Secondary School English Language and Literature Teacher
Spectrum International School
Kazakhstan
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- competitive tax-free salary | accommodation and flight allowance | health insurance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 31 December 2024
Job overview
Spectrum International School
Secondary School English Language and Literature Teacher
We would like to recruit a passionate, dedicated, and experienced teacher for our expanding primary school.
Candidates are expected to possess a commitment to creating and managing a caring, supportive, purposeful, and stimulating learning environment which is conducive to children’s learning. Candidates should also be able to easily adapt to new cultures and environments.
The majority of our students are local nationals, for whom English is not their First Language. We have a diverse student body with fluent English-speaking local nationals and expatriates and our student population continues to grow each year.
Minimum requirements:
- Native Level English Speaker
- At least three years of full-time Secondary School English Language and Literature teaching experience within a UK school or an international school that offers the English National Curriculum or similar program.
- Bachelor of Education
- Qualified Teacher Status and/or PGCE or Teacher Certification from home country.
- Experience in teaching the English National Curriculum or Cambridge International Programmes.
- Overseas teaching experience is desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
- A competitive tax-free salary
- Accommodation allowance
- Flights at the beginning and end of the contract
- An annual return flight each summer
- Basic private local health insurance
- End of academic year bonus
To apply for this post, please follow this link to complete the JOB APPLICATION FORM online. After completing the form please email us your CV.
For further information, please contact recruitment@spectrum.edu.kz
Spectrum International School,
Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev, 11
Astana, Kazakhstan
Tel: + 7 7172 57 35 30
Contract term: Negotiable (A two-year renewable contract is offered in the first instance)
Attached documents
About Spectrum International School
Employer Information:
Phase: Preparatory, Primary & Secondary
Age Range: 4-18 years
Funding Status: Independent
Spectrum International School is a non-profit private school executing under the umbrella of BILIM ORDA International Foundation that runs a network of over thirty secondary schools and a university all over Kazakhstan. The School caters for a range of local and international students residing in Astana, the new vibrant capital of Kazakhstan. The School was established in 2008 as the initiative of BILIM ORDA to contribute to the dynamically growing market of international education in Kazakhstan.
The purpose built school building is located in the new administrative part of the city among a diverse range of recently completed structures which had been accredited to internationally acclaimed architects and designers such as Kisho Kurokawa, Manfredi Nicoletti or Norman Foster. The School has excellent facilities including several indoor gyms for doing various kinds of sports, semi-Olympic indoor swimming pool, spacious cafeterias, modern classrooms and laboratories, and many more.
The School offers a balanced and integrated curriculum that will meet our students' diverse learning needs. The curriculum integrates the national curriculum of Kazakhstan and Cambridge International Programmes for Primary, Secondary 1 & 2, and Advanced Level. The programme is intended from Nursery to Grade 12. From Grade 1 to Grade 5 the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science follow the Cambridge International Primary Programme enriched with ICT, Fine Art, Music and Physical Education all taught in English. As part of Kazakh National Curriculum, Kazakh Language (Reading & Writing) is offered.
From Grade 6 to Grade 12, our entire examined curriculum comes from Cambridge International Examinations. Additionally, Kazakh Language and Literature, History and Geography of Kazakhstan are taught as part of Kazakh National Curriculum.
There are four levels of Cambridge international examinations that our students take:
- Primary Checkpoint – sat at Grade 5 level;
- Checkpoint – sat at Grade 8 level;
- IGCSE –sat at Grade 10 level;
- A Levels –a two-year course sat at Grade 11 (AS) and Grade 12 (A2).
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