English Teacher | British Council

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About the job

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

Role Purpose

  • To promote and ensure quality teaching and effective learning of English.
  • The main focus on the role will be delivering online lessons to our learners in Bangladesh.
  • To support the wider aims of British Council and its cultural relations mission.

Main Accountabilities

  • ensuring teaching meets learner needs and expectations
  • ensuring teaching meets Teaching Quality standards and organisational expectations
  • supporting the teaching centre’s activities and British Council plans
  • continuing professional development and sharing of best practices

Responsibilities & Main Duties

  • Plan and deliver high quality English language lessons which meets the needs of different customer groups, taking into account individual learning styles – up to the number of contracted teaching hours
  • Monitor progress and provide regular feedback to help manage students’ performance throughout the course, and actively promote learner autonomy and sense of progress
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ensure safeguarding and guidelines are applied and upheld in line with standards and policy for the following areas:
  • Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Equal Opportunity and Diversity
  • Health and Safety

Qualification

Essentials

  • Undergraduate or University degree
  • Cambridge CELTA and or Trinity CertTESOL

Desirables

  • Cambridge DELTA and or Trinity Diploma
  • PGCE and or B.Ed in Primary or relevant subject
  • TYLEC and or CELTYL

Work Experience

Essentials

  • 2 year post-certificate i.e. CELTA and or Trinity certTESOL experience
  • Experience in teaching relevant age groups:
  • Primary aged 6 to 10 (800+ hours)
  • Lower Secondary aged 11 to 14 (800+ hours)
  • Upper Secondary aged 15 to 17 (800+ hours)

Desirables

  • IELTS exam preparation courses (400+ hours)
  • TYLEC
  • Teaching Online