Employer: British Council
Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid (ES)
Salary: Euro 12.015,00 - 13.918,20 € gross annually (depending on the working hours offered & education)
Closing date: Nov 21, 2024
Job description and summary:
English and Exams is a dynamic and global community within the British Council, the UK’s international organization for cultural relations. Be part of a unique global teaching team striving to help English language learners achieve their linguistic, study, work, and life goals.
Our teaching centres and online courses build cultural links between the UK and 38 countries around the world, as well as supporting the cultural relations programmes in arts and sciences delivered by the British Council.
Role Purpose
To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English
To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission
Main Accountabilities
Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups taking into account individual learning styles. Ensure that lesson materials are tailored appropriately to the needs of particular groups and individual
Monitor and assess progress and provide regular feedback – both written and face to face – to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy, using the setting and correction of homework for that purpose. Meet individually with parents and students as part of the student’s learning process
Complete teaching-related administrative tasks (such as prompt completion of class registers, record of classwork, break duties or level testing) to specified standards
Ensure safeguarding and guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:
Child protection. Ensure all YL students are safe, secure, and looked after while they are in our care
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Health and safety
Qualifications
Essential
Undergraduate and or University degree
Cambridge CELTA and or Trinity Certificate TESOL
Desirable
Recognised Diploma in English as a foreign language e.g. DELTA or Trinity Diploma
A Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Bachelor of Education in primary or a relevant secondary subject is highly desirable
Work Experience
Essential
Equivalent to 1 year’s experience post-certificate (CELTA and or Trinity certificate TESOL)
Experience in teaching relevant age groups specific to the center
Early Years aged 2 to 5 (400+hours)
Primary aged 6 to 10 (400+ hours)
Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours)
Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours)
Contract Duration: Indefinite
Contract Teaching Hours- 15.5 hours a week, 474 hours annually
Work Schedule:
Typical teaching slots are: weekday lunchtime, afternoon and evening classes, and Saturday morning and afternoon classes. Days off: Sunday plus another day of the week off, eg Friday. Some adult classes involve early morning starts.
Increasingly our young learner teaching takes place in schools, so travel is often required. Corporate classes usually take place off our premises.
Teachers may be expected to work in more than one British Council center. They are also likely to work in more than one location, e.g. British Council Centre and a partner institution.
Local Restrictions on Employment
Applicants must be EU nationals and have the right to work in Spain
Benefits
Offsite Travel Allowance
Apply link: Please click on the below link to apply.
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