Director of Studies

United Kingdom: Various.

Ardmore Language Schools

Company Information

Our carefully selected portfolio of centres features some of the most prestigious schools, outstanding facilities, and exciting locations in the world. Ardmore students have the opportunity to choose from 20 locations in the UK, 8 in the US, and 2 in Canada. Every year we carefully select over 400 summer staff from the UK and Europe to deliver our dynamic programmes. We offer residential and non-residential positions across each of our British Council accredited centre.
Experience: 2 YEARS
Number of positions: 19
Degree Required
Short Term/Summer job, Residential
Applicant must have right to work in United Kingdom.

Job Summary

Details of Position

Positions open for Summer

The main task of the Director of Studies is to implement and oversee all aspects of the academic programme on centre. The Director of Studies meets with Group Leaders on a regular basis to respond to academic queries.
The Director of Studies will also lead a team of EFL Teachers, observe their lessons and provide constructive feedback in CPD sessions. They should create a positive and enthusiastic team to deliver a high-quality programme to ensure student satisfaction. EFL Teachers hours should be rotad by the Director of Studies to ensure that all classes are covered and to ensure that teachers are helping the welfare and activities teams.
It will be important to organise and manage student placement and exit tests to ensure that students are placed in suitable classes for their level of English. The Director of Studies will also ensure that lessons start and end on time to avoid any supervision issues. Directors of Studies will track student absenteeism, arrange the student graduation and will collect early and final feedback.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria:
-Undergraduate Degree and DELTA or DipTESOL or equivalents.
-Punctual and organised.
-Team-player.
-Ability to lead and motivate a team of EFL Teachers and large groups of international children/teenagers.
-Commitment to safeguarding students at all times.
-Have a suitable police check/ enhanced DBS (Ardmore can assist with this).
-Available to work for 2-8 week periods during June, July and August, on a fixed-term basis.
-Available to attend compulsory management training in the last week of June.

Salary and Benefits

starting at £750 per week + Holiday pay

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Job Summary

With over 35 years of experience, Ardmore Language Schools is a leading junior English Language programme provider which takes English learning beyond the classroom. We pride ourselves in offering young international students a high standard and safe learning experience in the UK whilst they enjoy a culturally immersive and fun activity programme.

We are currently looking for people like you to lead our centre academic team and the academic aspect of our programmes this summer.