Primary Years Educator August 2025 Start Monza

Primary Years Educator August 2025 Start
Monza
Lombardia, Monza

Job type**:

Full Time, Fixed Term

7 February 2025

**Job overview**:

GIS The International School of Monza is a family feel PYP school located in Monza just 150m from the world famous Monza Park.

Founded in September 2020, we serve both Italian nationals looking for an international education and international families living in the Monza area.

Monza is the host of the Italian Gran Prix and each year the city comes to life with visitors from all around the world and the city is filled with events and music to celebrate this sporting event.

GIS The International School of Monza, is seeking a qualified Primary Years Educator to join its expanding team.

Next school years sees the first year of 5 Primary classes and therefore our team will grow.

Certified as an IB Primary Years Programme School, GIS Monza is in its fifth year of operation.

The school benefits from being inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach and the Early and Primary Years sections of the Campus are designed around a Piazza with ateliers to explore the many languages and types of thinking learners have.

This is a very exciting time to join the GIS Team as we open our Secondary School Campus in Villasanta which will open many doors for collaboration with Secondary colleagues and an opportunity to be part of a growing IB school.

GIS Monza is rooted in 5 Educational Values which guide our decision making and are represented in all aspects of the school.

Global Citizenship, Multilingualism, Excellence, Human Principles and Lifelong Learning are all extremely important values and form the heart of our school alongside our school Mission and Vision and the Mission of the International Baccalaureate.

You can find out more about these 5 values here:

GIS Monza is a Boutique School - with small classes and 15 educators for our 94 enrolled students, we really do take the child at the centre of learning very seriously.

GIS Monza occupies a spacious campus which includes facilities for indoor sports, art, food technology, performing arts, music and ICT.

GIS Monza prides itself in also being a Park School with the most fabulous outdoor atelier of Monza Park on our doorstep.

Educators are taking part in action research to explore the impact on teaching and learning through a Park School approach.

GIS Primary also has a developing Coding and Robotics programme beginning with Lego Spike and moving towards the use of MBot2 robots across the curriculum.

The IB PYP philosophy provides a framework that guides GIS students to meet the challenges of the 21st century by supporting their growth as productive, insightful, responsible and compassionate citizens in a global society.

It focuses on developing independent, skilled learners through inquiry-based instruction that reflects a unique global perspective.

Being a new school, educators at GIS Monza are welcome to conduct research, to think creatively about curriculum making and to be on this journey with a group of inquiring students and very supportive parents.

We are seeking a Primary Years Educator to join our team on this adventure and to be part of the creation of an outstanding school.

More information about the school can be found on our website at

Alternatively you can see snippets of the school in action on our LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram pages.

**_Why work with us? _

- We are truly student centred, with student learning at the heart of everything we do;

- We are passionate about curriculum making and being as innovative about teaching and learning as possible;

- We are a collaborative learning community based on the values of the IB Learner Profile, where teachers are trusted, empowered and valued;

- We are researching into inclusive learning spaces as part of our IB Development Plan;

- We offer professional development based on educator's professional goals and the school development plan;

- We are a small school on a well equipped campus;

- We offer opportunities to research in all fields but particularly outdoor learning and robotics

- We are located in a beautiful part of the world - Milan is less than 20 minutes away by train offering connections to all parts of Europe.

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The Position_

- _**_Essential Requirements_

- Be a native level English speaker and hold an appropriate degree and teaching certification

- **Hold a passport or Visa suitable for working in Italy**:

- Be a dynamic, flexible team player with high level inter-personal skills and excellent organisational ability.

- Add value to our positive and motivated staff team, in order to give students the best possible opportunity for success.

**_ Salaries and Benefits_

- Nationally competitive salary and benefits.

- The contract will begin in late August

- Lunch provided daily by the school

- Professional Development aligned with personal and school goals

- Opportunity to create curriculum for this growing creative school in the heart of Monza

**_ Application_

The person appointed will be expected to begin