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Le Rosey employs nearly a hundred full-
and part-time academic, music and sports
teachers, about half of whom are full-time
academic teachers on English-speaking
programmes. Teachers come from across
the world, and it is school policy to
maintain a mix of nationalities and
approaches to match the bilingual and
international character of the school.
The majority are from the UK, but many
other nations are represented, especially
the USA and Australia. Le Rosey also
employs an important number of French-speaking
teachers recruited from France, Switzerland,
Canada and Belgium. The teaching faculty
is also enormously enriched by native-speaker
language and literature teachers from
across the world who teach a remarkably
high number of foreign language classes,
many of them as IB A literature courses. |
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| Important
Considerations for All Applicants |
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Rosey is a bilingual (English and French)
international boarding school with a
strong commitment to excellence. The
school is not a British boarding school
on the continent, an American prep school
in Europe or a Lycée français
à l’étranger avec
internat – and, although it may
have elements of all of these, Le Rosey
has a strong and distinctive character
of its own. Le Rosey expects all candidates
to be appropriately qualified, with
at least a first degree and a teaching
qualification. Relevant teaching experience
is of course desirable and we particularly
welcome: |
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knowledge
and experience of the International
Baccalaureate (preferably with
IBO training) |
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experience of
international education |
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a working knowledge
of French |
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experience of
and/or a commitment to boarding |
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a commitment
to holistic educational principles |
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evidence of energy
and adaptability – this
in a school which changes campus
twice in the course of a year. |
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| Non-European
Applications |
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our great regret, recent changes to
Swiss law have made it extremely difficult
for international schools like Le Rosey
to obtain work permits for non-EU citizens.
For this reason, applicants without
EU passports or Swiss work permits are
advised that this greatly reduces their
chances of being put on a short list.
We will, nevertheless, consider all
such applications seriously; and if
the nature of the post and the quality
of the application make us optimistic
about the outcome of what can be a long
legal process, we are ready to undertake
it. |
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| Recruitment
Procedures |
| Vacant
posts are advertised on this website,
in the local press, the Times Educational
Supplement (or TES) in the UK
www.tes.co.uk, and on the Council
of International Schools website
www.cois.org. |
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All applications
for advertised posts should be sent
by email to the address indicated in
the advertisement and/or to the Secretary
to the General Director email 
JOB. |
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All applications are acknowledged, but
candidates who hear nothing further
within two weeks should assume that
their application has been unsuccessful.
Those candidates who are placed on the
first short list are sent further details,
outlining the nature of the post and
conditions of work. Candidates whom
we decide to interview are contacted
by telephone and/or email. Interviews
usually take place in the UK or Switzerland.
All successful candidates are interviewed
in Switzerland at least once before
appointment. Travel expenses to Switzerland
from within Europe are automatically
and fully reimbursed. We have occasionally
interviewed outstanding candidates
in the USA and in the Far and Middle
East, but applicants from outside
Europe are advised that it is not
usually practicable to interview them
unless they are willing to undertake
and at least partly fund the journey
to Europe. We recommend such candidates
to indicate in their applications
whether and when they are able to
travel to the UK or mainland Europe.
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| Applications |
| Applications
(which should always be by email) should
comprise: |
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a
letter of application, indicating
candidates’ educational
philosophy |
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a complete Curriculum
Vitae (including details of all
employment, educational qualifications,
as well as personal details such
as age and family circumstances
which may be important for residential
considerations) |
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a recent photo |
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the names, addresses
and relation to the candidate
of three referees. |
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candidate eventually appointed will
also be expected to provide evidence
of his or her suitability for work with
children. All applications will be treated
in confidence. |
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| Unsolicited
and speculative applications |
| Le
Rosey welcomes applications at any time
of the year. They are passed on to the
appropriate Director of Studies who
files those of interest. Applicants
may be contacted if there is a possibility
of future openings, but this is rare,
and, given the number of applications
the school receives, it is not standard
procedure to send acknowledgement of
receipt. |
