Upper School Humanities Teacher
Newton College
Peru
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
Job overview
Upper School Humanities Teacher (starting date: 1st February, 2017)
Newton College (Lima, Peru) is a private, Peruvian-British, co-educational, bilingual school with a prestigious world reputation. Our beautiful 11-hectare campus is located next to a lake. We have excellent facilities and possess a study centre in primeval Amazon Rainforest. Our current student roll is 1562 and we deliver the IB Primary Years and Diploma Programmes and the IGCSE (although we’ll be changing to the IB MYP in 2018). In Early Years 50% of the curriculum is delivered in English and the other 50% in Spanish. As students progress through Lower and Upper School up to 80% of the curriculum is taught in English.
In the IBDP we achieve above world average results and our students enter the most prestigious universities in the world.
For February 2017 we are looking for a fully qualified and experienced Humanities teacher for Upper School students aged 11-18. Candidates should have:
- Experience teaching Geography and / or History up to IBDP or A-Level courses;
- Experience teaching pupils who are second language learners in English;
- Experience writing schemes of work;
- A good level of digital literacy (for collaborative learning we use Google Classroom).
The teacher will be part of the Humanities Faculty (Geography, History, Religion and Economics). We seek enthusiastic, caring teachers who enjoy collaborative planning. We offer an excellent work climate and a very attractive package: 2-year contract, competitive salary in US dollars (the main scale M1-M10 ranges from US$45,553 gross per annum to US$62,174), settling-in allowance, medical insurance, flights, Spanish lessons and excellent professional development. Our Human Resources department will help you to find suitable accommodation in Lima and organize your induction programme.
To apply please send by 1st August, 2016 a covering letter (one side of A4) and a full CV (two sides) including the names of three referees, addressed to “Headmaster”.
Apply to: recruitment@newton.edu.pe and please put "Humanities Teacher" in the subject box of your email.
For further information about our school visit: www.newton.edu.pe
About Newton College
Newton College is a prestigious and innovative IB school, which delivers the three IB academic programmes – PYP, MYP and DP - in both English and Spanish to pupils aged 2 to 18. We have outstanding facilities in our Lima campus and a unique study centre in the Amazon Rainforest (www.newton.edu.pe)
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with 34 different courses at DP level. All our pupils learn to play a musical instrument from the age of five and the wide range of extra-curricular sports activities reinforces our Physical and Health Education programme. Model United Nations, debating and dance are other successful extra-curricular clubs.
Our pedagogical coaches support teachers with classroom practice and our well-staffed psycho-pedagogy department offers emotional and cognitive support to our students. We constantly foster our school values – respect, integrity, commitment and empathy – the IB Learner Profile, the IB Approaches to Learning skills and education for sustainable development.
We are members of GAIL, the Global Alliance for Innovative Learning (www.gailschools.org ), of LAHC, the Latin American Heads Conference (www.lahc.net ), of BSP, The British Schools of Peru and of ADCA, an association of bilingual schools in Lima. Our expatriate staff are mostly from the UK, USA, Canada and Australasia.
Our graduates continue their studies in the best universities in Peru and throughout the world. Our former student, Kerstin Forsberg, was recently named one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders (http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/).
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