English Teacher Trainers: Public School Teachers from Remote Areas

About the Project

Peru has made profound reforms to its education system in recent years. The country has taken part in PISA assessments since the year 2000 and in 2016 placed 64th in the ranking (compared to 70th in the previous OECD PISA assessment), but is still working to address profound needs across the system with regard to infrastructure, school leadership, teaching excellence, and learning results. A new National English Language Policy was launched in 2015, outlining guiding principles to make Peru a bilingual country by the year of its bicentennial (2021) and a new national curriculum is being introduced as of 2017, which explicitly incorporates core skills across subject areas.

To this end, the Ministry of Education has been taking the necessary steps to strengthen teachers’ language skills and pedagogy to be able to deliver more hours of English lessons and extend the coverage of its programme throughout the country. This strengthening process has been organised in different stages and using various strategies in which the British Council has played a key role as a partner to achieve the objectives set out by the ministry. Since 2014, different school models have been created: 

• traditional schools with two weekly English language lessons known as JER (“Jornada Escolar Regular” or “Standard School Model”)
• 2,000 schools fitted with technology packs and with five weekly English language lessons known as JEC (“Jornada Escolar Completa” or “Full Day School Model”)
• 22 schools signalled as COAR (Schools for High Achievers) follow international standards.

The British Council and the Ministry of Education have partnered to deliver a three week residential English up-scaling programme for a selected group of teachers from the JEC school model whose level of English is rated at CEFR B1 (the target level for teachers in the JEC model is CEFR B2). Teachers will be brought to Lima from cities in the 24 regions of the country in order to participate in the 150 hour programme with the highest pedagogical and professional standards.

About the Role

We are looking for eight English teacher trainers to carry out this temporary teaching assignment where they will engage with local professionals from a variety of socio-cultural contexts with distinct education backgrounds and who work in challenging conditions in remote areas of the country. 

The role requires applicants to

• deliver the programme in a timely manner as designed by the Programme Coordinator and according to British Council standards
• implement strategies to achieve targets related to participants’ learning outcomes.

Trainers will be responsible for:

• following programme layout and complying with specifications and guidelines (programme is based on English for Teaching 2 with an 80% focus on language development and 20% focus on methodology)
• preparing lessons and preparing/adapting materials as required
• keeping track of and maintaining records of participants’ attendance, participation and progress
• monitoring, evaluating and reporting participants’ progress in key learning areas.

Trainers will be required to attend a pre-service induction session in Lima one day prior to the start of the programme. The programme will take place eight hours per day, Monday to Saturday, and three hours per day on Sundays, to groups of about 20 teachers. Please note that you will be required to use a personal laptop.

The British Council will arrange return flights from the main city/capital city of the trainer’s home country, as well as return transfers from Lima airport and accommodation plus three meals daily from arrival in Lima to the end of the assignment.

Qualifications and experience required

Essential

• Relevant English Teaching Qualification (CELTA, DELTA)
• Proven experience in international English programmes, preferably in Spanish speaking settings and teaching English to adult learners in a variety of contexts
• English proficiency at CEFR C1 - C2 level (certificate required) or native
• Working knowledge of Spanish
• Flexibility and adaptability.

Desirable

• Experience in lesson differentiation and/or compulsory-plus-optional teaching strategies 
• BA in Education with a major in ELT.

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Please note that you will be required to create an account on the British Council Jobs Website if you don’t already have one.