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What's it like to work at the British Council as a Teacher?

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Job Overview

British Council’s English Language Centre in Paris was opened in 1998. We offer a wide range of Young Learner classes to 4,000 learners aged between 3 and 17 during the Academic Year and to another 2,000 during the holiday courses. The adult program began in 2007 and now offers the flexibility of MyClass, a system in which adults book lessons individually as preference. A part-time teacher will be expected to be available to teach a range of ages and courses at any of the British Council’s delivery locations and will work with a large and highly successful team of teachers and academic staff.

Role Purpose:

• To deliver quality teaching and ensure the effective learning of English
• To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission

Accountabilities

• Plan, prepare and deliver between 6 -12 hours per week of high quality English language teaching that meets the needs of different customer groups taking into account individual learning styles in the Il-de-France region.
• Monitor progress and provide regular feedback to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy
• Contribute to the development, evaluation, and improvement of English language courses, materials and related services, in order to meet students’ needs by actively working as a member of the teaching team
• Complete teaching-related administrative tasks to specified standards

Qualifications

Essential

• Cambridge CELTA or Trinity Certificate TESOL.

Desirables

• Specific Young Learner (YL) extension course e.g. Certificate in English Language Teaching to Young Learners (CELTYL) or Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate (TYLEC) or Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE) etc.
• Either a recognised diploma in English as a foreign language e.g. DELTA, or
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Bachelor of Education in primary, secondary, or any relevant subject

Work Experience

Essential

• Experience in teaching relevant age groups specific to the centre:
  • Early Years aged 2 to 5 (400+)
  • Primary aged 6 to 10 (400+ hours)
  • Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours)
  • Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (800+ hours)
  • Adults General English 18+ (800+ hours)
  • Cambridge suite and IELTS exam preparation courses

Desirable

• Teaching experience to Young Learners:
  • Early years (age 2 - 5) (800+ hours)
  • Primary (age 6 – 10) (800 hours)
  • Secondary (age 11 – 17) (1900+ hours)

Salary and Benefits

• Salary: 543 - 965 Euro per month for 12 months (Depending on hours offered, qualification and work experience)
• Guaranteed hours with competitive rates of pay including paid preparation time ((31 hours paid training time)
• Continuing professional development with an extensive INSETT programme and additional support for new starters with less experience. Internal and External courses available to develop your career.
• External training is funded by the Teaching Center for suitable trainees.
• Meals and transport are subsidized on working days.
• 35 days paid leave and allowance for privileged days
• The opportunity to be part of a global organization with teaching centers in nearly 50 countries worldwide and events and programs in many more.

Additional Information:

• Start date: November 2024
• Teaching hours/week: 6 hours per week (for 30 weeks of the Academic Year)
• Duration: Permanent on completion of the probationary period.
• Working day: Saturday ONLY (opportunity for more hours)
• Right to Work/Passport Requirement: Applicants must be eligible to work in France. The British Council will not be able to assist non-EU nationals to obtain a work permit for France

Closing date & time: Sunday 14 July 2024 (23:59 Indian Standard Time)

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Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

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