Headmaster

Warsaw International Trilingual Nursery, Pre-school and Elementary School values and foundations are described on the school website http://www.3languages.pl

This is the only multilingual nursery, pre-school and elementary school in Poland teaching independent international standards-based curriculum via total immersion method in Polish, English, Spanish and Chinese. The school was founded in 2009 as a very innovative concept of a nursery and has developed into a three degree educational institution (nursery, pre-school and elementary school). The school’s comprehensive curriculum emphasizes multilingual skills, cross-cultural exchanges and stimulates social development along with self confidence. The school’s international teachers and care-givers provide differentiated instruction to 150 students according to their individual needs, abilities and potential.

The school is looking for the perfect headmaster to develop and fulfill the objectives of an international independent educational institution. A perfect candidate would have the following teaching,managerial and co-managerial responsibilities:

Responsibilities related to teaching (20 weekly hours)

-working as a teacher with one of the school groups (aged 1-7)

-preparing a monthly curriculum and evaluations

-assuring the communication with the parents of your group

-collaborating with teachers of the group in Polish and Spanish or Chinese (as per school policy)

-participate in weekly meetings with the trilingual teachers’ team

Responsibilities related to independent management

-act as an advocate for the school

-create, maintain and promote a professional and positive image of the nursery, pre-school and elementary school in the international community

-participate and present the schools’ to new prospective Parents

-actively recruit nursery, pre-school and primary school children within the international community

-recruit the international teachers team

-conduct constant international research on new curriculum trends according to developmentally appropriate practices

Responsibilities of the day to day school function that are shared with with the School Principal

-manage the international teachers team

-plan and implement international curriculum standards in accordance with the requirements of the Polish educational law

-plan and participate in the organization of the international curriculum-based events in the pre-school and elementary school

-plan and participate in the organization of the promotional events for the pre-school and elementary school

-create and manage the marketing school’s plan

Candidate profile:

We are looking for a candidate who is an English native speaker and possesses the following personal and professional qualities.

Personal qualities:

-dynamic, enthusiastic and creative

-having effective communication skills and being a good “team player”

-considers challenges as a rewarding experience

-ready to relocate to Poland beginning from May/September 2014 for the next consecutive three years

Professional qualities and experience:

-caring and approachable towards students, staff and community members

-commited educator with well-structured approach to our teaching values and clear set of educational goals

-having strong beliefs in multilingual and multicultural values

-viewing multilingual and multicultural education not merely as a profession but as a vocation

-having experience and positive records of collaborating leadership

-having at least two years experience working in a similar position in a school environment

-enjoy working in environment of teachers

Education

-holding a degree in Early Childhood Education or a degree in education and having at least two years of experience working as a lead teacher in a day-care, pre-school or elementary school

The school offers:

An initial renewable three years contract with competitive compensation and benefits package which is commensurate with experience and the responsibilities of the position.

Interested candidates should submit:

-cover letter expressing interest that details reasons for perceived fit

-current resume with education and related professional experience

-statement of philosophy of teaching and learning, leadership practice and style, and management of programs

-list of 3 references with names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for each reference

Please submit this information the following e-mail address: amjup2000@yahoo.com

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