Head, English for Education Systems
British Council Turkey is recruiting a “Head, English for Education Systems”. The main focus of the role will be to provide English Language Teaching expertise to engage with the Ministry of National Education on planning and implementing an ambitious programme of English language teaching reform in the general and further education sectors. The role will also involve supporting the Education Team in delivering a portfolio of English and Education programmes with partners from the higher and vocational education sectors.
Details
| Location | Ankara, Turkey |
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| Duration | Two years with the possibility of extension |
| Closing date | Monday 09 March 2020 |
Role overview
Our work in Education and English aims to increase the quality and quantity of UK-Turkey research collaborations and support inward and outward mobility for students and academics and joint study programmes. We work closely with the Council for Higher Education on areas including quality assurance in HE and developing closer links between universities and academics in Turkey and the UK, with the Ministry for National Education (MoNE) to support reform in English language teaching in schools, and with TUBITAK on science partnerships.
The main focus of this role is to assure the successful implementation of a high-profile English language teaching (ELT) project with the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). We are working closely with the MoNE to support a new 3-5-year national programme to reform ELT in schools. The government has publicly declared this reform to be a priority, and the UK, represented by the British Council, is seen as having a leading role in developing and implementing it through an ambitious national programme to develop a sustainable, continuing professional development framework for English language teachers in Turkey. The programme’s primary beneficiaries are the 37,505 English teachers in lower secondary schools.
An opportunity of this role will be to develop high quality face-to-face and digital training opportunities for English teachers on the programme with the aim of improving the classroom experience for learners and creating effective Continuing Professional Development opportunities for teachers.
The role also supports our work in English in higher education, which focusses mainly on facilitating debate and sharing of good practice, particularly across the Wider Europe region, in the area of English as a Medium of Instruction.
One of the main challenges of this role will be to work closely with a dispersed global and regional English for Education Systems team to ensure the Turkey English portfolio is aligned to global and regional strategy.