English as a Second Language
Westhill Institute - Santa Fe Campus
Mexico
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2015
Job overview
Westhill Institute is an International American IB School in Mexico City with approximately 1000 students ranging rom the ages of 2 to 18. The school has three campuses, two in beautiful buildings in the city and the main campus in a state of the art building in the very fashionable and modern Santa Fe District of the City.
The school provides an inclusive multicultural curriculum regionally accredited in the USA. Westhill is a diverse school with twenty nationalities represented. Westhill follows the MYP, PYP and IB Diploma.
Westhill Institute provides a caring environment where all students are encouraged to become independent learners.
We are seeking to appoint an English as a Second Language teacher to teach in the secondary school and to take up post from August 2015. To apply for this post you must be a qualified teacher and be able to teach good to outstanding lessons. It would be desirable for you to have experience of the IB Curriculum, although this is not essential as training will be provided.
The school offers:
- generous local salary
- health insurance
- annual airfare
- rent subsidy
Applicants should email Mary-Jo Gill at Westhill Institute mjogill@wi.edu.mx attaching the following information:
- letter of application
- full CV with photograph
- three professional referees with email and phone contact information (one of whom must be your current Head of School).
About Westhill Institute - Santa Fe Campus
- Westhill Institute - Santa Fe Campus
- Domingo García Ramos 56, Zona Escolar Prados de la Mont
- 5610
- Mexico
Westhill Institute - Santa Fe Campus is a co-educational independent all-through school for students aged 2-18. It is based in Zona Escolar Prados de la Mont in Mexico.
The Santa Fe Campus is a 21st century learning environment that includes a 25 metre, six lane heated swimming pool, indoor and outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, an indoor gymnasium, an outdoor seven-a-side soccer pitch, three science laboratories, an art room, and a modern computer lab. As an International Baccalaureate World School, students are afforded the opportunity broaden their understanding of the world through being offered the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme, and Diploma Programme.
Values and vision
Westhill Institute wishes to inspire its students to become critical thinkers and lifelong learners by developing their ethical values and by transferring knowledge to them in an inclusive learning environment. The school’s vision is to inspire students to be contributing leaders in a rapidly changing, globalised world by their developing intercultural understanding. Students are expected to develop intercultural understanding through a transdisciplinary concept-based curriculum. Through a broad and balanced curriculum, students at the school are expected learn how to learn by developing transferable skills, attitudes, knowledge, and concepts. The school aims to cater for students from all academic levels, cultural backgrounds, and educational needs. It is intended that teaching and learning will be differentiated for individual learners’ needs.
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