English teacher
Galaxy International School
Kazakhstan
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- Salary:
- Competitive salary + benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- March 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 August 2024
Job overview
We are seeking passionate and dedicated professional English teachers to join us for the 2024-2025 academic year. Ideally, teachers have had international experience and taught students who have English as a second or third language. Candidates are expected to have a commitment to creating and managing a caring, supportive, purposeful and stimulating learning environment. Ninety per cent of our students are local nationals, for whom English is not the first language. The remaining 10% of students are International and use English as their main language of communication.
Galaxy International School (GIS) is a non-profit private school operating under the umbrella of International Social Foundation BILIM ORDA, which runs a network of private schools in Kazakhstan. We cater for a range of local and international students residing in Almaty and surrounding areas.
The curriculum in the Primary and Secondary follows the Cambridge International Programmes including the Cambridge Primary, Secondary 1 & 2, and Advanced Level. The curriculum is also enriched with local subjects such as Kazakh language, History & Geography of Kazakhstan to meet the needs of our local students. As part of external assessment, our students take the Cambridge International assessments like the Cambridge Primary and Secondary Checkpoints, Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge International AS/A Levels.
We are an accredited member of COBIS, a registered centre for Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) as well as Cambridge Assessment English.
The successful candidate must have:
· At least 3 years teaching experience in a school environment
· A bachelor degree qualification in education, subject education
· Experience with the Cambridge International Programme
· An up-to-date International Child Protection Certificate
· Police Clearance Letter
· Strong ability in using technology to support learning
· Be willing to be fully involved in extra-curricular activities
· Be a reflective practitioner with the ability to think creatively
About Galaxy International School
Galaxy International School, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Galaxy International School (GIS) is a private co-educational and not-for-profit day school that was established in 2014. Despite the fact that GIS has operated as an international school for several years only, its establishment as an educational institution goes back to 1996. From 1996 to 2014 it operated as a bilingual school offering Kazakh National Curriculum with Sciences and Mathematics being taught in English.
Our mission is to strive to develop well-rounded global citizens with a passion for lifelong learning.
Our motto - Learning for a better world – inspires us to value teaching and learning as well as pastoral care we provide to our students.
We aspire to assist our students to discover the world through a set of our School Values which are as follows:
- Academic excellence
- Integrity
- International mindedness
- Inquiry
- Reflection
- Sense to others
At GIS we follow Cambridge international curriculum which is enriched with Kazakh, Russian and History of Kazakhstan to foster the students’ engagement with the local culture. Our students take Cambridge international examinations including Checkpoints (Primary & Lower Secondary), IGCSEs and AS/A Levels at the end of the relevant curriculum stages.
Both our students and staff members benefit a great deal from the location of the school as Almaty, having hosted Asian Winter Games 2011 and Winter Universiade 2017, offers excellent outdoor activities ranging from outdoor recreation in natural settings to major cultural events.
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