Drawing upon your work in the Drama Department, and seeking, wherever possible, collaboration with further related departments, you will aim to enrich students’ understanding and appreciation of a wide range of literary genres, including dramatic texts.
You will be involved in the promotion of literature-related activities to the wider school community, such as raising awareness of the school’s reading resources, both in our library and through our online journal access, as well as supervising students in their familiarization with and use of these and related resources.
Drama
Working closely with the senior teacher of the Drama Department, you will deliver a combination of both theory and practice-based lessons using the department’s facilities: the auditorium, backstage area, props/costumes, lighting and sound, and utilizing our online resources such as the Digital Theatre Plus platform to support students’ learning of and appreciation for this vital artform.
You will work directly with students on both the devising and direction of the practical components of their GCSE and A Level qualifications, reviewing the work of external production companies covered within the specifications and supporting the students in the incorporation of new techniques into their own work. Your support of the students’ devised pieces will include oversight of both the writing and the physical organisation of their pieces.
At intermittent stages throughout the school year you will oversee the running of rehearsals to ensure that students have had appropriate practice opportunities for their work before their final performances. Encouraging as much independence in your students as possible, you will also support them in the promotion and advertising of their work to the school community.
In terms of outreach, to promote the work and activities of the Drama Department within the wider school community, you will assist in the planning and promotion of dramatic works through major events such as the annual Drama Week (held in the spring term) and the school’s Arts Week (held in the summer term). Throughout the school year, you will also work will colleagues from both the English and Drama Departments in the organization of monthly school trips to the theatre, as well as the screenings of transmitted productions, e.g. National Theatre Live productions, in our auditorium.
The full-time teaching commitment is 20 hours of instruction per week with generous time allowances built into the timetable to facilitate effective preparation, marking, and report writing. The maximum class size is 12, which allows our students to benefit from more focused and personalized teaching. Teachers are expected to either be involved in pastoral care (tutoring of a small group) or supporting student clubs and co-curricular activities; with reference to the teaching of Drama, this may include supporting students from outside of the department with school-wide productions, such as the annual musical or our external drama program. The regular school week is from Monday to Friday, with occasional school events happening on weekends (e.g. open days, school trips) that teachers may be required to attend. Within the usual course of dramatic productions, drama teachers will also be expected to oversee and attend rehearsals that may be run in the evenings or at weekends, if not during regular working hours.
About you:
We are looking for creative teaching professionals with deep love of the word both written on the page and presented on the stage The desire to spark this same passion in your students should be the driving force of your vocation to educate others about English Literature and Drama. You should also be a highly effective communicator able to deliver premium lesson content for all of the British curriculum key stage examinations. The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual able to both inspire and widen students’ interests in English Literature and Language, and Drama, as well as guiding them effectively in their preparations for both major internal and external exams.
Educational Qualifications
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in English Literature or English Language and Literature, or English Literature and Drama/Theatre
Experience
• Teaching experience specifically in A Level Literature and/or A Level Language and Literature and A Level Drama; International Baccalaureate Language A: Literature (HL) and/or Language A: Language and Literature (HL); Theatre (HL); IGCSE or GCSE English Language, IGCSE or GCSE English Literature; GCSE Drama
• Thorough knowledge of the subject curricula: IGCSE/GCSE and A Level
• Involvement in extra-curricular activities: professional, amateur, or voluntary
• Experience managing and leading groups of students/young people
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Selected candidates will be invited to a first stage interview with the Headmaster. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a trial day in the school.
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About Akademeia High School
Akademeia High School is an international, academically-selective school in Warsaw, offering A-levels and GCSEs. We are an accredited UCAS centre and Edexcel (Pearson) and AQA examination centre for the English GCE Advanced Levels. We have also prepared a special intensive SAT/ACT exam course for students who are interested in applying to American universities.
We offer IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses, which supplement and go beyond the prescribed UK Examination Boards’ curricula. In years 10 and 11 students take interdisciplinary Akademeia Assessed Courses and iGCSEs subjects.
All students at Akademeia High School work towards A Level exams, giving them the opportunity to build their own academic profile from the wide variety of subjects on offer. This unique approach, which is tailored to the students’ greatest strengths, allows them to develop several valuable skills, such as critical thinking, effective communication and problem solving.
Our school focuses on developing both students’ academic abilities and their artistic, athletic and leadership potential. The majority of our students are preparing to study at Oxbridge, Russell group, and Ivy League universities as well as acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. The school offers a substantial scholarship program with about 10% of students being scholars.
Our mission
We strive to help our students realise their intellectual and creative ambitions and stretch their abilities in our pre-university university environment. We provide a pathway to the leading universities across the globe and prepare our students for the ever-changing world.
With critical thinking at the heart of our curricula, we nurture student agency, encourage dialogue, and follow an interdisciplinary approach to develop in our pupils a lifelong passion for learning.
Multidimensional education
By understanding the requirements of the best universities in the world, we take care of the academic achievements on the one hand and we actively promote the personal development of our students (participation in volunteer activities, internships, competitions, workshops) on the other.
We place great emphasis on critical thinking and we believe it is important to develop our students’ varied competences, such as: communication and presentation, creativity and innovation, teamwork and project management, critical thinking and problem solving, ability to collect, filter and absorb information.
University acceptances: classes of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London, University of Exeter, University of Bristol, University of St Andrews, Durham University, Glasgow School of Art, University of the Arts London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Wesleyan University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Parsons University, University of Washington, Berklee College of Music, University of Pennsylvania,University of British Columbia, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, University of Amsterdam, University of York, University of Southern California, Design Academy of Eindhoven, Esade, Bocconi University, IE University, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Delft University of Technology, UNC at Chapel Hill, Brown University.
School building
Architecture should stimulate, inspire and give students the feeling of being in an important and unique place. We want our school to be a place where students don’t want to leave. To achieve our educational goals we have created:
Professional spaces for academic work
- modern biology, chemistry and physics laboratories designed in collaboration with leading academic centers
- spacious classrooms with oval (”Harkness”) tables
A unique space for artistic activities and creative work
- a 100 square meter art studio adapted for classes in painting, printmaking and sculpture
- a multimedia studio
- music room with a recording studio
- an auditorium/theatre with seating for 300 people
A comfortable space for sport
- gymnasium with courts and other extensive sport facilities
Inspiring spaces for individual work and relaxation
- green roof (over 1000 m2 of vegetation)
- green patio
- cafeteria
- study lounge
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