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Supply / Substitute Teacher in Secondary School

Permanent employee, Part-time · Leipzig
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Job Start: 01 August 2024
Location: Könneritzstraße 47, Leipzig, Germany
Contract: part-time (28 h / week), 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
As the Supply Teacher you will be asked to cover in classes in secondary school for colleagues who are absent from school. Sometimes these will be planned absences for example when teachers attend professional development courses and sometimes they will be last minute when a teacher is sick.
 
  • Create a safe and stimulating learning environment in which the students can discover and develop their intellectual, physical, social and creative potential
  • Keep a well-managed and safe arts classroom
  • Provide authentic, formative feedback through which your students can improve their skills, knowledge and understanding plus develop their higher order thinking
  • Contribute to the work of the Secondary School as a whole
  • Be part of the Secondary School initiative to develop teaching and learning in all subjects and classrooms
  • Engage in the life of the International School in this exciting city
Your profile
A University degree in Education or comparable
  • High competency in written and spoken English
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills as well as the use of IT and new technologies
  • Experience of working in an internationally-minded and diverse school community 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.
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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.
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Über uns
Die Leipzig International School gGmbH ist ein ge­mein­nüt­zi­ger Bil­dungs­trä­ger in frei­er Trä­ger­schaft und betreibt eine Kindertagesstätte und eine Ganz­tags­schu­le mit den Bereichen Grund­schule mit integriertem Hort sowie der gymnasialen Oberschule. Mitt­ler­wei­le ler­nen fast 1100 Schü­ler aus lo­ka­len und in­ter­na­tio­na­len Fa­mi­lien vom ersten Lebensjahr bis zum Erreichen der Hochschulzugangsberechtigung an un­se­rer Einrichtung. Die Un­ter­richts­spra­che ist Eng­lisch. Deutsch wird als Pflicht­fach un­ter­rich­tet. Im Fokus unseres Konzepts ste­hen Welt­of­fen­heit, In­ter­na­ti­o­na­li­tät und Viel­falt und damit unser übergreifendes Mot­to „Learning to be a citizen of the world“. Un­se­re 250 Mit­ar­bei­ter aus nunmehr 37 Nationen ar­bei­ten en­ga­giert zu­sam­men, um eine sti­mu­lie­ren­de und in­te­res­san­te Lern­um­ge­bung für alle Kinder und Schü­ler zu schaf­fen. Die Schü­ler werden somit von ih­ren ers­ten Schrit­ten in die­ser Welt bis hin zur Be­wer­bung um Ausbildungs- und Stu­di­en­plät­ze und darüber hinaus unterstützt und begleitet. Seit 2014 befindet sich die Leipzig International an zwei Standorten: Grundschule und gymnasiale Oberschule (Klas­sen­stu­fen 1 bis 12) befinden sich in der Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, der Leipzig International Kindergarten in der Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Weiterhin gibt es das Kä­fer­haus in der Gleisstraße 1 / Schleußig, eine Kindertagesstätte der Leipziger Kindergarten gGmbH, einer Tochtergesellschaft der Leipzig International School gGmbH.

LIS ist eine integrative Lerngemeinschaft und benachteiligt niemanden aufgrund von ethnischer Herkunft, Hautfarbe, Religion (Glaube), Geschlecht, Geschlechtsbezeichnung, Alter, nationaler Herkunft, Abstammung, Behinderung, Familienstand oder sexueller Orientierung. 
   
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