Teacher of Mathematics
English College in Prague
Czech Republic
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2014
- Apply by:
- 7 May 2014
Job overview
Teacher of Mathematics in Czech Republic
The English College in Prague seeks a well-qualified, ambitious Teacher of Mathematics.
We are an unusual, exciting and academic HMC secondary school educating both Czech and international students. We prepare our students for IGCSE and for the International Baccalaureate, with our graduates proceeding to universities in the UK, continental Europe and North America. We offer the successful candidate adventure, challenge and excellent remuneration in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
The English College in Prague is seeking to appoint an excellent teacher of Mathematics to join an enthusiastic and motivated team. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic Mathematics teacher to teach the subject across the age and ability range. We are looking for a candidate who is up-to-date with recent educational practices and who can contribute to the exciting changes that are taking place in our classrooms.
The successful candidate will be a well-qualified graduate who has experience of teaching up to A-level/IB and university entrance level. Candidates without IB experience would be expected to undertake IB training, at the School's expense, either before arriving at the College or in their first year of teaching the course.
Staff Package:
- An excellent salary
- We offer assistance, both practical and financial, for those moving to the Czech Republic.
- We fly successful candidates out in the term prior to their appointment for an acquaintance visit.
- We offer an intensive Czech language course.
- The College does contribute to a Czech occupational pension scheme.
- All employees enjoy the generous arrangements of the Czech health and social security system.
The successful applicant will be joining a diverse and dedicated team who maintain a dynamic learning and extra-curricular environment in which the needs and talents of the individual student are recognised and nurtured.
Maximising the attainment of all students at the College is central to our aims, and this appointment is intended to promote this goal across the full age-range of our students' work in Mathematics. The College provides a supportive teaching as well as learning environment, and the appointee will find that at departmental and at whole-school level his/her distinctive experience and expertise will be valued and assimilated into the teaching and learning culture of the school.
How to apply:
Email the Headmaster, Simon Marshall, at headmaster@englishcollege.cz with a short covering letter and a full c.v. Please include a complete career history as well as the names, address and telephone numbers of two referees, at least one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. Initial Skype interviews take place the week of 12 May, 2014.
Previous applicants need not apply.
For further information including job and person specification, please visit the English College in Prague web page at: http://www.englishcollege.cz/2567/vacancies
Closing date: Noon (GMT) 7 May 2014
About English College in Prague
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The English College in Prague is a unique and special school. It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Velvet Revolution as a moderately selective independent day school, offering a British-style Grammar School education and holistic pastoral support to students aged 13-19 (Years 8 - 13 in UK terms). Although all non-language lessons are taught in English it is also a part of the Czech school system. The College is a prominent member of HMC and unlike many international schools is a non-profit-making, fully incorporated charity. Around 70% of its students are Czech and 30% are international students from over twenty different countries.
The College prepares students for a mixture of IGCSE exams, Common European Framework language exams (DELF, Instituto Cervantes and Goethe Institut), as well as ensures that all students in Years 1-4 follow an authorised Czech Curriculum. All students study for the International Baccalaureate in Years 5 and 6 and just over half of the cohort also takes the Czech Maturita examination in addition to the IB. The College has more than twenty-five years’ experience of teaching the IB and many of our staff are IB examiners.
The teaching staff consists of a dynamic mix of recent and more experienced graduates, the vast majority of whom are native English speakers or have been trained in the UK system. A particular benefit, which is relatively unusual for schools abroad, is that, following a successful probationary period, we offer permanent contracts to our staff. We value relationships between student and teacher and of course how both of these connect with parents. We also actively promote a culture of academic aspiration and individualised expectations.
The College traces its traditions back to the Prague English Grammar School which existed in Prague from the 1920s but suffered closure under both the Nazis and the Communists. It seeks to maintain the traditions and rigour of an English Grammar School within the Czech educational framework and its governors are drawn from both the UK and the Czech Republic, symbolised by its two founding patrons – former President Vaclav Havel and Charles, Prince of Wales.
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