Being a Teaching Assistant at the BSN

Being a Teaching Assistant at the BSN Welcome to the BSN Our three Junior School Campuses are situated in and around The Hague. Each campus provides a stunning, state of the art learning environment for around 340590 students. We are fortunate to welcome students from around the world and celebrate what this brings to our community.

Our curriculum The Hague

We encourage curiosity in our children, and from the youngest age help develop a love of learning that will last them a lifetime.

Our curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England & Wales but has been expertly adapted to meet the unique needs of our international student body.

Our aim is for all of our students to receive quality teaching and learning. To accomplish this our Teaching Assistants support the delivery of learning activities (especially in Foundation Stage, Year 1 & Year 2).

The Hague: a modern, international city, beside the sea

Our facilities and equipment are first class and we constantly strive to innovate and explore different ways to improve the learning experiences of our students.

Internationally British

Junior School Diamanthorst

Junior School Leidschenveen

Our staff There are around 270 colleagues across our Junior Schools. At each of our three Junior Schools the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher oversee the management of the school, supported by our Senior Leadership teams.

Our strong team of Teaching Assistants support our Class Teachers in the delivery of the school’s curriculum and the fostering of students’ personal, social and indepence skills. We also have specialist staff for Dutch, PE and Music and our AEN and EAL teams provide excellent provisions for any students who require additional support.

Junior School Vlaskamp

At the BSN you can expect to be working with motivated pupils and talented professionals, who are passionate about children and learning.

Learning opportunities We recognise that our greatest resource is our staff and we are committed to supporting your professional learning. The newly commissioned International Leadership Academy and BlueSky Education are a demonstration of commitment to your professional development.

Your responsibilities

Life at the BSN

Being a Teaching Assistant at the BSN means having knowledge and understanding of the learning opportunities and goals for students of the relevant age group. Teaching Assistants are required to assist the Teacher with the planning and execution of of learning activities; support individual students as well as groups of children, both inside and outside the classroom; and provide regular feedback to the Teacher(s) on student progress.

This includes attending and contributing to meetings regarding the children. A willingness to contribute to the school’s co-curricular programme is also an essential part of joining the BSN.

Our Junior Schools are lively, warm and welcoming. All are housed in attractive buildings and some of our facilities include stimulating playgrounds, school libraries, media centres, music rooms and mini-gyms/ sports halls. We make excellent use of our schools’ open spaces for creative and collaborative learning.

We are as ambitious for our staff as we are for our students. As such we expect all of our staff to take up development opportunities in line with their career, their team and the whole school vision.

The school year is spilt into three terms. Fulltime Teaching Assistants are required to work 190 days per school year, 181 of which are teaching days.

Co-curricular programme Sport & Well-being

Global Citizens

Music & Performing Arts

Creative Arts

Academic Clubs

Language Clubs

At the BSN we focus on developing the whole child, finding out what stimulates them and inspires them to push themselves to achieve more. Through a combination of day to day school activities and our wide ranging cocurricular programme, we have created an environment where every child can thrive.

The remaining days are reserved for carrying out administration, training and professional learning (pro-rata for part-time Teaching Assistants).

Judged to be ‘excellent’ in all categories by ISI in October 2015

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Junior Schools

Ages

3-11 80+ nationalities

Salary and benefits programme We offer competitive salaries and new Teaching Assistants joining the BSN experience a salary increase. A range of other benefits also make it worthwhile choosing to work at the BSN:

Competitive salaries

Pension plan

Excellent CPD opportunities

Career coaching

Translation service

Dutch lessons

Further study assistance

A variety of sports

Creative workshops

Connect with us @BSNetherlands

Would you like to join our team?

Please apply directly via our website:

bsn.homerun.co We look forward to receiving your application!