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Social Studies Teacher

Take your teaching career to Kazakhstan! Teach Away is currently hiring Social Studies teachers for middle schools throughout the vast and beautiful Kazakhstan.

More details about Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS):

  • These schools are part of a government initiative for educational reform in Kazakhstan International teachers have been joining these schools and team teaching with local teachers since 2011
  • Successful candidates will be teaching secondary students who have shown significant aptitudes in a variety of subjects and are considered to be gifted and talented, high achieving and well-motivated to succeed NIS Students learn in a tri-lingual environment of Kazakh, Russian, and English
  • The schools put a focus on critical thinking and Content and Language Integrative Learning
  • NIS follows Kazakh national curriculum developed with support from Cambridge University Class Size: Average of 24 students
Posted: May 2019
LocationAstana , Kazakhstan
Start DateAugust 2019
Contract Length1 Year
Eligible CandidatesLicensed Teacher
Student LevelMiddle School
Number of Vacancies5

Job Benefits

Competitive Salary

Airport pickup is provided 

2 annual economy return flights provided for teacher

Education allowance is provided for dependents

Health Insurance: Provided by employer for teacher for the duration of their employment contract

Relocation Allowance

Utilities and internet are covered by employer

Kazakh/Russian language courses are provided

Qualifications and Requirements

Required Certificates
Teaching Credential/License
Education RequiredBachelor
MajorSocial Studies, Education or a related field
Additional School Requirements

IB experience is strongly desired 

About the School

Accelerated socio-economic development of Kazakhstan in the early 21st century has caused an urgent need for professionals with a high level of technical, managerial and leadership competencies, so in 2008 year at the initiative of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, a project of creation the Intellectual schools had been launched. Intellectual Schools are called to become an experimental platform for the development, monitoring, research, analysis, approbation, introduction and implementation of modern models of educational programs by level: elementary school (including pre-school education and training), primary school and high school. The existing requirements and standards of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan were not allowed to introduce at the appropriate level modern forms of governance in education, to implement innovative educational programs and research projects. In this connection, to introduce the modern forms of governance in education, to develop an academic freedom and autonomy for the implementation of innovative educational programs and research projects, on 19 January 2011, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the status of" Nazarbayev University ", "Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools" and "Nazarbayev Fund" was adopted. The given status implies a right to approve own educational curricula, establish requirements for entrance exams, ongoing monitoring of progress, interim and final certification and more. The principle of academic freedom will accelerate the development and approbation of new programs and the modernization of secondary education.