Hourly Paid Teacher at British Council

Role Purpose:

Support British Council’s global English strategy by

• delivering teaching to adults and young learners to the highest standards of ELT

• enhancing British Council’s reputation as a world authority in ELT

• continuing professional development and sharing of best practices

About British Council Algeria:

The British Council Algeria opened in April 2015 in a new eight classroom teaching centre in Algiers. The centre is in a renovated garden villa situated in Hydra, a suburb of Algiers. Since opening the teaching centre has grown from strength to strength with an average of 780 Adults and over 700 Young Learners registered each term. All teachers are expected to teach YLs as part of their teaching hours.
The Young Learner activity is a vital part of the Algiers centre’s business. We aspire to offer the highest quality learner experience and the academic programme reflects the British Council’s methodology, corporate standards and learning offer. We deliver British Council designed courses to Primary students and Secondary students. Adult learners’ study with us to improve their communicative skills and enhance their work and study prospects.

All our contracted teachers are supported and developed through a programme of continuous professional development. Teachers with the minimum post CELTA experience will be mentored by experienced teachers.  There is a busy in-service teacher training programme for all the teaching staff, including Trinity Teaching Young Learners Certification (TYLEC), and for those teachers who are ready to develop further, support for the British Council/Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English to Adults (Distance DELTA) programme. We are also committed to developing our products, evaluation systems and student communication processes on a continuous basis.

Main Accountabilities:

• Plan, prepare and deliver high-quality English language teaching that meets the needs of adult and young learners taking into account individual learning styles.

• Monitor progress and provide regular feedback to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy.

• Contribute to the development, evaluation, and improvement of English language courses, materials and related services, in order to meet students’ needs by actively working as a member of the teaching team.

• Complete teaching related administrative tasks to specified standards.

• Actively engage in professional development and performance management to ensure quality and high standards in teaching and learning and maintain British Council’s position at the forefront of best ELT practices.

• Contribute to the development of lasting, mutually beneficial relationships by enhancing students’ understanding of contemporary UK.

• Support local marketing and promotional strategy and assist the teaching centre team in delivering excellent customer service.

• Ensure safeguarding and guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:

• Child protection

• Equal Opportunity and Diversity

• Health and safety