#268378 SLAC‐K‐12 Teaching Position at private, bilingual school in Mexico at Colegio Ingles Torreon Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | 250 ‐ 1,000 employees | The monthly salary for teachers ranges between 13,480 to 14,600 Mexican pesos. INFORMATION ABOUT TEACHING POSITIONS AT COLEGIO INGLÉS, TORREÓN, MÉXICO. School year 2016‐2017 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Colegio Inglés Torreón is a private Catholic institution that offers a bilingual program to Mexican children. The school was founded in 1983. There are 100 children enrolled in our pre‐school program, 300 in elementary and 250 in our middle‐school program (7th, 8th, and 9th). ACADEMIC PROGRAM We promote the development of the child’s personality, and the domain of the English as a second language. Some aspects of our program are based on Piaget’s research and subsequent theory concerning individual growth and development. As a school we also promote nationalism and moral development in our students. In our Pre‐school program (ages 3 to 6) our children are acquainted with the English language progressively. They also learn to master basic skills and attitudes like socialization, development of their own language and logical‐mathematics concepts. Their psychomotor development is also encouraged. In our Elementary Program, we deal with a Mexican teacher in each class who is in charge of the self contained Spanish program for two groups and a native English speaker teacher who teaches the English program and speaks only English during class time to the same two groups. Therefore our students have a Spanish teacher one half of the school day and an English teacher the other half. Elementary goes from grade 1 to 6. Our High School Program which covers 7th, 8th, and 9th grades is called Secundaria. Our day in Secundaria is divided in eight daily periods of 50 minutes with a recess in the middle. There is a teacher per each subject. Subjects taught in English are: Biology, History, Art, Geography, and English. All of our students, from Preschool to Secundaria have Physical Education classes with specialteachers. Other special classes offered are Computers, Art, Science Lab, Religion, and Music. CITY Torreon is a modern city in the North of Mexico, in the State of Coahuila, about 300 miles South of Laredo TX. Our population is of 800 thousand people. Our main industries are mining and dairy. Torreon offers a wide range of educational opportunities. There are many excellent K‐12 schools and several major universities. Good education is a priority in the area. There are two more cities that comprise the area called La Laguna: Gomez Palacio and Lerdo. This is why La Laguna has close to one million people. There are two major malls in Torreon as well as a wide variety of restaurants and bars. We host one of the best soccer teams in Mexico, El Santos, and their home stadium is brand new, and beautiful, state‐of‐the‐art. We could say that there are just two seasons here: summer and some days of mild winter. The sun shines almost the whole year. Our temperatures range from 25°C (77 °F) to 40°C (100°F) in the summer and from 15°C (60°F) to –3°C (27°F) in the winter. Not many believe us when we advise to bring warm clothes for our colder winter days, so make sure to pack some! Duration Our school year lasts from late August to the end of June. We have two weeks off for Christmas, as well as two more for Easter, and about five days off due to Mexican holidays. Contacts Patricia Medina Desired Skills REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS This kind of opportunity is for native English speaking people, with a strong desire to learn Spanish, who hold a degree either in Education, Psychology, Sociology or any other humanistic approach. We believe that experience is useful but not indispensable, and of course Spanish is not required. Even though Colegio Inglés is a Catholic institution, teachers do not have to be Catholic to work in this school. Responsibilities TIME AND SCHEDULE Our school year lasts from late August to the end of June. We have two weeks off for Christmas, as well as two more for Easter, and about five days off due to Mexican holidays. The schedule for our teachers is from 7:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. from Monday to Friday. All teachers come 2 hours in the evening per week for tutoring and remedial programs. We also have teachers’ meetings in the evening once or twice a month. SALARY The monthly salary for teachers ranges between 13,480 to 14,600 Mexican pesos. Besides the monthly salary, teachers can get 2 incentive bonuses which make 400 pesos more per month. If the teacher fulfills the contract working from August to June 30, he/she also receives an accumulated monthly bonus amount depending on degree and position:  Certified teachers receive $5,200 US (five thousand, two hundred U.S. dollars) at the  Teachers without certification receive $3,150 US (three thousand one hundred and fifty U.S. dollars) at the end of the contract.  Tutors receive 10,000 Mexican pesos/month and bonus of $2,750 US dollars/year. The school also offers the foreign teachers major medical protection. All teachers will receive $400 US (Four hundred US dollars) a year as a transportation allowance. The salary is just for personal expenses and food, because the school provides a nice home which is shared with other foreign teachers. This is something to consider when you have dependants, because the school does not provide co‐ed accommodations. All school houses are at a walking distance from school. You can take for granted that these salaries are enough to cover comfortably your personal needs while you live in México. If well managed, you can travel within the country and south We also suggest you to consider carefully this opportunity if you have payments to make that exceed $200 USD a month because the rate of the “peso” (our currency) in relation to the US The economic deal that we offer allows our teachers to save 40% to 50% of their salary at the end of the contract if it was fulfilled satisfactorily. Colegio Ingles Torreon Private K‐12 Biingual School in the North of Mexico Interviews that are related to this job Colegio Ingles Torreon Colegio Ingles Torreon | Preselect February 19th 2016 in Qualifications Allowed School Years Senior Allowed Majors All majors allowed Work Authorization Requirements No US work authorization required