Elementary Spanish Language Teacher (Maternity Cover)

5th August 2024 - 27th November 2024

To apply, please click on the following link to take you to our Nord Anglia Careers Site:

https://careers.nordangliaeducation.com/job-invite/1327/

Background:

The British International School Houston is looking to appoint an outstanding Elementary Spanish Teacher to inspire, challenge and support our youngest students in our new purpose built school. This is a maternity cover position to lead Primary student learning in Spanish within our classrooms as part of a vibrant languages department. To collaborate with colleagues on the development of a creative language curriculum which ensures excellent outcomes for all, supported by technology and strong teaching practice. To inspire our diverse students of all ages to foster a love of language learning and to achieve strong academic outcomes.

Engagement and Interaction

• Sets high expectations for students; inspiring, motivating and challenging students to achieve excellent progress and ambitious outcomes.
• Represents the school’s values in every interaction with students, parents and colleagues.
• Demonstrates the highest levels of integrity, ethics and standards of personal and professional conduct
• Actively and enthusiastically contributes beyond the classroom in the wider context of the school community.
• Acts as an advocate for the school in the wider community

Teaching and Learning

• Has experience and the skills to deliver high quality teaching in the language of Spanish
• Has a well-developed, extensive knowledge of language acquisition and related pedagogy (including using Technology for Learning).
• Has experience/knowledge of teaching Early Years and Primary aged students
• Has knowledge/experience of a high-quality through-school language offer
• Engages and challenges student learning through questioning and discussion techniques and proven-pedagogical strategies.
• Creates a culture of learning and manages student behaviour to ensure an environment of respect and collaboration.
• Participates in all aspects of our learning programme, in line with school policy that assist in growing the school and are linked to the agreed learning programme

Planning and Preparation

• Sets clear learning intentions and educational outcomes.
• Designs lesson plans, activities and assessments that are aligned to the school’s curriculum and that engage students.
• Conceptualises, plans and teaches well-structured lessons and programmes that engage, inspire and stretch students; encouraging them to be ambitious

About you

Able to create a classroom culture when there are no limits to what can be achieved, you will have a degree in your specialist subject, a teaching qualification plus considerable teaching experience and knowledge of the curriculum. Receptive to feed back and ready to embrace change, you will be keen to share best practice with colleagues and peers.

A strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage students and parents with the wider school and the Nord Anglia Education community. Your strong motivation and communication skills will also enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement and personal investment within the classroom.

You must be able to meet visa-related restrictions for the Unites States of America (The Americas Region) including having British or American Citizenship or having authorization to work in the Unites States. If you are a British Citizen you must have a PGCE and/or QTS.

Selection Process

Interviews will be conducted in person. Please note we reserve the right to make an appointment sooner to the right candidate.

Start Date: 5th August 2024

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.