The Teachers' Scheme

WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME for CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN TEACHERS

This provides the opportunity for teachers in Central and Eastern Europe to work for a year in a British Independent school. They will be expected to combine teaching in their main subject(s) with duties in one of the school's boarding houses and with help and participation in the school's extra-curricular programme.

In recent years, teachers have come from the following countries -

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

The new UK Border Authority visa regulations have made it impossible for HMC Projects to select for 2009-10 teachers from non-EEA countries. It is hoped that an appropriate visa route can be established from 2010-11 onwards so that teachers from non-EEA countries can participate again in the scheme.

The teachers are selected following open competition organised by national bodies and interviews by a panel including a representative of HMC Projects. The Administrator (Mr Roger Wicks) will then seek to match their skills and experience with the requirements of the schools which have offered teaching placements. The following subject specialisms are of particular value to UK Independent schools: - Mathematics, Sciences, Information Technology, Design and Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education & Sport and Junior Classes. It is also sometimes possible to find placements for teachers offering French, German, Spanish, History or Geography.

The teachers will receive a salary and accommodation from their schools. The salary will be not less than the 'Minimum Wage' (£172 per week for the year 2009) and teachers will also receive accomodation and school meals during term times at minimum cost. This renumeration will normally be sufficient to enable them to explore opportunities for travel, culture and social interchange during their year in Britain. Accommodation and finance are for single persons only and the scheme does not enable couples to come to the UK together.

Each teacher placed in a school will pay a fee to HMC Projects - £550 if the teacher comes from a country that is currently in the EEA, £400 for other teachers. Each school will pay an administrative fee of £800 per teacher.

The Teachers' Work Experience Scheme.

Contact details for applications and enquiries

Bulgaria
Varbinka Hadjidimitrova
AVO Bell School of English,
Sofia, Bulgaria

Croatia
Renata Samo

Czech Republic
Mrs. Zdenka Almerova
Open Soviety Foundation,
Seifertova 47,
Praha 3,
Czech Republic

Estonia
Mrs. Kaarin Truus
Tallinn University Language Centre,
Narva Road, 29, 10120, Tallinn,Estonia.

Moldova
Mrs. Iulia Moldovan
Executive Director,
National High School Debate Leagie,
16A Pushkin Street,
MD 2012 Chisinau, Moldova.

Poland
Mr. Rafal Fanti
KFON,
Raszynska 22,
02-026 Warsaw, Poland

Romania
Mrs. Cristina Marinescu
British Council Bucharest,
Calea Dorobantilor 14,
010572 Bucharest

Slovakia
Mrs. Elena Smolenska
Open Society Foundation
Bastova 5,
Bratislava , Slovakia

Ukraine - The Ukrainian School Heads Association
Mrs. Iryna Kozina
Vice-President,
Ukraine School Heads Association,
7-A Peremogy Avenue,
Kyiv 135, Ukraine

( for the Kirovograd Oblast ) - The Pedagogical Academy, Kirovograd
Mrs. Lena Baranova
Pedagogical Institute,
21/27, Shevshenka Street,
Kirovograd 25006, Ukraine