Head English Teacher

Requirements

• Native English Language speaker from US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
  
• BA degree or above
  
• 120 hour TEFL or 2 year English teaching experience
  
  

• Uphold the highest standards of professional behaviour, attitude and appearance as per the Athena Employee Handbook.
  
• Pro-actively oversee and implement Athena curricula, screener and placement processes.
  
• Pro-actively oversee and implement Athena standards for student monitoring, assessment, feedback and reporting.
  
• Pro-actively oversee teachers’ academic administration documents (i.e. lesson plans and course files).
  
• Share teaching resources with colleagues at other Athena centers.
  
• Organise teacher training workshops that respond to both individual teacher, centre and company needs. 
  
• Implement Athena standards for teacher appraisal, including scheduled lesson evaluations, check-in sessions and setting of individual objectives.
  
• Maintain updated and accurate records of individual teacher training, observations and evaluations.
  
• Mentor and coach individual teacher to help them achieve their development goals.
  
• Support ongoing curriculum development of courses by retaining and sharing teaching resources and occasionally developing new resources under direction of Academic Management.
  
• Organise and co-lead focused and action-oriented weekly meetings with center staff and teachers.
  
• Complete all academic reporting as assigned by Academic Management.
  
• Conduct interviews of new teachers for center, reporting feedback to HR.
  
• Support the Centre Manager with business development. Help with sales, referral and marketing events.
  

Teaching (50%)

• Set high expectations that inspire, motivate and challenge students.
  
• Plan and teach outstanding and engaging lessons that meet course syllabus goals and objectives while applying Athena teaching approaches.
  
• Effectively deploy a range of strategies to manage and develop the classroom environment to create a welcoming, open, effective and positive learning environment.
  
• Differentiate class instruction, activities and resources in order to maximise learning opportunities for all learners.
  
• Apply appropriate forms of assessment to monitor student progress.
  
• Provide timely and effective student feedback.
  
• Update, maintain and submit a record of attendance, assessment and lesson planning using Athena course files.
  
• Write student reports and participate in teacher-parent meetings as per Athena Guidelines.
  
• Conduct student screeners and placement as per Athena guidelines.

Benefits

• Compensation and Benefits
  
• Base Salary
  
• Annual bonus: up to 110% of the one-month salary based on year-end Performance Evaluation.
  
• Legal work visa
  
• Top level global medical insurance
  
• Airfare allowance
  
• Paid holidays:11 days plus 11 days local public holidays.
  
• Paid Sick Leave days: up to 12 days
  
• Annual Health Check
  
• Up to 7 nights’ accommodation upon arrival
  
• Holiday Benefits
  
• Arrival Assistant