Primary Teacher for Music

Primary Teacher for Music

Permanent employee, Part-time · Leipzig

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General

Job Start: 01 August 2024
Location: Könneritzstraße 47, Leipzig, Germany
Contract: part-time (12 h / week), initially fixed-term for 2 years followed by the option of a subsequent employment contract with an infinite duration
Our primary school offers a high-quality education programme for over 340 children aged 6 to 11. It supports each student’s personal, social, academic, physical and emotional development in an internationally oriented context. In our primary school an international curriculum is used to ensure that we provide a clear and consistent curriculum that appropriately challenges the students.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Create a safe and stimulating learning environment in which the students can discover and develop their intellectual, physical, social and creative potential
• Promote the motto of our school “learning to be a citizen of the world”, so that students develop the skills to think and act with openness to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals, cultures and communities, and thus develop an international understanding
• Collaboratively plan, adapt, deliver and assess work for your students together with your colleagues in the primary music department
• Deliver relevant, current and challenging music lessons that will allow students to make outstanding progress and grow in confidence as they prepare for middle school
• Provide authentic, formative feedback through which your students can improve their skills, knowledge and understanding plus develop their higher order thinking
• Communicate clearly and regularly with parents to keep them informed about class activities and their child’s achievement and progress as well as options beyond our primary programme
• Develop best practice in the primary school through sharing expertise, experience and resources
• Work as a contributing member of the primary school to ensure that all necessary systems and procedures are in place and delivered uniformly
• Work as a contributing member of Leipzig International School to ensure a cohesive approach to learning

Your profile

• A University degree in Music or comparable
• Valid Teaching License
• High competency in written and spoken English
• Effective verbal and written communication skills as well as the use of IT and new technologies
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Proven ability as an excellent music teacher preferably in primary school sector
• Experience of working in an internationally-minded and diverse school community is preferred
• Experience with an international curricula is preferred
• Committed to our students and their learning, well-being and safety
• Committed to developing a clear and challenging holistic educational programme for our students
• Positive, encouraging and able to motivate students
• Able to differentiate and deliver a quality learning experience to students with a range of abilities
• Able to create and maintain a climate that promotes high standards of achievement
• Focused on student learning, progression and development
• A team player who is flexible, open to change, solution-oriented, all with a good sense of humour
• Organised, ethical and empathetic

What we offer

• Wonderful students who are interested in learning
• A cooperative international team who is student and learner centred
• Ongoing internal and external professional development
• A dynamic and diverse workplace that continues to develop best teaching and learning practices
• Company benefits such as company pension scheme, supplementary health insurance, moving allowance, JobRad Leasing, financial support for a German language course etc.

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About us

Leipzig International School gGmbH is a non-profit, independent educational institution that operates a kindergarten as well as an all-day school with a primary school with integrated after-school care and a secondary school. At present, nearly 1100 students from local and international families study at our institution from the age of one until they reach university entrance qualifications. The teaching language is English. German is taught as a compulsory subject. Our concept focuses on global-openness, internationality, and diversity, and thus on our overall motto "Learning to be a citizen of the world". Our 250 staff members from 37 nations work together to create a stimulating and interesting learning environment for all children and students. The students are thus supported and accompanied from their first steps in this world to applying for training and university places and beyond. Since 2014, Leipzig International has been located at two sites: the primary school and secondary school (grades 1 to 12) are located at Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, the Leipzig International Kindergarten at Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Furthermore, there is the Käferhaus at Gleisstraße 1 / Schleußig, a day-care centre run by Leipziger Kindergarten gGmbH, a subsidiary of Leipzig International School gGmbH.
LIS is an inclusive learning community and does not discriminate on the basis of race, skin colour, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.
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Über uns

Die Leipzig International School gGmbH ist ein ge­mein­nüt­zi­ger Bil­dungs­trä­ger in frei­er Trä­ger­schaft und betreibt eine Kindertagesstätte und eine Ganz­tags­schu­le mit den Bereichen Grund­schule mit integriertem Hort sowie der gymnasialen Oberschule. Mitt­ler­wei­le ler­nen fast 1100 Schü­ler aus lo­ka­len und in­ter­na­tio­na­len Fa­mi­lien vom ersten Lebensjahr bis zum Erreichen der Hochschulzugangsberechtigung an un­se­rer Einrichtung. Die Un­ter­richts­spra­che ist Eng­lisch. Deutsch wird als Pflicht­fach un­ter­rich­tet. Im Fokus unseres Konzepts ste­hen Welt­of­fen­heit, In­ter­na­ti­o­na­li­tät und Viel­falt und damit unser übergreifendes Mot­to „Learning to be a citizen of the world“. Un­se­re 250 Mit­ar­bei­ter aus nunmehr 37 Nationen ar­bei­ten en­ga­giert zu­sam­men, um eine sti­mu­lie­ren­de und in­te­res­san­te Lern­um­ge­bung für alle Kinder und Schü­ler zu schaf­fen. Die Schü­ler werden somit von ih­ren ers­ten Schrit­ten in die­ser Welt bis hin zur Be­wer­bung um Ausbildungs- und Stu­di­en­plät­ze und darüber hinaus unterstützt und begleitet. Seit 2014 befindet sich die Leipzig International an zwei Standorten: Grundschule und gymnasiale Oberschule (Klas­sen­stu­fen 1 bis 12) befinden sich in der Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, der Leipzig International Kindergarten in der Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Weiterhin gibt es das Kä­fer­haus in der Gleisstraße 1 / Schleußig, eine Kindertagesstätte der Leipziger Kindergarten gGmbH, einer Tochtergesellschaft der Leipzig International School gGmbH.
LIS ist eine integrative Lerngemeinschaft und benachteiligt niemanden aufgrund von ethnischer Herkunft, Hautfarbe, Religion (Glaube), Geschlecht, Geschlechtsbezeichnung, Alter, nationaler Herkunft, Abstammung, Behinderung, Familienstand oder sexueller Orientierung.
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