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Company:
St. Giles Junior Summer Courses
Benefits:
£310 per week + full board accommodation + holiday pay
Description
Residential EFL teachers required for St. Giles International Summer Camps.
Students are residential, have 20 lessons (25 in Cambridge) of English a week and participate in a full afternoon and evening programme of activities and excursions. Classes range from beginner to advanced level based on modern mainstream course books.
Main Duties
The standard teaching/supervisory programme involves 48 hours each week, comprising teaching of twenty 50 minute lessons each week (16.7 hours) over 5 mornings or afternoons and the balance in supervisory duties in the residence, escorting students on excursions, participating in sports and activities, dealing with students' needs generally as they arise and non-teaching academic duties as well as attending staff meetings and teacher development sessions. 28 hours is allocated for supervisory duties and 3.3 hours for meetings etc. Staff will have one day off a week.
In Cambridge the programme involves 42.3 hours a week, comprising 25 lessons (20.8 hours), 3.46 hours meeting allowance and 18 hours supervisory duties.
At induction, teachers can indicate whether they wish to be included in the list of staff who would like to be offered additional work to maximise earnings. This will enable the Centre Manager to take this into account as early as possible in the planning of weekly timetables.
Compensation
Teachers will be paid £310 per week for the standard 48 hour (Cambridge 42.3 hours) programme shown above, and upwards of £340 per week for teachers who wish to maximise earnings during the summer by undertaking variable amounts of additional teaching duties @ £13.42 per lesson and non-teaching/supervisory duties @ £6.80 per hour.
Full board and lodging in modern, comfortable, single rooms in the residence is also included.
Holiday pay at 12.1% of contracted hours is added to final payments on termination of contract.
Teachers are required to attend an induction session for one and a half days before employment commences. Attendance at the induction day is paid at £6.80 per hour.
We will be running British Council accredited Junior Residential Summer Courses at Cambridge University (1st July to 14th August, ages 14 to 18), King’s School, Canterbury (8th July to 12th August, ages 13 to 17), The Junior King’s School, Canterbury (8th July to 12th August, ages 7 to 12), Cheltenham Ladies College (8th July to 5th August, ages 10 to 17), Kingston University (1st July to 19th August, ages 14 to 18), Manchester University (1st July to 5th August, ages 14 to 18),The University of Nottingham (24th June to 5th August, ages 10 to 17), Oxford Brookes University (24th June to 19th August, ages 14 to 18) Plymouth College (8th July to 5th August, ages 14 to 18) and Southampton Solent University (1st July to 5th August, ages 12 to 17).
Requirements
Applicants should be: CELTA, Trinity TESOL or B.Ed (modern languages) qualified teachers. We especially welcome PGCE qualified teachers of Modern Languages at King’s Junior Centre, Canterbury. Other qualifications meeting British Council recognised junior course standards will also be considered.
Weekend TEFL courses and on-line courses with no observed teaching practice do not meet British Council standards. We welcome newly qualified teachers looking for a first teaching position who can demonstrate that they can be a valuable member of the team.
We also welcome teachers who are only available for shorter work periods starting at the end of June or the beginning of July.
Please note that we can only consider applications from EU nationals or people already in possession of a full time working visa/permit. St. Giles Summer cannot enter into any applications for work permits or sponsorship.