Where are you teaching next?

With six modern campuses, a large team of professional teachers, and experienced academic managers, Vietnam Australia School (VAS) offers a highly unique and integrated bilingual K-12 education system for nearly 7,500 predominantly Vietnamese students. With an increasing student base and curriculum offerings, we are excited to seek applications from qualified candidates to join our dynamic and professional teaching team.

Reasons to teach at VAS

What will you do?

As a teacher of Secondary School French, you will be a well-qualified, enthusiastic, and inspiring teacher who will be joining a supportive, welcoming, and successful team, with excellent outcomes. The successful candidate must also be hard-working, dedicated, and ideally, be keen to join the team in providing additional support to students in need, thereby encouraging success for all.
The key duties of this role will include:

• Teaching Secondary Cambridge International French to Grade 6-10 students
• Ensuring that teaching and learning in the classroom are of a consistently high quality
• Teaching engaging and challenging lessons that promote students’ abilities to learn independently and to respond effectively to feedback
• Contributing to the MFL team and taking an active part in curriculum planning and preparation
• Instilling in students a love of French
• Actively contributing to a cohesive, hardworking, and happy team, with a strong collegiate culture
• Promoting and developing students’ academic, personal, and social development beyond the classroom

Your background and experience

This is a certified Secondary School French teaching position that requires you to have a recognised teaching qualification in teaching Secondary-age French.
Please note that you must have the following qualifications to be considered:

• Bachelor or Master in Education or
• Relevant degree (minimum 3-year Bachelor degree) and a post-graduate qualification in education and/or a teaching certificate from a national/state accreditation board

This position is not open to candidates without the above qualifications. We will not be able to consider applicants with non-education degrees and a TEFL/TESOL qualification.

Furthermore, we are looking for a teacher who:

• Has a strong curiosity about learning about other cultures and working with diverse people
• Has a genuine interest in the field of languages from both a pedagogical and theoretical perspective
• Display an open mindset and ability to develop efficient student and parent relationships
• Shows a willingness to embrace our VAS core values
• Has real enthusiasm for their subject and a commitment to teaching Japanese
• Believes that languages play an important role in the development of students’ skills, knowledge, and understanding
• Recognises the value of learning beyond the classroom in enhancing the understanding and experience of the world in which we live
• Is a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution-focused attitude
• Possesses outstanding communication skills and personal integrity

Benefits

Expat teacher benefits at VAS consist of a competitive salary, monthly housing allowance, relocation allowance for overseas hired teachers, tuition waiver for up to two children, international health insurance, up to 12 weeks of paid holidays, retention bonus, and more. You can expect to teach an average of 23 teaching hours per week, plus 3 hours per month allocated to substitute teaching. In addition, you will have a generous amount of non-contact time for planning, preparation, and professional growth.

Next steps

To apply for this role, please send your full application including your resume, cover letter, scans of all relevant documents/certifications, three references, and a copy of your passport.