EFL Teacher Summer Centres
Twin Group
- United Kingdom Ireland
- Temporary
- Full-time
Twin Summer Centres are offering residential full-board and non-residential summer contracts at 9 different locations:Wellington College: Residential, 30 contact hours per week.Dublin: Residential and non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.
Eastbourne: Residential and non-residential, 15 to 30 contact hours per week.
Gloucester: Residential and non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.Canterbury: Non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.
Edinburgh: Non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.
London Docklands: Non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.
London Greenwich: Non-residential, 15 contact hours per week.
London Kingston: Non-residential, 30 contact hours per week.Join our experienced Summer Centres team and use your creativity and passion for teaching to empower young people from around the world! Supported by the on-site Director of Studies, you will create engaging, level-appropriate lessons and lead excursion-based project work. Help boost your learners’ confidence in understanding and using English in real-life situations by using the communicative approach. You will be fully trained and inducted on our syllabus, policies and procedures and will be required to attend CPD once a week while working at TWIN. You will work closely with your colleagues and play a vital role in promoting a safe, inclusive, and positive learning experience for all. Dates range from mid-June to mid-August. Positions are available for up to 6 weeks.Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver engaging, level- and age-appropriate lessons with clear learning outcomes as per the prescribed syllabus.
- Monitor students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
- Complete daily records of work in the designated logbooks.
- Monitor and record students’ attendance in the class register and promptly report any absences.
- Complete student leavers’ reports and certificates.
- Safeguard and promote the well-being of all students in our care.
- Report any safeguarding or health & safety concerns to the Centre Manager immediately.
- Maintain adequate levels of student discipline in the classroom.
- Attend staff meetings and development sessions as required by the Director of Studies.
- Liaise regularly with teaching partners if you share a class, and provide handover information to new or substitute teachers.
- Eligible to work in the UK and/or Ireland.
- Aged 18 or over.
- University Degree (level 6 or higher)
- TEFLi certificate in ELT/TESOL as specified by the British Council (see below)
- Clear DBS / Garda vetting (to be carried out by the Company)
TEFLI certificate in ELT/TESOLCertificate-level qualifications are first-level qualifications, usually taken by teachers with little or no ELT/TESOL experience who wish to enter the profession. To be considered by the Scheme as a valid certificate in ELT/TESOL, a qualification must:
■ be externally validated by a reputable examination body (usually a university or recognised examination board) and/or regulated by a national regulating body such as Ofqual in England, Qualifications Wales (QW), Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), or CCEA in Northern Ireland
■ contain at least six hours’ supervised teaching practice (i.e. teaching practice where a qualified and standardised assessor observes the trainee teacher teaching real students and gives feedback on his or her performance)
■ contain at least 100 hours of ELT/TESOL or language teaching input.
Examples of ELT/TESOL certificate-level qualifications are certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages listed by Ofqual or similar national regulators, at Level 4 or Level 5 of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (Scottish SCQF Level 7 or 8).
Other qualifications which providers can consider to be TEFLI are:
■ PGCE in English/modern languages
■ PGCE leading to primary QTS
■ university ‘certificate in ELT/TESOL’ courses (if they meet the validation, teaching practice and input criteria listed above).Skills and Experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-focused approach
- Positive, flexible, and adaptable attitude towards teamwork and teaching
- Ability to demonstrate innovation in the classroom and IT literate.
- Enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing, and keen to make a decisive contribution to all aspects of the course.
- Summer School experience
- First Aid Training
- Proven experience teaching young learners/teenagers.
- Safeguarding / Child Protection Course Level 1 or higher (to be completed before commencement of employment).
Teachers are paid from £500 to £600 per week in the UK and from €620 to €720 per week in Ireland for 30 contact hours, depending on the size of the centre, previous experience and accommodation arrangements, and from £300 per week for a minimum of 15 contact hours in London Greenwich and Eastbourne plus accrued holiday pay of 12.07% in the UK and 8% in Ireland. Each week includes 1 day off.Location: Various across the UK and Ireland.
Contract: Temporary
Hours: Variable including evenings and weekends.Please Note:
The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK or Ireland.
Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful applicants will be required to undertake a standard or an enhanced disclosure via the DBS or Garda Vetting, depending on the role itself.
- All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
- Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
- Successful candidates will be required to complete a one-hour online safeguarding training before commencing employment.
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