Grade 2 Classroom Teacher
- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher
- Bachelor
- 1 year of teaching experience
- Education
- Teaching Credential/License
- A minimum of 1-2 years teaching experience is necessary
- Work experiences with children outside of school is also helpful as is having lived outside their country either working or travelling
- We would love a person who is organized, team oriented, creative, and is good at forming relationships with students, parents and colleagues
- A knowlege of Spanish would be helpful but not necessary
- Furnished apartment not to be shared --- teacher pays electric, water, gas, cable tv, phone
- $3,000 US bonus first year; $4,000 US bonus the 2nd year; $5,000 US bonus the third
- All visa costs
- 1 round trip airfare each year to point of origin in US or Canada
- Health insurance
- All travel expenses to the school each day by taxi
- Access to the tennis club three days a month for pool, tennis or golf (teacher needs to pay food costs)
The candidate will be required to teach Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
The teacher will have a full time teaching assistant who is also a certified Colombian teacher. One must have a degree in Education and appropriate certification from the US or Canada.
Gimnasio Los Almendros is located just outside Cucuta Colombia. It is a progressive, non-profit school with a global perspective offering both Colombian and U.S. diplomas. Our educational community consists of approximately 270 students, representing 2 nations, 25 teachers, 9 of whom are fully bilingual. We are committed to a high quality, international education U.S. curriculum and philosophy. We envision our graduates as socially responsible, adaptable, life-long learners and leaders capable of passionately pursuing their dreams. We are a small school which at the moment has grades 1-5 fully bilingual. Grades 6-11 have the traditional Colombian Education. Each year a new grade level becomes bilingual. Class size is no more than 25 students. Grades 1-3 have teaching assistants who have teaching degrees as well. Students come from a bilingual Kindergarten where English is taught by immersion.