Educator (Hort) bei Leipzig International School

Educator (Hort) (m/f/d) bei Leipzig International School

Leipzig International School

General

Job Start: August 2024
Positions: 2
Location: Könneritzstraße 47, 04229 Leipzig
Contract: One Full-time (40h) and one part-time (32h); initially time limited for two years

Our After School Programme (Hort) provides students with opportunities beyond the regular school day. Educators in Hort focus on children’s social, behavioural, physical and emotional learning during open Hort hours, in the classrooms, and during school holidays. We place value on the interaction between the child and the adult within our learning environments to promote independence, confidence and initiative-taking in children. The conceptual background of our work is informed by the International Primary Curriculum and Saxony’s Learning Curriculum (Bildungsplan) for children.

Are you interested in becoming part of an international team? Do you believe that education is about learning how to become a citizen of the world? Then we are looking forward to hearing from you!

Be part of Primary’s laboratory of learning, known as Hort.

Your tasks and responsibilities

Educate and care for children in Grades 1 - 5 during core Hort times and breaks
Build a concept-based, stimulating learning environment together with your colleagues
Work together with your colleagues to plan, co-lead and evaluate projects and programmes
Interact with children, providing guidance, dialogue, and opportunities for thought, action and reflection
Observe and document the learning taking place in both structured and non-structured learning environments
Collaborate closely with classroom teachers, providing assistance and support for students during class
Engage with your colleagues in conceptual work leading into a larger Hort concept

Your profile

Your qualifications:

Bachelor or Master level degrees in related subject areas: child care, early childhood education, social work or social pedagogy, state-approved educator (Staatlich anerkannter Erzieher) or comparable education
Very good English language abilities - able to communicate in English with children and colleagues throughout the day
Experience abroad is an advantage

You should be:

A flexible, open-minded and reflective team player
Skilled at communication, able to connect with many different people on a daily basis
Optimistic, cheerful and solution-oriented
Creative and able to take the initiative and follow ideas through together with your colleagues
A caring, kind and empathic professional, putting the needs and interests of children first
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, variable and open environment

What we offer

Wonderful students who are interested in learning
A cooperative international team who is student and learner centred
The benefit of ongoing internal and external professional development
A dynamic and diverse workplace that continues to develop best teaching and learning practices
An exciting and flexible model of working that effectively supports the needs of students
30 days of vacation, additionally work-free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
Company pension scheme
Company benefits such as JobRad Leasing

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About us

Leipzig International School gGmbH is a non-profit, independent educational institution that operates a kindergarten as well as an all-day school with a primary school with integrated after-school care and a secondary school. At present, nearly 1100 students from local and international families study at our institution from the age of one until they reach university entrance qualifications. The teaching language is English. German is taught as a compulsory subject. Our concept focuses on global-openness, internationality, and diversity, and thus on our overall motto "Learning to be a citizen of the world". Our 250 staff members from 37 nations work together to create a stimulating and interesting learning environment for all children and students. The students are thus supported and accompanied from their first steps in this world to applying for training and university places and beyond. Since 2014, Leipzig International has been located at two sites: the primary school and secondary school (grades 1 to 12) are located at Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, the Leipzig International Kindergarten at Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Furthermore, there is the Kä