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HEAD OF STUDIES · MALAGA
October 8, 2024
WHATS UP! "Living English"
A company specialising in teaching English as a second language in the process of expansion, with 26 centres in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, Badalona, Hospitalet, Sabadell, Terrassa, Girona and Barakaldo) is looking for a HEAD OF STUDIES for a brand new academy in Malaga!
Starting at the end of December.
Visit our website: www.whatsup.es
The Head of Studies manages the didactic team, plans class scheduling, and sets the tone for the highly social environment which characterises our centres.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
A company specialising in teaching English as a second language in the process of expansion, with 26 centres in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, Badalona, Hospitalet, Sabadell, Terrassa, Girona and Barakaldo) is looking for a HEAD OF STUDIES for a brand new academy in Malaga!
Starting at the end of December.
Visit our website: www.whatsup.es
The Head of Studies manages the didactic team, plans class scheduling, and sets the tone for the highly social environment which characterises our centres.
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
- Manage, train, support and supervise the didactic team; to ensure the professional growth of teaching staff;
- Schedule time-tables in response to the demand for classes detected in your centre;
- Teach classes, depending on staff levels in your centre and substitute/find a substitution to cover classes when a teacher is ill/on sick leave;
- Quality control through ongoing training, weekly staff meetings with the didactic team, class observations and staff appraisals;
- Liaison with consultants and create good rapport with the students, to receive feedback about classes and teacher performance and solve any problems related to change of level/e-campus/class times/complaints;
- Coordinate teacher holidays/Saturday rotas/school bank holidays;
- Quality control through ongoing training, weekly staff meetings with the didactic team, class observations and staff appraisals;
- Coordination and weekly meetings with management on various aspects (Director/Didactic Service Manager/Centre Manager);
- Liason with consultants and create good rapport with the students, to receive feedback about classes and teacher performance and solve any problems related to change of level/e-campus/class times/complaints;
- Promote the Have Fun Open Activities (events) that the school organises and ensure that the didactic staff is prepared for the events.
ESENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
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- Degree level or above
- CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL / PGCE TEFL, or equivalent experience
- Ability to mentor and guide newly qualified teachers
- Good communication skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Comfortable working with IT
- Residence in Spain with EU working papers.
- passionate about teaching adults
- social, active, and energetic and enthusiastic about participating with students in social events
- adaptable, empathetic and organized
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RECOMMENDED
Previous management experience in an English language teaching organisation.
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