Teaching Vacancies
We have filled our vacancies for August 2010.
We were impressed with the quality of the applications we received and would like to thank all the applicants who showed an interest in being a part of our teaching team at ISHR.
Applications
Career Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in joining the ISHR faculty. We welcome qualified, committed teachers who identify with the aims and goals of our mission statement.
Mission Statement
The International School Hannover Region is committed to providing a high- quality, international education within a creative and caring environment to enable its students to become life-long learners and open-minded, compassionate citizens.
If you are a qualified, open-minded teacher, dedicated to supporting young people to achieve their highest potential within a creative and caring environment, we can offer you excellent working conditions, opportunities for professional development, competitive salaries and compensation packages, and membership of a warm and supportive school community.
We currently have 65 faculty members from over 13 different nations at ISHR, many of whom have made Hannover their permanent home.
We are looking for educators who:
- are passionate about teaching
- have at least two years’ teaching experience
- are excellent team players
- enjoy working with young people
- believe in enquiry based learning
- communicate well with parents
- are life-long learners
- enjoy using technology in the classroom
- are open-minded toward the views, values and traditions of individuals and their cultures.
Preference is given to those applicants with previous experience of teaching the IB, PYP, MYP or Diploma programmes.
If you are interested in applying for a teaching position at ISHR, please send a complete CV, a brief Personal Statement, a photograph and the names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of at least three referees to the director, Ms Patricia Baier at adminoffice(at)is-hr.de.
It is our preference to invite short-listed candidates to ISHR for final interviews so that both the candidate and the school can make an informed decision as to whether we suit each other’s needs. The travel and accommodation costs for invited candidates are covered by the school.
Compensation and Benefits
Salaries
ISHR has a salary scale of 30 steps. Initial entry step and placement is determined by counting previous years of full time teaching. Teachers advance one step on the salary scale after each full year of employment until the last step is reached. For more complete details of salaries, please contact adminoffice(at)is-hr.de.
The terms and conditions of employment are based on a collective agreement between the teachers and the school director.
Contracts
Initial contracts are normally for a period of two years. Further contracts will be of unlimited duration. All part-time and full time staff are placed on an initial six months probationary period.
A full time contract does not exceed 25 periods of 45 minutes a week in the Secondary School or 1225 teaching minutes in Early Years and Primary.
Transportation and Baggage Reimbursement
New teachers moving to Hanover from outside a radius of 100km on a full-time contract may claim travel expenses for themselves and their immediate dependents. Teachers leaving the school after completion of contract receive economy airfares to their home of record for themselves and their immediate dependents.
Baggage allowances is paid as follows: Teachers – maximum Euro 1400, Partner/Spouse – Euro 700, Accompanying Dependent children – Euro 500
Teachers leaving the school after completion of contract receive the same baggage allowances on departure.
Teachers who renew an initial two-year contract receive a return economy flight for themselves and dependents under the age of 18 to their home of record.
Accommodation
Upon arrival in Hanover those teachers hired from outside a radius of 100km who have not already secured housing are provided with a furnished apartment paid by the school for one month. New teachers are also given the option of remaining in the above mentioned furnished apartment. The school assists new teachers in finding accommodation
Settling in Support
On arrival in Hanover new teachers are allocated a tax free settling in allowance of 547Euros.
Tuition for Dependent Children
Children of staff members may attend ISHR tuition free. The school is required by law to deduct tax on this benefit.
Living in Hanover
Hanover has a population of approximately 500,000, and is known as the greenest city in Germany. Indeed it has many parks, a large wood running right through the city and an attractive lake in the centre. It has all the facilities of a major city, and yet everything is within easy reach. Hanover is famous for its excellent transportation system and it’s also possible to cycle everywhere. The school itself is situated in the centre of the city, in beautiful green surroundings next to the city lake. Most of the teachers live close to the school and rents are still very reasonable in comparison with other cities in Germany.
One of the huge advantages of Hanover is the fact that it really is located at the heart of Europe, with excellent train and plane connections to a wide variety of locations within Europe.
Although Germany is known for its high taxation and bureaucratic regulations, the quality of life here is superb. The health care system is excellent, it is safe, care of the environment is taken seriously, and there are so many different cultural offerings to suit every taste.
General information on life in Germany can be found on the following internet sites:
Our office team sees it as their responsibility to help all teachers deal with work and residency permits, visas, setting up bank accounts, getting phone and internet connections etc. Upon arrival in Hanover you will be cared for and helped to settle in as comfortably as possible.
Professional Development
The quality of a school, in terms of raising the achievement of all students, is determined by the quality of its staff. In helping the school achieve its objectives, the Board and Administration recognize the importance of the professional development of all members of staff, both teaching and non-teaching, and acknowledge its responsibilities to promote such development. It believes that professional development and career enhancement should include:
- Induction (the needs of the new teacher or the experienced teacher in a new post)
- Meeting the training requirements of the IBO in ensuring that all new teachers receive training in their relevant IBO programme(s) and that long- term teachers continue to receive IBO training.
- Refresher courses to update subject knowledge
- Extension (the attainment of further academic qualifications or job- specific study)
- Management Development
We very much look forward to receiving your application to become a member of the ISHR faculty.
