IB Middle Years English Language and Literature Teacher
Ntare Louisenlund School
Rwanda
- New
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 September 2024
Job overview
Ntare Louisenlund School is seeking innovative and committed teachers for our international curriculum boarding school. Can you imagine helping to design the school of the future by promoting personalised learning, student agency, and twenty-first-century skills? If so, please consider applying.
We’re looking to fill the following position for Ntare Louisenlund School (IB MYP* curriculum) starting on 15 Sept 2024: competent and committed teachers of the English Language and Literature programme to join our faculty full-time.
Your challenge and responsibilities:
You will have the opportunity to help young people develop independent personalities, to cultivate their talents, and to strengthen their intellectual curiosity. Small courses of 20 students enable differentiated teaching and learning. In addition to teaching courses, you will mentor and support students in self-regulating their learning. Our newly constructed, picturesque, state-of-the-art campus provides an ideal working environment for educators and learners. An innovative spirit and new ideas to help us shape a Ntare Louisenlund Pedagogy for the 21st century are welcome.
Your profile:
- You have a teacher certification and/or experience working as a teacher (preferably in the IB Middle Years Programme or Diploma Programme).
- You are passionate about your subject area and enthusiastic about working together with young people.
- You are interested in working to shape the Nature Louisenlund Pedagogy for the 21st century.
- You are willing to familiarize yourself with the unique pedagogical concept of Nature Louisenlund and take part in professional development workshops, as well as the school development process.
- You are passionate about and/or supportive of the school’s focus on excellence in holistic, STEM education.
- You speak and write English fluently and are competent in using English as a language of instruction (exceptions include foreign language courses).
We offer:
- A fully equipped school campus with excellent facilities in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera.
- Optional campus housing on a first-come-first-serve basis (rent-free as a taxable benefit).
- An exceptional in-house professional development programme with travel opportunities for further IB professional development.
- Small learning groups.
- An extensive and diverse co-curricular programme and the possibility of taking part in or offering co-curricular experiences for students.
- Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany Stiftung Louisenlund).
- Various partnerships with external educational partners.
- A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented faculty.
- An attractive compensation package based on your level of experience. This figure includes the staff housing allowance. All staff salaries are paid in RWF.
How to Apply
Can you imagine working to help us design the school of the future? Then you should apply here immediately or submit your application to careers@ntare-louisenlund.rw and share an updated CV, motivation letter and certified electronic copies of degrees and relevant certificates. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
*Ntare Louisenlund School is a candidate school** for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
** Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.
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About Ntare Louisenlund School
Ntare Louisenlund School (Rwanda) aims to be among the best schools in Africa. With the Rwanda plus-STEM programme, it will bring together the best talents from Rwanda in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology and act as a hub for training innovation and entrepreneurship and for shaping the future. The 60-hectare campus located in Rwanda’s Bugesera District, a forty-five minute drive from Kigali, can accommodate up to 1000 boarding students. The campus is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories, modern classrooms and learning studios, IT rooms, a creative design workshop, and impressive, newly constructed sports facilities. These include soccer and handball pitches, basketball a court, tennis court, a swimming pool, and an Olympic-sized track
The aim of Ntare Louisenlund School is to provide students with an outstanding international education, allowing them to apply for scholarships at the best universities worldwide. Half of the student body will be selected through a preliminary assessment and financed by appropriate scholarships (plus-STEM stream). The other half of the student body will be made up of students from Africa who wish to complete the IB Diploma as a school-leaving certificate. Their families will finance the schooling themselves (IB stream). Ntare Louisenlund School is an IB Candidate School* offering the IB Middle Years Programme and planning to offer the Diploma Programme in the future.
Some of the key features that make Ntare Louisenlund School unique are:
· active, student-centered learning
· a personalized learning programme for each individual student
· individual mentoring and a personalized learner portfolio
· a range of co-curricular activities to help educate the whole person
· teamwork and collaboration to develop student´s social and communication skills
· developing 21st century skills
· excellence in STEM education
We are excited about this opportunity to co-create the school of the future in Rwanda. School operations will commence with up to 80 grade 7 students in the social entrepreneurial international stream and 80 grade 7 students in the global +STEM stream in September 2024. From the 2029/30 school year onwards, the school will operate at full capacity with approximately 1000 students.
Ntare Louisenlund School is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.
* Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.
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