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Welcome to our application page! If you would like to teach English in a challenging environment, you have come to the right place. Applying is easy and will open the door to new opportunities for growth. Join us!
Essential requirements:
- • Primary degree or equivalent
- • Recognised TEFL certificate (CELTA/Trinity Cert TESOL – no weekend or online certs) alternatively state qualified teachers (PGCE/H.Dip etc) with a TEFL Cert or TEFL experience
- • Minimum of 5 years recent and consecutive experience in ELT
- • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- • Native or near native level of fluency in English (CEF level C2/CPE/IELTS 8.0)
- • Experience of academic management of adult centres and curriculum development
- • Excellent communication skills
- • Team leadership and people management
Desirable requirements:
- • Experience of academic management of both adult and junior centres
- • DELTAqualification
- • Experience of ELT in Irish market and in an international context
- • Experience of delivering and tutoring on teacher training courses
- • ICT knowledge and experience e.g. online learning, blended learning
The Head Teacher is expected to:
- • Teach English to a high standard, following our syllabus, with the emphasis on oral communication
- • Travel according to travelling programmes’ schedule
- • Be responsible for the administrative academic tasks associated with running an ACELS accredited school
- • Implement and develop the school’s syllabus on an on-going basis
- • Ensure that a high quality academic programme is delivered
- • Ensure that lessons are integrated with the syllabus
- • Support, coach, and mentor younger teachers of English in the school
- • Provide selections of one-to-one support
- • Organise formal on-going observations
- • Arrange meetings/CPD training sessions for teachers
- • Hire new academic staff and work with general management to ensure academic targets are met effectively
- • Report to general management on the running of the academic department
