Summer Centre Teacher

Twin Group is an award-winning provider of education, travel, work experience, accommodation, and employment services. We offer a diverse number of life-enhancing services to our clients and every member of our team is essential in achieving this. Twin Summer Centres are offering residential full-board and non-residential summer contracts at our summer "super centre" in Buckinghamshire. Join our experienced Summer Centres team and use your creativity and passion for teaching to empower young people from around the world! Supported by the on-site Director of Studies, you will create engaging, level-appropriate lessons and lead excursion-based project work. Help boost your learners’ confidence in understanding and using English in real-life situations by using the communicative approach.

You will be fully trained and inducted on our syllabus, policies and procedures and will be required to attend CPD once a week while working at Twin. You will work closely with your colleagues and play a vital role in promoting a safe, inclusive and positive learning experience for all. Dates range from mid-June to mid-August. Positions are available for up to 6 weeks. Class sizes are a maximum of 18 and students receive around 15 hours of tuition per week. Teachers will typically be offered either a 20 hour or 40 hour per week contract. We anticipate that if you are engaged to work 20 hours per week you will spend an average of 15 hours per week in class and the other 5 will be spent in lesson preparation, CPD, meetings, record keeping/administration and also some time spent on supervising the learners including pastoral duties. Similarly if you are engaged to work 40 hours per week, this will consist of an average of 30 hours per teaching plus 10 hours spent as noted already in other activities.

We expect all teachers to maintain a flexible approach to the exact days and hours spent on each type of activity in response to the needs of our learners. This may include international high school students who turn 18 before their arrival at the summer centre, there will be appropriate provision and safeguarding measures in place to accommodate them on which you will be fully trained.

• Prepare and deliver engaging, level- and age-appropriate lessons with clear learning outcomes as per the prescribed syllabus.
• Monitor students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Complete daily record of work in the designated logbooks.
• Monitor and record students’ attendance in the class register and promptly report any absences.
• Complete student leavers’ reports and certificates.
• Safeguard and promote the wellbeing of all students in our care.
• Report any safeguarding or health & safety concerns to the Centre Manager immediately.
• Maintain adequate levels of student discipline in the classroom.
• Attend staff meetings and development sessions as required by the Director of Studies.
• Liaise regularly with teaching partners if you share a class, provide handover information to new or substitute teachers.

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Aged 18 or over.
• University Degree (level 6 or higher).
• TEFLI certificate in ELT/TESOL as specified by the British Council.
• Clear DBS vetting (to be carried out by the Company).

• Desirable, but not essential: Summer School experience.
• First Aid Training.
• Proven experience teaching young learners/teenagers.
• Safeguarding / Child Protection Course Level 1 or higher (to be completed prior to commencement of employment).

• UK Salary:
• Residential Teacher: 30 teaching hours per week (average) plus time needed for lesson planning and meetings including CPD estimated to be a further 10 hours per week: total weekly salary is £650.00, less an accommodation charge of £77.70 per week.
• Non-residential Teacher: 30 teaching hours per week (average) plus time needed for lesson planning and meetings including CPD estimated to be a further 10 hours per week: total weekly salary is £650.00.
• Non-residential Teacher: 15 teaching hours per week (average) plus time needed for lesson planning and meetings including CPD estimated to be a further 5 hours per week: total weekly salary is £325.00.
• All pay includes time spent on preparation and attending CPD sessions. Accrued holiday pay of 12.07% will be paid on top of the salary at the end of the contract. Each week includes at least 1 day off a week depending on the timetable.
• Contract: Fixed Term – Full Time Hours: Full time between Monday – Sunday.
• Benefits: Career development opportunities.

Please Note: The successful candidate must be able to work in the UK. Twin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a standard or an enhanced disclosure via the DBS, depending on the role itself.

We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Disability Confident Employer: Disabled applicants should indicate in the Equality of Opportunity section of the application form if they wish their application to be given consideration under the Disability Confident scheme. If you are invited to interview, please advise the recruitment administrator what adjustment you would require at the interview in as much detail as possible to enable arrangements to be put into place. We ask all applicants if they want to be considered under this scheme.

Access to Work Scheme: You can apply for Access to Work if you need support to get back to work. You can apply using the online service or apply by phoning Jobcentre Plus.