High School Science Teacher - January 2025

ACS International Schools are recruiting a Science Teacher to join the High School team at our Cobham campus for January 2025 start.

You will be working within a campus of outstanding facilities in a beautiful countryside setting, inclusive of world-class facilities like our swimming pool, sports centre, and state-of-the-art theatre.

ACS International Schools is the leading International Schools group within the UK with 3 schools in and close to London serving a mixed community of internationally-minded local families, expats on long term assignments and international boarders (Cobham only). It is a pioneering group borne out of a desire to provide a broad education for internationally-minded students who want to find their place in and contribute to a global society. Founded more than 50 years ago, the education ACS offers (based originally on the American education system) now embraces a broad international curriculum that includes the highly regarded IB. Half of our students now go on to attend UK universities, with more and more local families wanting the benefit of an education that promotes independent thinking, a global mindset and a desire to make the world a better place for their children.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Educated to Bachelors degree or international equivalent as a minimum in the relevant subject or a B.Ed
• A teaching qualification such as a PGCE/Teaching licence
• Experience teaching Science to High School students ages 16-18
• IBDP/AP curricula experience is essential
• Strong IT skills
• Experience of/willingness to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning
• Demonstrable positive and tolerant outlook, enthusiasm for teaching and good understanding of behaviours of the relevant age group
• Fluent in both verbal and written English
• Experience of teaching in an international school is preferred
• Commitment to excellence in education
• Understanding of and commitment to the Mission, Aims and Values of ACS International Schools
• A high degree of emotional intelligence, allied with outstanding interpersonal skills
• A collaborative approach to team working
• A reflective and analytical thinker
• An entrepreneurial problem-solver
• Positive personality, with the ability to judge the appropriate balance of support and challenge that individual young people need in order to thrive.

Benefits of Teaching at ACS:

• Recognising that time is needed to plan, collaborate and provide meaningful feedback to students, teachers at ACS international Schools teach a maximum of 21 hours per week
• Our maximum class size is a manageable maximum of 22 with most classes being smaller than that
• We are a well-resourced school, enabling us to provide our students and teachers with the resources they need to learn and achieve
• We take the professional development of our staff seriously and provide ample opportunities and resourcing to support this
• Working at ACS Cobham provides an excellent route into teaching internationally-recognised programmes such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
• Benefits include: competitive salary, Private Medical Insurance, 3 personal days per year, pensions, life assurance, visa/sponsorship, relocation allowance.

Start date: 1st January 2025

Closing date: 11th October 2024

Working hours: Mon - Fri, term time, 42 weeks per year.

Safeguarding:

ACS is committed to inclusion across race, gender, faith, identity and abilities. We believe that diversity helps us to fulfil our purpose, realise our vision and exemplify our values. ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.