Requirements: English
Company: Optimist international School
Region: Hoofddorp , North Holland
Taken en verantwoordelijkhedenTeacher seeking a new adventure - fulltime Optimist International School (OIS) is a Dutch public primary school, a young, vibrant, and colourful school located in Hoofddorp. We pride ourselves in supporting and challenging every international ways for them to serve others and contribute to the wider community. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture.
Our missionIt is our mission to create an environment that empowers children to bring out their inner magic through diverse learning opportunities, where children take responsibility for their own learning journey to reach their full potential and become lifelong learners.
OIS offers two programmes which can be considered as two learning pathways: the International Programme running from group 1 7. This prepares for international secondary education starting at the age of 11. Most learning is in English, following an international curriculum (IPC), and approximately 15% in Dutch to allow students to integrate in Dutch society
the Dutch Enrichment Programme (DEP), an alternative additional programme for our upper primary running from group 6 8. This prepares for secondary education in the Netherlands starting at the age of 12. Learning is in English and Dutch, gradually more Dutch is added with an academic focus
Some key features of this role Academic Dutch Proficiency: Academic and Dutch language conventions are taught explicitly to enable the students to become more proficient in their understanding and use of the language, setting a strong foundation for success in Dutch secondary education and beyond.
Tailored Curriculum: Integrating age-appropriate International Primary Curriculum units with focused Dutch language studies, ensuring students are challenged academically and prepared for future educational endeavours.
Progressive Language Immersion: Classes are taught in both English and in Dutch, with the language of Dutch increasing, tackling more complex aspects of the language as the child continues throughout the programme.
Enhanced Cognitive and Social Skills: Students will have opportunities to further develop executive functions, essential mental skills for secondary education and beyond. They help students to plan, focus, juggle multiple tasks, stay focused on a task, develop healthy habits, social relationships and self-esteem.
Supportive Learning Environment: With small class sizes and personalized attention, we meet each students learning needs, promoting confidence and excellence.
Experienced multilingual learning specialists: Led by experienced multilingual learning specialists dedicated to nurturing Dutch language proficiency and ensuring a language friendly supportive learning environment.
We are looking for a dynamic and inspirational Teacher seeking a new adventure, we would like to hear from you! The successful applicant will have a strong understanding of the needs of international primary education with experience in teaching Language acquisition, preferably in both English and Dutch. He/she will have the capability to deliver a high-quality language programme aligned with the Schools Mission and Vision.
We welcome new colleagues from different backgrounds and highly encourage people from around The World to apply for this position and/or candidates with a Dutch cultural background.
What will you be responsible for on a day-to-day basis? High quality teaching practice
Creating dynamic learning environments
Collaborating on the development and evolution of our curriculum
Building positive relationships with students, staff, and parents
Teachers need to be committed to:
Developing a strong language acquisition programme in English and/or Dutch
Collaborating with colleagues to develop our curriculum, design and development of the language programme
Teaching in a multilingual environment with flexible approaches that meet individual linguistic needs of students.
The successful candidate will:
Be strong in teaching and understanding aspects of multilingualism, have a willingness to develop
Be strong in didactics and pedagogics
Be experienced in the International Primary