Job Description

Key Duties - Teaching

• Plan, prepare and deliver engaging, communicative, and appropriate English lessons following the daily theme, using materials provided and/or your own resources.
• Deliver and oversee placement testing on the first day of classes, including marking, for all new students.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with fellow teaching staff and Senior Management to ensure that all students receive equal high standards of tuition.
• Complete training and attend meetings as required.

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

• When required, assist with student supervision during break and lunch times (usually on a rota basis)
• Complete any necessary paperwork, e.g. registers
• All staff have a responsibility for implementing Oxford Spires International policies and procedures, and representing the school to the highest standard
• Help to maintain student behaviour, safety and welfare
• Supervise airport arrivals and departures as necessary.
• Take part in rota for supervision of activities and full day off site excursions.
• Help ensure that the students do not breach the rules of the school.
• Be ready to assist at any time with an emergency situation, or where a student is ill or injured.
• Engage with the students outside of classes and assigned activity sessions in a friendly and professional manner.

Essential Requirements

• CELTA, CertTESOL or equivalent qualification
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills
• Genuine interest in the teaching and welfare of students
• patient and understanding approach to teaching
• Ability to create a positive rapport in the classroom
• A flexible, co-operative and responsible attitude
• Ability to work as part of a team, and also to use own initiative
• All staff will be subject to safeguarding checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure

Desirable attributes

• Previous experience of working with young people at an EFL summer school/residential School Programme
• Previous teaching experience in a multilingual classroom
• DELTA, DipTESOL, PGCE or Master’s in TEFL
• First aid certificate
• Full, clean driving license
• All references will be followed up and all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily
• Reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason that they should not be employed in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18
• Appropriate Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is required prior to confirmation of appointment
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required. Only those with the right to work in the UK are eligible for any Oxford Spires position

Other Information

• All staff are expected to assist with keeping the premises and company equipment clean, safe and in good order
• Undertake other duties, appropriate to your post, as may reasonably be required by Oxford Spires International