Company: Exsportise Summer Schools
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Posted: April 17th, 2026
The Director of Studies leads all aspects of English language teaching and learning at the centre, ensuring the highest standards of academic provision for Exsportise students. This role involves managing and supporting EFL teachers, shaping and delivering the English programme according to tailored syllabuses and schemes of work, and monitoring teaching quality and student progress. As a key member of the senior management team, the Director of Studies collaborates on wider centre operations and strategic initiatives, fostering a positive learning environment and continuously enhancing the experience for both students and staff.
In this role you’ll strengthen leadership skills by managing an entire EFL department and supporting a diverse team of teachers. You’ll gain expertise in designing and implementing tailored English language programmes, experience in strategic planning and senior‑management decisions, and opportunities for professional growth in staff development and quality assurance. The role builds confidence in strategic thinking, decision‑making, and conflict resolution, offers networking in English teaching and summer school sectors, and provides the reward of boosting students’ confidence and language abilities.
As Director of Studies you will understand and implement the Exsportise English Language Programme (Foundation and Step Up pathways), ensuring effective delivery that meets students’ needs and British Council standards. You lead, motivate, and support EFL teachers delivering dynamic, student‑centred lessons reflecting the motto “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn,” with clear, measurable outcomes reviewed per session. You foster a collaborative EFL atmosphere, observe, evaluate, and appraise teachers with feedback and development targets, monitor lesson plans and resources for variety, pace, and progression, offer a buddy system to new teachers, cover teach when needed, assess student proficiency for appropriate placement and balanced classes, ensure differentiation in multilevel classes, take responsibility for welfare, discipline and engagement liaising with the Welfare Manager and House Parents, manage queries professionally, coordinate exams, enforce the no‑phone policy, maintain updated and marked exercise books, create engaging classroom displays, ensure weekly reports and certificates even for programme switchers, lead EFL meetings and CPD, enforce teacher standards, collaborate with activity staff on language guidance and produce end‑of‑course academic reports for Head Office.
You attend Sundays for teacher planning and new arrivals, participate in daily staff meetings, follow the Staff Handbook and Centre Manager guidelines, assist in camp set‑up and pack‑down, and carry out other reasonable duties for smooth operations.
28 June 2026 or 5 July 2026 for a 5–6‑week term. £925 per week, including holiday pay.