Teaching Centre Assistant
Date: 4 Sep 2024
Location: Madrid, European Union, ES
Company: British Council
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding, and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence, and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education, and to gain internationally recognized qualifications. Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries.
In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
Context: British Council Spain operates a network of teaching centres throughout the country, delivering English teaching to some 30,000 students every year. In addition to teaching students directly, we operate the British Council's only school in Madrid, a sizeable exams operation, we offer support in English language learning around the country, and we run strong programmes in arts and education and society. The British Council delivers a number of Early Years programmes in a range of different contexts in Europe to children between 2 and 5 years old. British Council Early Years provision is seen as pioneering best practice in ECE (Early Childhood Education) thereby enhancing the UK's leadership and shared learning through international education.
Context specific info: Part-time. Various timetables offered both on-site and off-site. Extra-curricular English classes.
Role Purpose: To support the class teachers in Teaching and Learning and with the care and well-being of the children at the British Council.
Challenges & Accountabilities:
To support the teachers in the planning, preparation, delivery, and assessment of all curricular related activities to ensure learning is advanced.
To take an active part in the class activities, setting up planned activities, supporting pupils, and responding appropriately, in order to advance learning.
To use effective language, questioning, and understanding to support learning activities.
To support and create attractive and interactive displays to extend learning both within and beyond the classroom.
To support any initiatives put into action in the centre.
To ensure a safe and secure learning environment in the classroom.
To constantly work to keep classroom areas tidy and free of clutter helping children to put away the equipment at the end of the day with the equipment well stored and the floor ready to be cleaned.
Off-site specific duties:
To support Early Years teachers and off-site coordinator with the collection of children from the playground before the beginning of classes.
Help collect children who are missing from their class once the class has started.
In agreement with the coordinator, inform parents of any absences.
To work with more than one group of children if necessary.
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