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Senior Teacher Young Learners, Japan
British CouncilTokyo, East Asia, JP30+ days ago
Job descriptionProvide effective line management and support for staff including observations as per performance management guidelines, policies and procedures. Ensure that all teaching is delivered to standards set out in teachers Role Profiles, the Global Statement of Approach and British Council Global Teaching Standards. Proactively monitor the well-being of all line managees and provide an appropriate level of personal support. Act as duty officer where appropriate to provide support for teachers, parents, students. Assist in the recruitment, induction and onboarding of new teachers. Provide or set up mentoring programmes for new teachers / teachers teaching new life stages etc where appropriate. Contribute to the design and implementation of an annual CPD programme which aligns with Regional Teaching Excellence Action Plan. Actively identify appropriate opportunities for staff learning and development. Act as a role model for good classroom practice by encouraging teachers to observe you or others teaching, doing demonstration lessons, leading teacher development sessions and conducting observations. Share thought leadership. Routinely monitor developments in ELT theory and practice and bring these to the attention of your teaching team through presentations, practical sessions, recommended reading. Represent the British Council at local ELT conferences, where appropriate Proactively look for opportunities to highlight examples of best practice within the centre and externally. Ensure frameworks to support teaching and learning (Statements of Approach, IP, Teaching Standards Framework, Product guidelines, TEAP) are understood and implemented by academic colleagues in their day to day work. Ensure other relevant colleagues (e.g. TOps, CS, TAs) are aware of frameworks to support teaching and learning. Ensure teachers communicate relevant policies to learners (e.g. statement of approach, behaviour policy, product information, EDI etc) during the course and support and advise other teams with communications (e.g CS and Marketing). Work with the Teaching Operations and Customer Services teams to deal with academic enquiries or complaints ensuring teachers are fully briefed and consulted where appropriate. Contribute as appropriate to cluster / regional product team. Contribute to the regional monitoring and evaluation of global products and related services to meet students’ needs. Organise the piloting of new courses and materials where relevant. Introduce new products to teaching staff and provide training and support for teachers Embed Safeguarding culture in teaching and learning through contributing to country safeguarding risk assessment and plan and implementing assigned actions. Act as Deputy / Safeguarding Focal point as appropriate to size of country operation and risk profile. Embed EDI through delivery of regional EDI objectives and workplans through local teaching teams (e.g. through Teaching Exellence Action Plan - TEAP). Act as or support country SEND champion / Country SENCO and work with Teaching Operations, CS and other colleagues as appropriate to ensure teaching centre inclusion policy is effectively embeded in the centre. Undergraduate Degree. Cambridge CELTA / Trinity Certificate TESOL. Cambridge DELTA / Trinity Diploma TESOL or equivalent as recognised by the British Council. Knowledge and experience of management of YL course delivery. Knowledge and experience of line managing / coordinating teaching teams. Knowledge and experience of teacher training. Full Mastery of English across 4 skills, equivalent to CEFR C2 (IELTS Academic Paper Band 8 / 9 in each of the 4 sections). Extensive experience in teaching relevant age groups : Primary aged 6 to 10 (800+ hours) Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (400+ hours). Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (400+ hours). Early Years aged 2 to 5 (400+hours) Demonstrate subject knowledge Engage and motivate learners Create a positive and inclusive learning environment Plan and deliver coherent lessons Make use of assessment and feedback Manage teaching and learning resources
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
Role Purpose :
- To maintain and enhance professional development and academic quality in the teaching centre, through the management of in-house teacher development programmes and support.
- To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English.
- To provide learners with a rewarding and stimulating English language learning experience.
- To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following :
Teacher Support
Teaching Excellence
Product and service delivery and development
Safeguarding, EDI and SEND
Role specific knowledge and experience :
Essential
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