Current Openings
St. Michael’s International School provides a distinctive primary education within a positive culture of academic excellence and a caring family community.
We are a school that strives towards excellence with a commitment towards this ideal, through our Continuous School Improvement Framework.
All our staff are highly qualified and fully trained teachers. We offer a UK National Curriculum with specialist teachers . We are accredited by CIS, WASC and are members of Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS) and East Asia Regional Council of International Schools (EARCOS) and an affiliate membership of COBIS.
St. Michael’s offers a competitive salary and benefits package for full-time Class and Specialist Teachers, including:
* Accommodation
* Travel Allowance
* Relocation Allowance
* Home Leave Allowance
* Personal Days
* Professional Development
* Health and Insurance
* Tuition
* Private Club Membership
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Teachers International Consultancy:
Attn.: DirectorAndrew Wigford
Recruiting at St. Michael's, Japan: Small School, Big Success
Paul Grisewood joined St. Michael's International School in Kobe, Japan as
Head of School last year (2009) "A school is only as good as its staff and
we needed to do something to generate reliable results in a stream-lined
way," says Paul. He had worked with Teachers International Consultancy
during his own recruitment to headship so was familiar with the
organisation's vetting process and the personal and supportive approach TIC
takes with candidates. "It's the approach we wanted our own candidates to
go through," says Paul. "Plus we knew that working with TIC would release a
huge amount of time for the school."
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Paul says that selecting a recruitment company to represent your school
requires some careful selection. "It's not the same as recruiting teachers
for national schools," he says. "International teachers are unique and if
you're selecting from teachers who have never worked abroad before you need
to be able to recognise the crucial qualities. A lot of teachers think they
can do it, but to really fit in to an international school you have to be
emotionally intelligent, culturally sensitive, culturally aware, a team
player, and be able to pack up everything you own, put it in a box and join
us. That's tough. It's just as tough to work out who can actually fit those
criteria."
Making recruitment count
Having a Service Contract with Teachers International Consultancy helped
St. Michael's take a more strategic, results-oriented approach to its
recruitment. "Andrew Wigford at TIC gave us some excellent advice to
improve our recruitment procedure to make it more efficient and more
effective," says Paul. After a thorough selection process, a short-list of
15 candidates participated in a three-day interview in London which was
vastly more cost and time-efficient than flying them to Japan. "TIC
recommended that we use some of this time to paint a clear picture of the
school," says Paul. "Being a small school it is hard for us to keep up with
the big schools on salaries and packages. We're not underpaying; we're in
the middle but we are still managing to attract good quality teachers
because of the lifestyle in Japan and the reputation of the school, which
really is vital to our long-term recruitment success. As well as a detailed
document of the school, we had video footage of the school including a
number of staff talking about working at St. Michael's and living in Kobe.
Not to do a sales job on the candidates, but to make each one of them stop
and think 'why am I doing this?' The approach helped to ensure that no one
was under any illusions about making the move."
Finding the right people
The rigorous three-day interview process directed by TIC also included
candidates being presented with a range of scenarios to test their teaching
and interpersonal skills. "It was through this route that we did find a few
candidates who were not suitable including a couple with something to
hide," says Paul. "The right questioning was key to digging deep. You can't
afford to take a risk with your recruitment. The process we took with the
help of TIC was very demanding but very thorough, very good."
Andrew Wigford
Director
Teachers International Consultancy
http://www.ticrecruitment.com
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