English teacher for IELTs
Role Overview
EIC is seeking a part-time specialist English teacher for IELTS, preparing candidates for the IELTS Academic test across all four skills, with General Training coverage where a candidate's pathway requires it. The successful candidate will bring a record of candidates reaching their target band scores.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver IELTS preparation lessons in line with EIC's approved course design and delivery materials.
- Teach across all four components (Listening, Reading, Writing Tasks 1 and 2, and Speaking Parts 1 to 3), covering both the paper-based and computer-delivered test formats.
- Apply differentiated, mastery-based instruction to meet the needs of learners at varying band levels.
- Diagnose entry band levels, agree target bands with each candidate, and track progress through structured exam practice, full mock tests and targeted feedback.
- Mark writing and assess speaking against the IELTS public band descriptors, giving candidates criterion-referenced feedback on task response, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, fluency and pronunciation.
- Record student attendance
- Liaise with the Head ACE on student progress as required.
- Where qualified, deliver other EIC English or examination preparation lessons to eligible classes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or above in English, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Education, or a related discipline.
- A recognised English language teaching qualification (CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL or equivalent); a DELTA or Master's in TESOL/Applied Linguistics is an advantage.
- Relevant experience preparing candidates for IELTS or a comparable international English proficiency test, such as TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic or Cambridge B2 First and C1 Advanced.
- Working knowledge of the IELTS test format and the public band descriptors, including current writing and speaking assessment criteria.
- A track record of candidate band outcomes.
Desirable
- IELTS examiner training, or current or former IELTS examiner status.
- Prior experience teaching in a SWDA-registered private education institution or an IELTS preparation centre.
- Ability to teach a second EIC examination stream, such as Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language or AEIS Secondary English.
Payment $50 per hour