Headteacher
La Escuela de Lancaster
Mexico City
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2015
- Apply by:
- 15 September 2014
Job overview
Contract type: Full time
Contract term: Three years (renewable)
The Lancaster School is a non-profit, private, bi-cultural school with a progressive educational philosophy, founded in 1979 and located in the south of Mexico City, catering for approximately 830 children from 3 to 18 years old. It is located on two sites, one mile apart, housing the Primary School (3 - 11 years old) and Secondary School (11 - 18 years old).
We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing, optimistic and approachable person with relevant senior management experience for whom this represents their first, or at most second, headship. They should have a deeply held, personal educational philosophy that is compatible with that of the Lancaster School and a strong commitment to bicultural education, preferably based on first-hand experience. They should be a visionary leader, committed to building thriving educational communities that include all stakeholders, with an understanding and sensitivity to the challenges of working in cross-cultural environments. Experience in Latin America would be an advantage.
- Competitive local salary
- Furnished accommodation
- Return air fare
- Medical insurance
Applicants should send a current Curriculum Vitae and letter of application, together with the names and contact details of three referees, to Elsie Sosa (elsie@lancaster.edu.mx), Secretary to the Board of Governors, no later than September 15th 2014.
The letter should address the candidate's specific interest and reasons for wanting to live in Mexico and work at the Lancaster School. It should provide concrete examples of past achievements and successes that illustrate the qualities listed in the person profile and it should outline, in general terms, what the candidate would hope to achieve in the first three years in the position and their strategies for doing so.
Applicants should provide the name, position and e-mail of three referees who have worked closely with them in the last five years in an educational context. The referees should be prepared to be contacted by telephone or Skype if necessary.
For more information about the school please visit our website at http://www.lancaster.edu.mx.
Apply by 15th September 2014.
Attached documents
About La Escuela de Lancaster
- La Escuela de Lancaster
- Prolongation May 5 # 67, Colonia San Pedro Mártir, Tlalpan Delegation
- México City
- 14650
- Mexico
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and star saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities”
- Charles Dickens
The Lancaster School is a non-profit, private school founded in 1979 and is located in the south of Mexico City. From small beginnings, the school has grown in size and quality, while keeping a strong sense of its individualism and identity, in line with the School’s Mission and Philosophy. From the start, Lancaster has offered all our students integrated programs combining the Mexican and British education systems, taught through both English and Spanish.
Lancaster has a unique educational philosophy, based on our long-standing view that the real aim of education is to allow each person to embark on a life-long journey of self-discovery, so constructing our own identity. As such many of our school systems are focussed on supporting Lancaster students discover who they are and who they want to be. Mariana, one of our Lower 6 students, wrote about the school as part of an anthropology class assignment:
“The Lancaster School has a sense of freedom, diversity, respect and empathy. Lancaster allows you to see the world from a different perspective. They teach you how to be a human being and not a machine. Teachers don’t let you fall, but rather, hold your hand to guide you. They let you be free.”
Lancaster has a reputation for being an unconventional school and this is, in ways large and small, indeed true. This stems from our philosophy and the reality that we are, as our mission states, a community of learners. The central idea is that we are engaged in the development of our individual identity, applies to the adults in our community as much as our students. Each of us who takes up the challenge of working at Lancaster finds that we have to examine some of our most cherished beliefs about education. It is our aim that during their time at Lancaster all our staff grow as people, in ways planned and perhaps unplanned. As a community, we welcome diversity in all its forms and the complexity that goes with this.
To be happy and successful at Lancaster teachers need to be: passionate about what they teach, be open-minded, and be reflective. They also need to be adaptable and believe that learning is a process, not a task for our students and ourselves. If you find yourself agreeing with this we would be happy to talk to you about becoming a member of the Lancaster team.
For more detailed information about Lancaster please read our 'General Information for Candidates' document, which you can find at this site.
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