The British School, Quito
Via Cununyacu Km 2.5,
Tumbaco
Quito
Ecuador
www.britishschoolquito.edu.ec
Required for August 2015
Early Years Teacher
The school
The British School, Quito will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. It is the only British style
school in Ecuador. The school offers a high quality British style education for both local and
international students aged 3 – 18. The British School Quito teaches the English National Curriculum,
enhanced by a diverse enrichment programme to meet the needs of its international community,
encouraging exploration and discovery of Ecuador’s rich culture and heritage. The school offers the
International Baccalaureate Diploma programme in Years 12 and 13. Our results are consistently
above the world average. There are currently over 300 students attending the school.
Learning takes place in well-resourced classrooms, delivered by internationally qualified educators
who prepare students for an international future as global citizens. The school is pleased to announce
that the CIS / NEASC Accreditation continues in good standing following its recent five year review.
The sense of pride in the school by all members of the school community was a strong feature noted
by the visiting team.
The location
The school is located in Tumbaco, a lovely suburb of Quito, around 2500m high in the magnificent
Andean Mountain Range. It is surrounded by lush vegetation and whichever way one looks, one
cannot escape the most beautiful views of the Andes. Yet it is close to a newly built road network
making access easy to all parts of the nearby locality. Quito itself is served by a new, recently opened
airport with international connections worldwide. It is only a one hour flight to the nearby Pacific
coastal resorts and, of course, is within easy reach of both the Amazon basin and the Galapagos
Islands. The climate in Quito is most agreeable all year round. Follow this link to see that Ecuador is
one of the best places for an expat to live
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/expat-money/11135242/Ecuador-is-the-bestplace-to-be-an-expat.html
The post
The School has high expectations of its staff and welcomes fully qualified, flexible, creative, childcentred applicants who will further enhance the quality of teaching and learning at The British School,
Quito. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate an outstanding teaching ability and an up to
date knowledge of curriculum developments.
Applications are invited from experienced and dynamic Early Years teachers who hold a relevant
degree, have appropriate work experience and have a clear understanding of teaching in the Early
Years. Individuals must be outstanding teaching practitioners, have the ability to provide a model of
excellent classroom practice, be highly committed, and possesses excellent IT, organisational and
communication skills.
Every member of the teaching staff is expected to contribute to the wider community aspect of school
life.
Essential Criteria
Since we are a British style school we will only consider applications from candidates who
- have QTS status or equivalent, recognised for the purposes of teaching in the UK or
overseas and hold an appropriate PGCE qualification.
- have a minimum of 2 years teaching in a school in the UK or British style school
overseas
- are in possession of an up to date Police Clearance / DBS certificate from the country of
your most recent teaching post (This will be required to be presented at any future
interview)
The British School Quito is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (in the UK) or Criminal Records (Police
Check) disclosure from their most recent country of residence.
- demonstrate in their letter of application how they will use their experience to address
the challenges of teaching expatriate and local children in a British style school in
Ecuador.
We only wish to receive applications from people who are truly attracted to and interested in working
at our school in Quito. Therefore speculative, generic CV's unaccompanied by a letter will
not be considered.
B S Quito offers a very competitive package including: flight at beginning and end of contract,
medical insurance, accommodation allowance, reasonable visa costs if needed.
British School, Quito Teachers:
- are passionate about education,
- inspire their pupils through their engaging and demanding teaching,
- participate in all aspects of school life creating a warm and safe community to which parents and
pupils are proud to belong
- are flexible and have a sense of humour
- enjoy being part of a British owned and managed group of schools with all the consequent benefits
this brings.
If this describes you then we would welcome an application from you.
Your application should be submitted by email, (CV with photograph, letter - please state curriculum
strengths, interests and eca’s you can offer - names and email contacts of two referees, one of
whom must be your current or most recent employer) to the Director, Mr. Alec Jiggins at
[email protected]
with a copy to
[email protected]
Closing date 30th March 2015
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and interviews will be held by Skype in February 2015.
If shortlisted, at interview you will have to present a current DBS certificate or Police Check from your
current country of employment, copies of teaching qualifications which would allow you to teach in a
British school and proof of identity.
The British School, Quito is a member of the Orbital Education Group of schools. Orbital Education also has schools currently in
Russia, Spain, Hungary, China and Ecuador. (www.orbitaled.com)