UK Teaching Opportunities for Canadian Nationals

Posted on 2025-01-24

Location

Various, United Kingdom

Job Description

Please complete the form on the right of this page if you are applying for UK Teaching Opportunities for Canadian Nationals scheme.

Twin have put together a programme which includes a job and additional support services to assist successful applicants in settling into life in the UK.

The programme includes:

Offer of employment for a minimum of 4 weeks in one of Twin’s junior summer centres. Potential to move to one of our year-round schools after the summer contract has finished. This is subject to vacancy availability.
Access to ongoing Continuing Professional Development in the run up to summer 2025. CPD sessions will be run online, monthly and will cover a wide range of teaching topics.
Arrival airport pick up (London airport pick up only) plus 1 night’s accommodation in a London hotel/hostel.
Online welcome induction on how to apply for NI number, employability session on how to look for work in the UK. Travel advice on how to travel to the summer centre.
Placement in one of our summer centres, with full board accommodation for the duration of the contract.
1 week’s half board accommodation in a homestay host after the summer centre contract ends.

Twin Summer Centres are offering residential full-board and non-residential summer contracts at 8 different locations; Canterbury, London Docklands, London Greenwich, Nottingham, Lincoln, Gloucester, Eastbourne and Norwich.

Join our experienced Summer Centres team and use your creativity and passion for teaching to empower young people from around the world! Supported by the on-site Director of Studies, you will create engaging, level-appropriate lessons and lead excursion-based project work. Help boost your learners’ confidence in understanding and using English in real life situations by using the communicative approach. You will be fully trained and inducted on our syllabus, policies and procedures and will be required to attend CPD once a week while working at TWIN. You will work closely with your colleagues and play a vital role in promoting a safe, inclusive and positive learning experience for all. Dates range from mid-June to mid-August.

Positions available for 4 weeks. Class sizes are a maximum of 18 and students receive around 15 hours of tuition per week. Teachers' working hours range from 15 to 40 hours per week, depending on the campus and the programme being offered. On average, teachers will have either 15 or 30 class contact hours per week. Time for administrative tasks (such as meetings and record-keeping) and lesson preparation is in addition to the contact hours and included in the weekly salary. The specific dates, days, and times of work may vary based on the needs of the campus.

Skills and Experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-focused approach
• Positive, flexible and adaptable attitude towards teamwork and teaching
• Ability to demonstrate innovation in the classroom and IT literate
• Enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing and keen to make a decisive contribution to all aspects of the course.

Essential Qualifications
• Eligible to work in the UK and/or Ireland.
• Aged 18 or over.
• University Degree (level 6 or higher)
• TEFLI certificate in ELT/TESOL as specified by the British Council (see below)
• Clear DBS / Garda vetting (to be carried out by the Company)

British Council TEFLQ Guidance:
TEFLI certificate in ELT/TESOL
Certificate-level qualifications are first-level qualifications, usually taken by teachers with little or no ELT/TESOL experience who wish to enter the profession. To be considered by the Scheme as a valid certificate in ELT/TESOL, a qualification must:
• be externally validated by a reputable examination body (usually a university or recognised examination board) and/or regulated by a national regulating body such as Ofqual in England, Qualifications Wales (QW), Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), or CCEA in Northern Ireland
• contain at least six hours’ supervised teaching practice (i.e. teaching practice where a qualified and standardised assessor observes the trainee teacher teaching real students and gives feedback on his or her performance)
• contain at least 100 hours of ELT/TESOL or language teaching input.

Examples of ELT/TESOL certificate-level qualifications are certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages listed by Ofqual or similar national regulators, at Level 4 or Level 5 of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (Scottish SCQF Level 7 or 8). The company reserves the right to vary or amend the functions and responsibilities of the post holder according to the needs of the Company’s business. EFL Teacher Job Description Other qualifications which providers can consider to be TEFLI are:
• PGCE in English/modern languages
• PGCE leading to primary QTS Human Resources FORM HR JDT 02 Summer Centres 2025
• university ‘certificate in ELT/TESOL’ courses (provided that they meet the validation, teaching practice and input criteria listed above).

Responsibilities
• Prepare and deliver engaging, level- and age-appropriate lessons with clear learning outcomes as per the prescribed syllabus.
• Monitor students’ progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Complete daily record of work in the designated logbooks.
• Monitor and record students’ attendance in the class register and promptly report any absences.
• Complete student leavers’ reports and certificates.
• Safeguard and promote the wellbeing of all students in our care.
• Report any safeguarding or health & safety concerns to the Centre Manager immediately.
• Maintain adequate levels of student discipline in the classroom.
• Attend staff meetings and development sessions as required by the Director of Studies.
• Liaise regularly with teaching partners if you share a class, provide handover information to new or substitute teachers.

Desirable but not Essential
• Summer School experience
• First Aid Training
• Proven experience teaching young learners / teenagers
• Safeguarding / Child Protection Course Level 1 or higher (to be completed prior to commencement of employment).

Residential teachers are paid £415.00 per week for an average 30-hour contract plus up to 10 pastoral hours per week. All pay includes time spent on preparation and attending CPD sessions. Accrued holiday pay of 12.07% will be paid on top of the salary at the end of the contract. Each week includes 2 days off per week depending on the timetable.

Safeguarding, Welfare and Prevent
Twin Group is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, the prevention of radicalisation, and promoting the welfare of all our customers, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Twin Group has as a Safeguarding Policy which all staff must read and comply with. Successful applicants who will work directly with children and/ or vulnerable adults will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS/ Garda Vetting and complete mandatory training.

Equality & Diversity
The company reserves the right to vary or amend the functions and responsibilities of the post holder according to the needs of the Company’s business. EFL Teacher Job Description Human Resources FORM HR JDT 02 Summer Centres 2025 We are dedicated to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age. Twin Training has an Equality and Diversity Policy, and it is the responsibility of all staff to comply with this. Confidentiality The post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about customers, staff, and other Twin Training stakeholders. Some work is of a confidential nature and information gained must not be communicated to other persons except in the recognised course of duty. The post holder must always meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act (UK) and Data Protection Legislation (Ireland) (GDPR).

Health & Safety
Employees must comply with the provisions of the ‘The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (UK) and the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005(Ireland) and must take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions whilst at work. Employees are also required to co operate with their employer to enable them to perform or comply with any statutory provisions. The organisations efforts to promote a safe and healthy working environment can only succeed with the full cooperation of its employees.

Flexibility
This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role in conjunction with their line manager. The post holder may be asked to carry out any other reasonable and lawful duty or instruction.

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