Teacher of Mathematics
Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools
Kazakhstan
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2014
Job overview
One year contract, excellent salary, gifted and talented students. Would you like to join over four hundred teachers from all over the world that will be heading to Kazakhstan this August to participate in a ground breaking educational reform project? If you are a dynamic teacher of Mathematics who really wants to make a difference we would like to hear from you.
The Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools offer teachers a unique opportunity to share their expertise in teaching and learning with their Kazakh and international colleagues.
Named after the president of the country, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the ground breaking NIS schools are changing the way education is delivered. Starting with gifted and talented and exceptionally well-behaved secondary (high school) school children, these fully state funded schools, aim to model the very best educational practice from around the world.
Class sizes never exceed 24 and, depending on the subject, the class is often divided into 2 groups meaning that the teachers will be working with a maximum of 12 students.
The successful applicant will meet the following requirements:
- A Bachelor or Master's Degree in their specific educational sphere along with a relevant teaching qualification (diploma, post graduate certificate etc.)
- At least 3 years teaching experience, post qualification
- A fluent English speaker with high levels of English proficiency, both written and verbal
- Experience of working with EAL students
- Flexible, adaptable and open-minded
- Skilled at delivering CPD training to colleagues
The NIS schools offer a generous package consisting of the following:
- Excellent salary of approximately £2,430 - £3,037 per month
- 1 off settling allowance of approximately £1,223
- 1 year (renewable) contract
- Furnished accommodation
- Utility bills paid
- Travel expenses reimbursed twice a year for economy class flights to your home country and back
- Medical insurance
- Visa expenses
For further information about the NIS schools and/ or to apply please contact Joanne Hattam at TIC Recruitment: joanne@ticrecruitment.com.
TIC Recruitment can also be contacted on +44 (0) 2920 212083.
About Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools
The Schools
The Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) are part of a wider programme of educational reform, which includes the establishment of the Nazarbayev University, the Centre for Educational Excellence and further initiatives across Kazakhstan to focus on teacher training and development.
We invite you to participate in an exciting and unique project in the development of a number of intellectual schools named after the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the president's initiative to develop a fundamentally new way of educating the future intellectual elite of the nation. One of the distinctive features of the schools is the trilingual policy – with the main subjects being taught in Kazakh, Russian and English.
The Students
The students who attend the intellectual schools are chosen on the results of their examinations. They are required to show significant aptitudes in science, mathematics and languages. All the students are gifted and talented and well-motivated to succeed; the schools aim is to develop them as independent learners and capable critical thinkers.
The Curriculum
The curriculum is currently based on the Kazakh national curriculum, which underwent a constructive development with support from the University of Cambridge International Examinations. There is an increasing emphasis on a student-centered, skills-based approach, while retaining the best of the current curriculum. The new curriculum was developed with the guidance of international experts and has been operating in functioning Intellectual Schools since September 2012. The trilingual policy has been implemented in all areas of the curriculum.
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