Job Description

Key Duties - Staff Management

• With the support of the Centre Manager lead a team of teachers to ensure that they all adhere to high professional standards, and ensure the safety and welfare of all staff and students at all times.
• Oversee the placement testing of all new students and allocate students to classes with the support of the Centre Manager.
• Support the Centre Manager with creating and implementing the staff rota.
• Ensure the teaching team has access to all resources needed to teach their classes.
• Hold daily meetings with teaching staff to ensure effective communication between teachers and encourage high quality lesson delivery, following the pre-set weekly themes and topics .
• Attend regular meetings with Senior Managers .
• Observe teachers regularly to ensure lessons are delivered to a high quality. Teachers with limited experience, or who require more guidance, to be formally observed again in their second week.
• Conduct formal staff reviews of the teaching team, with support from Senior Management Team .
• Assist and support teachers with lesson planning, where necessary.
• Oversee weekly lesson plans to ensure that weekly themes of work are being followed and that continuous enrolment is being accounted for in lesson planning.
• Induct any new teachers on site in all company policies and procedures
• Offer weekly CPD sessions for teachers, with optional attendance
• Oversee the organisation and execution of academic workshops for students
• Update teaching and class records, on a daily basis, to allow for smooth teaching continuity if cover is needed

House Duties &Pastoral (Residential Staff)

As a residential member of staff your role will require that on a rota you will assist with:

• Being responsible for student welfare
• Ensuring high standards of student behaviour
• Ensuring each student’s dietary/religious needs are met
• Assisting with all residential duties (bed time and wake-up)
• Perform all residential duties in professional manner
• Help coordinate House Buddies
• Assist with monitoring students’ regular medication requirements
• Help and assist with unwell students
• Help with maintaining a high level of tidiness and liaise with Housekeeping as necessary
• Assist with a laundry system
• Assist with any disciplinary issues with CM/GLs
• Act as GL for individual students
• Be a role model for students

Student Welfare

• All staff have a responsibility for implementing Oxford Spires International policies and procedures, and representing the school to the highest standard.
• All staff have a responsibility to ensure the safeguarding of all students and to fully understand and follow the school’s safeguarding policy and procedures.
• Help to maintain student behaviour, safety and welfare.
• Supervise airport arrivals and departures as necessary
• Take part in the rota for accompanying and supervising full day weekend off site excursions .
• Take part in the overnight on call duty rota as necessary 

Essential Requirements

• DELTA, PGCE, TEFLI or TEFLQ qualification or equivalent.
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills, with a high level of communication and interpersonal skills
• Computer literate
• Previous experience of working with young people at an EFL summer school, ideally in a management role
• Ability to work under pressure, flexible with excellent organisational and problem solving skills
• Hard-working and responsible attitude
• All staff will be subject to safeguarding checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure

Desirable Requirements

• Previous experience in creating lesson materials.
• Previous experience in leading a team of staff and supporting new teachers.
• First Aid certificate.
• Full, clean driving license

Other Information

• You will be required to work six days each week made up of five of days in the school plus accompanying one off site day trip
• All staff are expected to assist with keeping the premises and company equipment clean, safe and in good order
• You may be required to work at more than one location throughout your contract
• During weeks of lower student attendance numbers you may be required to assist the Teachers or Activity Team with their duties.
• Undertake other duties, appropriate to your post, as may reasonably be required by Oxford Spires International.