DOS AND SENIOR TEACHER

Job Summary Job We seek a native or near native DoS/Senior Teacher who specializes in YL and teaching writing for certs with experience in the private sector, an EU passport, who is enthusiastic and professional and would like to further their career at our school.
The job requires acting as Director of Studies for a team of 10 teachers and teaching primary children, teens, adults, companies.
We are a CELTA Centre and welcome a CELTA Tutor.
Alternatively, we offer training to become a CELTA Tutor.
We are the Cambridge centre for the area and many of our courses are exam prep, therefore we welcome Cambridge examiners or offer Cambridge Speaking Examiner training.
He or she would support the owner in organising workshops for state school teachers who prepare candidates for Cambridge exams.
He/she would organise training sessions and observations of our teachers especially YLE courses; run the online courses on various platforms (zoom, etc) and cover lessons on an emergency basis.
As the school is small, a lot of the work will be teaching.
You will teach individuals and groups, Business English in companies, General English, exam preparation classes (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEFL) and conversation classes in the evenings, children/teen courses in the afternoon (YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE).
We are particularly interested in hiring a teacher who is an expert in teaching writing, knows Joint Construction and how to correct and assess writing for Cambridge, IELTS and TOEFL.
Furthermore, knowledge of intercultural communication and soft skills would be very welcome as we organise workshops for students and teachers.
Accommodation We have a room in a shared flat within walking distance from the school (euro 400 a month including heating - excluding utilities) which might still be free in September.
If you seek alternative accommodation we will help you (euro 500+).
School Anderson House was established in by Peter Anderson.
Peter taught as a freelance from to .
He was then taken on by a private quality language school in Bergamo and taught there from to .
From to , he worked as the DoS at the same school.
In , he opened his own school.
AH has been an 'srl' (limited company) since .
The school is on the outskirts of Bergamo - in Curno, the commercial part of Bergamo - with plenty of free parking.
We have a full-time DoS, 10 English teachers plus 5 for other languages.
95% of the teaching is for English, the remaining 5% includes Italian for foreigners, French, German, Spanish, etc.
Approximately 30% of our turnover is courses (200 children, 150 adults in group courses and individuals, 150 in company courses), and 60% Cambridge exams.
We own the premises and have 9 classrooms, a computer room, a resource room for teachers, 3 offices.
The school is run by the owner Peter Anderson, his wife Antonella Ottonelli, a commercial manager, a front office secretary, and 2 members of staff who works full-time for the Cambridge exams.
Some of the work is in companies in the vicinities of the school (10 to 25 min drive).
We have 2 school cars.
If you have your own, it would be ideal for us as we pay for transfer at ACI rates.
Moreover, it would be convenient for you if you want to go sightseeing in the area at weekends.
Bergamo Bergamo has an international airport which serves low-cost airlines (Ryanair, etc).
It is in the centre of Lombardy, near the north Italian lakes, the Alps and Milan (30 miles).
It is part of an industrial belt that goes from Varese through Milan, on to Bergamo and Brescia - but has plenty of countryside, hills and beautiful mountains.
Bergamo has a pretty medieval Upper Town called 'Citta' Alta' surrounded by Venetian walls; a beautiful renaissance square (Piazza Vecchia) and one of the top-ten provincial museums called Pinacoteca Carrara with a Raphael, a Bellini and a Mantegna.
If you are interested in food, Italy is the place to be.
the food and wine are excellent and there are many restaurants and pizzerias in Bergamo and the surrounding area.
Atalanta - the Bergamo football team - are in Serie A, have just won the Europa League Cup, have qualified for the Champions League and next year will have a completely refurbished stadium, therefore you can see top-class football here.
Bergamo also has a women's volleyball team - Foppapedretti; an American Football team - Lions, and are crazy about cycling.
the Giro d'Italia is very popular here.
As for rugby you need to go to Brescia which is nearby.
There is also a piano festival and Bergamo is the birthplace of Donizetti.
The Bergamasks describe themselves as (in Bergamasque).
'Rasa bergamasca, fiama de rar, sota la sender brasca' - \"The Bergamasque race, seldom ablaze, under the ashes embers\" that is a quiet, introvert people of Alpine stock - somewhat rugged and grim at times, but once they get to know you, they become friends for life.
Bergamasks are famous in Italy for being extremely hard-working and love manufacturing things.
Industry is well developed here (steel and mechanical industry, seamless tubes, cement, tractors, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, electrical components, furniture, looms, textile, etc).
Most of our client companies are Bergamasque SMEs.
Other services AH is the Cambridge Centre for Bergamo and province.
we delivered exams in and became a Platinum Centre.
Training offered for Cambridge Speaking Examiners.
We are also a CELTA Centre, the TOEFL centre for Bergamo and the IELTS centre for Bergamo (with BC Milan).
We organize intercultural training such as Communicating Across Cultures, Country-specific workshops, ICE (Intercultural Competence in English) and soft skills training for teenagers through AISLi's Future Skills Agency.
We are members of AISLi (the Association of Quality Language Schools in Italy), CONFINDUSTRIA Bergamo (the Industrial Union), IATEFL BESIG, YLSIG and TEASIG, founder members of SIETAR Italia (the intercultural Association) and promoters of ERA Italy (the Extensive Reading Association Italy).
Qualifications We require a degree, DELTA, a specialization in YL, exam prep, an expert teacher of writing (for Cambridge, IELTS and TOEFL) and minimum 5 years in quality language schools.
CELTA Trainer and Cambridge Speaking Examiner welcome.
European passport essential; English native/near native; DELTA essential; PGCE very welcome; CertIBET a plus; Cambridge speaking examiner a plus (otherwise will undergo training internally); interest in intercultural communication and soft skills training; knowledge of Italian useful; driving license and being a capable driver essential (do NOT apply if you are NOT an experienced driver, please, as some driving is involved); owning a car very useful as Bergamo is a small town and public transport is limited.
Salary and Benefits Salary Euro net with severance pay (euro ) at end of school year.
Full-time ANINSEI DoS contract from 1 September to 30 June (ideal if you teach in a UK summer school).
The contract could eventually turn into a full-time full-year permanent job.
If you use your own car we pay 0.
per km.
Own office and access to internet.
We do not pay for flights.
Please send CV with photo to Peter Anderson.
We would also consider the possibility of selling a share of the school and then selling the whole school when we retire.