Cover Secondary Teacher

**Job type**:
Full Time, Maternity Cover

**Start date**:
ASAP

25 January 2025

**Job overview**:
**About the School - ELIS Murcia**

El Limonar International School Murcia (ELIS Murcia), part of the Cognita Schools Group, with 820 students between 3 - 18 years, is a dynamic learning community.

ELIS Murcia is a growing school committed to continuous improvement of all aspects of school life; CPD to ensure high-quality learning experiences for our students; and a positive work-life balance for our staff. ELIS Murcia is one of the very best international schools in terms of external examination results with recognition year after year as one of the top schools in Spain through the prestigious El Mundo ranking.

Furthermore, ELIS Murcia has been named the Cognita Europe School of the Year for two consecutive years, 2022 and 2023, and was also awarded Cognita Europe Great Place to Work in 2022. Students graduate from ELIS Murcia with proficiency in three languages. Around 80% of our graduates go onto further education within Spain, with the remaining 20% taking up offers in the UK and other international destinations.

As well as our focus on academic excellence, we are committed to fostering positive relationships that allow our learners to develop all the necessary skills to become the bold and resilient leaders of tomorrow. ELIS Murcia offers a program based on the National Curriculum for England and Wales, IGCSE and IAL Level courses, as well as the Spanish Baccalaureate programme.

The school now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced **Cover Secondary Teacher** to join our fantastic team to cover a period of Maternity Leave.

**About Cognita**

Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 16 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 85,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, ‘Thrive in a rapidly evolving world’.

At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. And each and every one of our schools is unique too.

We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger. We open their classrooms to the collective wisdom of over 100 schools in 16 countries, ensuring every child gets an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

It’s an individual approach that empowers every school, teacher and student to focus on what they do best and thrive.

**About the role**

As a Teacher, your responsibilities include teaching assigned classes, ensuring children’s safety, and preparing lessons while keeping records of classwork and homework. You maintain excellent communication with colleagues and use various techniques to support and extend students’ learning. Your lessons are structured with clear objectives, and you set and model success criteria. You manage classroom behavior, set and mark homework, and assess students’ work according to relevant standards. Additionally, you report student progress to parents, care for materials, order books, revise curriculum plans, attend meetings, and engage in professional development.

**How to Apply**

Cognita Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of background.

EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVIEW AND APPOINT PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR THE RIGHT APPLICANT.

**About**El Limonar International School Murcia**:
**El Limonar International School Murcia**
- Colonia Buenavista s/n, El Palmar
- Murcia
- 30120
- Spain

+34 00 538 413

El Limonar International School (ELIS) has been providing a high-quality bilingual education for Spanish and International students from Early Years to KS5 in the Murcia and Alicante regions, southern Spain for close to thirty years.

ELIS Murcia is an educational environment that prides itself on continuous professional improvement: teaching and learning briefings school group-wide PD opportunities are extensive. We are committed to deepening the teaching and leadership skills of all staff who form part of our community. ELIS Murcia recently became accredited by the prestigious Council of International Schools (CIS) and is only the third school in Spain with this recognition.

All posts offer curriculum development as well as teaching responsibi