Social pedagogue
Ecole d'Humanité
Switzerland
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- Salary:
- Reduced cost rate for boarding accommodation and meals
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 January 2025
Job overview
You along with one or two others will manage a boarding school family with around 10 to 15 young people aged 12 to 18. Together with your colleagues, you will shape the day-to-day lives of the young people and influence them at an important stage in their lives. You are a trusted contact person for whom the well-being of our pupils and their needs are paramount. They support the pupils in the development of social and emotional skills as well as the development of their personality and develop individual socio-educational support planning for the pupils if required. In acute crisis situations, you offer pupils the necessary support, remain capable of acting and provide them with a sense of security. You maintain a trusting and professional exchange with parents, teachers and authorities. Depending on your experience, knowledge and interests, you can take on other tasks in school operations, especially in the afternoon program. You will also support other students beyond the boarding school family in some capacity.
About Ecole d'Humanité
The Ecole d’Humanité, an international boarding high school, is located in Hasliberg Goldern, just off the rail line between Interlaken and Lucerne. Surrounded by the awe-inspiring peaks of the Bernese Oberland, our international village for living, learning, and growing is home to children and adults from some 25 different countries. The stunning natural setting provides both a wholesome learning environment and exceptional opportunities for hiking, skiing, climbing, and other outdoor activities.
The academic program at the Ecole aims to promote meaningful understanding rather than surface knowledge. Students take only three academic subjects per trimester. This allows them to concentrate on each one with special intensity. Small classes (student-teacher ratio is 5:1) allow for individualized instruction and demand active participation.
To balance the intensive academic program in the morning students devote their afternoons to the arts, sports, and practical work, selecting from some eighty possible courses. Blacksmithing, skiing or snowboarding, woodworking, painting, pottery, rock-climbing, the annual Shakespeare production, French theater, classical, jazz, folk, and pop music ensembles, instrumental and voice lessons, gardening, and animal husbandry are just a few of the fields students can choose to explore and then concentrate on in their afternoons.
The Ecole d’Humanité offers both Swiss and American academic programs. The American Program leads to a High School Diploma and includes preparation for the College Board SAT exams, for which the Ecole is an official testing center. Students can also prepare for exams leading to the AP International Diploma (see facing page) and entrance to universities around the world. Our Swiss Program offers primary and normal secondary school diplomas which are recognized throughout Switzerland. Older students can prepare for university via the Swiss Matura exams or the College Board AP exams, or they can take courses that increase their chances of winning a place in a demanding apprenticeship or a vocational college.
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