Senior Teacher Bilingual Courses
Role Profile
Job Description
Directorate or Region
EU Europe
Department/Country
France
Location of post
Paris
Pay Band
Senior Teacher (local scale)
Reports to
ATCM YL &
Bilingual Section
Duration of job
Permanent (local contract)
Purpose of job:
To ensure effective academic management of English language courses for young learners in the
Bilingual Section aged 3 to 17 at British Council in Ile de France
Context and environment:
British Council teaching activity in Ile de France is undergoing a period of rapid expansion. The
centre currently accommodates over 3,800 young learners in school year classes and a further
3,000 during holiday classes. Delivery is mainly from our central Invalides premises but activity in
partner schools is increasing and will represent over 35% of volume in 2015/16. These are off-site
locations where we are introducing new programmes and which are expected to generate the
majority of growth, particularly in the YL programme but also in public access adult programmes.
The Bilingual courses were established in 1998 and focus on developing literacy skills for children
with English as a 2nd, 1st or mother tongue, based on the British Primary and Secondary
curriculum. The objective is for students to eventually sit the IGCSE and A-levels (English). These
courses are an important product segment, accommodating around 600 students during the
school year. Bilingual courses for primary students in the Holiday Classes were introduced in
February 2015, and will be extended to the secondary students over the next year. The Centre is
also extending the product offer for early years (ages 3-5) teaching for bilingual learners. ST
Bilingual will help develop and academically manage this programme.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that courses for bilingual early years, primary and
secondary learners deliver a high quality, effective learning experience which meets their needs,
represents best practice in pedagogy and ensures student loyalty over time. ST Bilingual will also
be a reference for teacher support and development in bilingual teaching.
ST Bilingual Courses will be an active member of the TC management team, contributing to
product design and development, teacher training activity, line management of teachers, duty
shift cover and child protection and health and safety initiatives.
Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
Academic Management of courses for bilingual children and teenagers aged 3 to 17,
including (in collaboration with ATCM YL & Bilingual Section):

Design and implementation of appropriate learning objectives and curricula

Selection and development of appropriate learning resources, materials and core texts
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Design and implementation of appropriate assessment policies and resources

Collection of customer feedback to inform academic management decisions

Review of academic management practice to ensure consistency with other programmes
in Ile de France, wider France and BC regionally and globally

Contribute to placement test management and supervision

Contribute to TC academic quality plan

Contribute to TC training plan
Teaching:

To prepare, administer and deliver up to 400 hours of teaching and/or training per year
(including substitution) to applicable corporate and locally defined standards
Line management:

To line manage up to 6 (full-time equivalent) teachers to applicable corporate and French
legal standards
TC Management team duties:

To act as duty officer where/as required by the duty officer schedule

To deal with customer queries and issues as required

To actively support the achievement of customer service excellence standards

To ensure that child protection standards are maintained at all times and that child
protection issues are dealt with promptly and escalated to the Child Protection Officer

To support the achievement of applicable corporate and French legal Health and Safety
Standards

To ensure that resources, stocks and materials are well organised and managed
Key relationships:
Internal:
 France English / TC management team
 TC teachers
 Regional TC / English SBU colleagues
 Staff in BC Ile de France

External:
 Parents of YLs, adult students
 ELSA network
 CIE and/or Edexcel
Other important features or requirements of the job
The post will involve weekend and evening working hours
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Please specify any
passport/visa and/or nationality
requirement.
Please indicate if any security
or legal checks are required for
this role.
Role holder must have the right to work in the EU / France –
i.e. be an EU citizen or hold a French work permit.
CRB clearance with particular reference to working with
minors; French equivalent extrait de casier judiciare clearance
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Person Specification
Essential
Behaviours
Desirable
Working together (More
demanding)
Assessment stage
Short listing and/or
interview
Connecting with others (More
demanding)
Being accountable (more
demanding)
Making it happen (Essential)
Shaping the future (Essential)
Creating shared purpose
(Essential)
Skills and
Knowledge
Marketing and Customer Service
(Level 1)
Communications (level 2)
Short listing
& Interview
Human Resource Management
(Level 1)
Teaching Skills (level 2)
 Classroom management
 Course and lesson planning
 Subject knowledge
 Understanding your learners
 Learning technologies
French at at least CEFR B2
standard and willingness and
aptitude to reach at least C1 level
Experience
4 years post-certificate i.e. PGCE
experience
 CELTA/Trinity cert
TEFL experience
Experience in teaching:
 IGCSE English,
GCSE English &
AS-level English Alevel English
preparation courses

Early years teaching aged 3-6
(600+ hours)

Primary aged 7 to 10 (600+
hours)
 Secondary aged 11 to 13 (400+
hours)
 Secondary aged 14 to 17 (400+
hours)
 Teaching bilingual,
EAL students in
bilingual or
international
settings
 Experience in or
willingness to
develop knowledge
of ESL
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Qualifications
First degree or equivalent or higher
TEFLQ (PGCE with TQS or BEd
primary / secondary English)
Certificate in ELT
Management
Short listing
Relevant Postgraduate qualification
e.g. Delta or CELTA
YL extension
Submitted by
Nayr IBRAHIM
Date
June 2015
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