Primary School Learning Inclusion Teacher (mfd)

Leipzig International School; Leipzig; Vor Ort; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A vibrant international school in Leipzig is seeking a dedicated educator to create inclusive learning environments and support diverse learners. You will collaborate with staff and parents to enhance student well-being and success. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in Special Education and a teaching license, along with excellent communication skills. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact in education.

Leistungen

Opportunities for professional growth

Company pension scheme

Supplementary health insurance

Financial support for language courses

Qualifikationen

• Proven success as an exceptional teacher in an inquiry-focused learning environment.
• Familiarity with international curricula and experience in a diverse globally-minded community.

Aufgaben

• Create a safe, inspiring, and inclusive learning environment.
• Plan, prepare, and deliver engaging learning experiences.
• Collaborate with staff and parents to support student success.

Kenntnisse

High proficiency in written and spoken English

Excellent communication skills

Strong ability to differentiate instruction

Collaborative and flexible mindset

Commitment to continuous professional growth

Ausbildung

University degree in Special Education or comparable education

Valid teaching license

Jobbeschreibung

General

Job Start: 01 January 2026

Location: Könneritzstraße 47 Leipzig Germany

Contract: full-time initially fixed-term for 2 years followed by the option of a subsequent employment contract with an infinite duration

Our primary school offers a high-quality education programme for over 340 children aged 6 to 11. It supports each student personal social academic physical and emotional development in an internationally oriented our primary school an international curriculum is used to ensure that we provide a clear and consistent curriculum that appropriately challenges the students.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Create a safe inspiring and inclusive learning environment that supports the intellectual physical social and creative development of all learners.
• Promote international-mindedness by fostering openness to diverse perspectives values and traditions encouraging students to act as engaged global citizens.
• Plan prepare and deliver engaging relevant and challenging learning experiences that meet the needs of diverse learners and support their holistic growth.
• Provide meaningful ongoing feedback to help learners reflect set goals and develop skills knowledge and critical thinking.
• Provide tailored learning support and interventions to maximize achievement and well-being.
• Collaborate with the learning community to uphold and enrich a shared approach to learning teaching and student well-being.
• Build positive partnerships with parents through regular transparent communication about student progress achievements and next steps.

Learner Provision

• Create a classroom culture that values diversity encourages risk-taking and celebrates learning progress.
• Conduct student assessments using standard tools to identify learning needs and guide interventions.
• Ensure that wherever possible interventions are preceded by pre-assessment and concluded with post-assessment to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Work with individual learners and small groups to deliver short-term targeted programmes designed to meet specific objectives identified in individual or group plans.
• Develop implement and monitor Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) Learning Support Action Plans or Individualised Educational Plans (IEPs) in collaboration with teachers students parents / guardians and outside professionals.
• Deliver flexible teaching models including small group instruction collaborative teaching and in-class support to meet diverse student needs.
• Deliver flexible teaching models including small group instruction collaborative teaching and in-class support to meet diverse student needs.
• Prioritise learners according to their level of need and allocate available human resources accordingly to ensure equitable and effective support.
• Carry out responsibilities from Inclusion Action Plans for learners receiving support from multiple areas of inclusion as developed during Inclusion Team meetings.
• Actively monitor learners who may require a change in support status (active monitoring or exit).
• Where appropriate provide information and inclusion activities to help classmates understand and support peers with higher levels of need.
• Actively monitor learners requiring examination access or inclusion arrangements due to identified learning difficulties.

Collaboration with Staff

• Provide professional development for teachers on an individual small group learning phase or whole school basis (e.g. information about dyslexia strategies that assist when supporting learners with dyslexia and ways of differentiating for learners requiring support).
• Ensure that those carrying out Individualised Educational Plans have the knowledge to do so by regularly meeting individually with teachers and providing training as and when necessary.
• Be available to support staff informally in relation to particular learners whether they are or are not included on the LS register.
• Provide support for teachers to differentiate curriculum delivery in order to cater for the needs of learners requiring support.
• Collaborate with the homeroom teachers the inclusion team and our families to create a coordinated holistic approach to supporting student success.
• Engage in continuous professional learning reflecting on and refining your own practice to enhance student outcomes.

Communication and Meetings

• Participate actively in departmental section and whole-school meetings.
• Communicate regularly and thoughtfully with parents about student progress and well-being.
• Keep teaching staff informed at regular intervals as to what is happening in Learning Support.
• Initiate and organise case management and IEP meetings.
• Take part in parent‑student‑teacher conferences parent evenings and other school events as required throughout the year.
• in decisions about support provided for their child.
• Maintain effective relationships with outside professionals.
• Contribute Learning Support information for the schools web site handbooks information evenings etc.

Resources Management

• Follow school and departmental procedures for maintaining and requesting teaching resources.
• Seek opportunities to enrich learning by incorporating new and diverse materials and experiences from within and beyond the LIS learning community.
• Organise and coordinate the deployment of learning resources including information and communication technology and monitor their effectiveness.
• Maintain existing resources and explore opportunities to develop or incorporate new resources from the wider range of sources inside and outside the school.
• Develop a library with relevant texts for LS Teachers class / subject teachers and parents / guardians.

Strategic Leadership

• Advocate for learners with diverse needs and model a culture of care and respect in line with the values and guiding statements of the school.
• Ensure that inclusive strategies are embedded within school development planning with effective systems in place to identify support and monitor learners with a wide range of abilities and learning styles.
• Share and model best practices in identifying assessing and meeting learners support needs to strengthen inclusive teaching across the school.

Your profile

Educational Background

• A University degree in Special Education or comparable education
• Valid teaching license.

Experience

• Proven success as an exceptional teacher in an inquiry focused learning environment.
• Familiarity with international curricula and experience in a diverse globally-minded school community.

Skills and Attributes

• High proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication skills including effective use of IT and new technologies.
• Strong ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners.
• A focus on fostering high achievement and student development.
• Collaborative and flexible mindset with a positive attitude and a sense of humor.
• Commitment to continuous professional growth and development.
• Organizational ethical and empathetic qualities that inspire trust and respect.

Passion and Commitment

• Dedication to student learning well‑being and safety.
• A belief in holistic education that goes beyond academics

What we offer

• A vibrant diverse and supportive school community.
• Opportunities for professional growth in a globally connected environment.
• A chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of our learners as they grow into confident internationally‑minded individuals.
• Wonderful students who are interested in learning
• A dynamic and diverse workplace that continues to develop best teaching and learning practice
• The chance to engage in the life of the International School in the beautiful city of Leipzig; a historic green vibrant university city that is safe well‑connected and in the cultural heart of Europe
• Company benefits such as company pension scheme supplementary health insurance moving allowance JobRad leasing financial support for a German language course etc. (Awarded the designation of a Socially Responsible Employer)

About us

Leipzig International School GmbH (LIS) is a warm and vibrant non-profit educational community dedicated to fostering learning growth and global citizenship. Serving nearly 1100 students from local and international families our school offers an enriching experience from kindergarten through secondary school including integrated before‑and after‑school care. Guided by our motto Learning to be a citizen of the world we celebrate diversity internationality and inclusivity providing a nurturing environment where students thrive academically socially and personally.

LIS is an inclusive learning community and does not discriminate on the basis of race skin colour religion gender gender expression age national origin ancestry disability marital status or sexual orientation.

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1