Science Teacher (February 2025)
Newton College
Peru
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 1 October 2024
Job overview
For February 2025, we are looking for a dynamic Science Teacher who is committed to the holistic growth of pupils. Staff are well supported by subject coordinators, a student engagement department and teachers of specialist subjects.
Interested candidates must fulfill the following requirements:
Post Profile
● Hold a teaching degree in Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics or a related area) or a related field (significant professional experience in this area will also be considered);
● Have at least one year of experience of teaching the IB Middle Years or IB Diploma Program;
● Have at least two years of prior teaching experience.;
● Demonstrate excellent classroom practice that promotes inquiry-based learning;
● Command a wide range of digital tools for teaching, communicating and data
collecting;
● Possess excellent communication skills, spoken and written;
● Possess excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills;
● Demonstrate a growth mind-set and positive drive;
● Some knowledge of Spanish would be advantageous.
Contract
● An initial two-year contract with flights to and from country of origin for appointee and
close family;
● A salary paid in American dollars which is highly competitive for Latin America;
● Baggage, settling-in and Spanish tuition allowances;
● Private medical insurance for self and close family;
● Remission on school fees for children enrolled at our school;
● Excellent internal and external professional development;
● A very collaborative and collegial work climate.
Applicants should write to the Headmaster: recruitment@newton.edu.pe
In the subject box of the email, they should write the title of the post for which they are applying. The names of three referees must be provided, including the current employer. We are a Safe Recruitment organization and shortlisted candidates will need to produce a police clearance certificate for every country in which they have worked.
The deadline for applications is September 30th, 2024.
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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