General

Job Start: 01 August 2024
Location: Könneritzstraße 47, 04229 Leipzig, Germany
Contract: full-time/ part-time, initially fixed-term for 2 years followed by the option of a subsequent employment contract with an infinite duration

In our secondary school about 450 students are learning and preparing for the Cambridge IGCSE and IBDP final exams. Our excellent academic results benchmarked against the International Schools’ Assessment and the IGCSE and IB Diploma international examinations, are proof of the quality education we provide at Leipzig International School. The school is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools as well as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Create a safe and stimulating learning environment in which the students can discover and develop their intellectual, physical, social and creative potential
• Promote the motto of our school “learning to be a citizen of the world”, so that students develop the skills to think and act with openness to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals, cultures and communities, and thus develop an international understanding
• Collaboratively plan, adapt, deliver and assess work for your students in parallel with your grade team partners and specialists
• Deliver relevant, current and challenging lessons that will allow students to see how the subject you are teaching them will help them become citizens of the world who can make a difference
• Provide authentic, formative feedback through which your students can improve their skills, knowledge and understanding plus develop their higher order thinking
• Communicate clearly and regularly with parents to keep them informed about class activities and their child’s achievement and progress as well as options beyond our secondary programme
• Develop best practice in the secondary school through sharing expertise, experience and resources
• Work as a contributing member of the secondary school to ensure that all necessary systems and procedures are in place and delivered uniformly
• Work as a contributing member of Leipzig International School to ensure a cohesive approach to learning

Your profile

• A University degree in Science with specialisation in biology or chemistry
• Valid Teaching License
• High competency in written and spoken English
• Effective verbal and written communication skills as well as the use of IT and new technologies
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Proven ability as an excellent teacher
• Experience of working in an internationally-minded and diverse school community is preferred
• Experience with an international curricula is preferred 
• Committed to our students and their learning, well-being and safety
• Committed to developing a clear and challenging holistic educational programme for our students
• Positive, encouraging and able to motivate students 
• Able to differentiate and deliver a quality learning experience to students with a range of abilities
• Able to create and maintain a climate that promotes high standards of achievement
• Focused on student learning, progression and development
• A team player who is flexible, open to change, solution-oriented, all with a good sense of humour
• Organised, ethical and empathetic

What we offer

• Wonderful students who are interested in learning
• A cooperative international team who is student and learner centred
• Ongoing internal and external professional development
• A dynamic and diverse workplace that continues to develop best teaching and learning practices
• Company benefits such as company pension scheme, supplementary health insurance, moving allowance, JobRad Leasing, financial support for a German language course etc.

About us

Leipzig International School gGmbH is a non-profit, independent educational institution that operates a kindergarten as well as an all-day school with a primary school with integrated after-school care and a secondary school. At present, nearly 1100 students from local and international families study at our institution from the age of one until they reach university entrance qualifications. The teaching language is English. German is taught as a compulsory subject. Our concept focuses on global-openness, internationality, and diversity, and thus on our overall motto "Learning to be a citizen of the world". Our 250 staff members from 37 nations work together to create a stimulating and interesting learning environment for all children and students. The students are thus supported and accompanied from their first steps in this world to applying for training and university places and beyond. Since 2014, Leipzig International has been located at two sites: the primary school and secondary school (grades 1 to 12) are located at Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, the Leipzig International Kindergarten at Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Furthermore, there is the Käferhaus at Gleisstraße 1 / Schleußig, a day-care centre run by Leipziger Kindergarten gGmbH, a subsidiary of Leipzig International School gGmbH. 

LIS is an inclusive learning community and does not discriminate on the basis of race, skin colour, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.