The teachers\u2019 school year begins in\nearly August and runs through late June. However new faculty members are expected in Cali during\nthe last week of July. Most hiring for the following year is completed\nby April, although last minute openings do occasionally occur. Applications are\naccepted throughout the year. While an interview is not absolutely essential, it\nis very helpful. The majority of such interviews occur during the director\u2019s recruiting\ntrip in November, January, and February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All expatriate teachers working at\nColegio Bolivar must hold a valid teaching certificate from one of the fifty states\nor, in the case of Canada or other country of origin, from the appropriate agency\nin that country. Normally, we prefer a minimum of two years of professional\nexperience and, all else being equal, an advanced degree. Both of these have\nbeen waived, however, when interviews, recommendations, or both indicate an\nunusually strong though inexperienced candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initial contract is for two years,\nat the beginning and end of which we provide plane tickets and baggage allowance\nto point of origin. The contract is, at the convenience of both parties,\nrenewable for up to a total of six years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer to all three questions is a\nvery qualified yes. We will hire couples, but only if both are qualified teachers\nwho plan to work at Colegio Bolivar. It is virtually impossible for a non\u2013teaching\nspouse to find employment in Colombia, and one salary is not enough to comfortably\nsupport a couple and provide any savings. Couples with school age children will have an 80%\nscholarship of the school\u2019s annual tuition for two children. Couples\nwith younger than school age children find that adequate and reasonable full\ntime, live\u2013in help is available. In the case of the single teacher parent, some\noutside source of income may be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colegio Bolivar was founded in 1947 to\nprovide a North American style education to dependents of North American\nBusiness and diplomatic families, as well as to those Colombian and third\ncountry families who desired such an education for their children. In the years\nsince its founding, demographics have changed and the school has become more\nand more Colombian in population (nearly 85%), but the basic mission of the\nschool has remained the same. Today Colegio Bolivar is located on a beautiful 35 acre campus on the\noutskirts of Cali. With over\n1300 students, it is, in both process and product, comparable to the\nprivate country day school you would find in any medium or larger sized North\nAmerican city, although the ability range of our students may be somewhat wider.\nFacilities include more\nthan 60 classrooms, a modern library, a science building, an auditorium,\na gymnasium, a semi-Olympic pool, an instructional pool, computer laboratories, an administration building, and\nample playing field space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the population of Colegio\nBolivar is overwhelmingly <\/strong>Colombian, it is an English language school,\nbeginning with English as a Second Language <\/strong>in the pre-school\n(K4 and K5) and early elementary <\/strong>school. While all\nstudents have at least one hour <\/strong>of Spanish\nlanguage study daily, virtually all other academic classes are taught in English.\nBy upper elementary <\/strong>school, the students are all\nacademically <\/strong>bilingual. Traditionally, some 20\u201330%\nof the graduates <\/strong>attend universities in the United\nStates where <\/strong>they matriculate as any North American\nwould, with <\/strong>none of the special requirements of\nthe average foreign <\/strong>student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colegio Bolivar has around 170 faculty members, 20 teaching assistants and 10 administrators of whom 40% are North Americans and third country, and 60% Colombian. Nearly 80% are either native English speakers or have near native fluency. More than 30 of the faculty are foreign\u2013hire teachers, those brought specifically from the U.S. for employment with Colegio Bolivar. The staff includes a majority of teachers with master\u2019s degree and 7 PhD\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cali is considered to be one of South America\u2019s hidden\ngems, until recently unknown to most people outside Colombia. Located in the\nsouthwestern part of the country, it is its third largest (population almost 2.5 million) and most\ncasual city. Cali is located at three thousand feet in the agriculturally rich Cauca\nValley, two hours from the Pacific Coast. Its climate is extremely comfortable\nthroughout the year (85 by day and 65 at night) and is chiefly responsible for\nCali being an open, outdoor city. The quality of public services (electricity,\nphone, transportation, health), while sometimes not at the level of the U.S., is normally quite\nhigh. Rather centrally located, with a busy international airport, Cali is\nwithin easy reach of a large number of geographically, recreationally, and\nhistorically interesting sites. Cali\u2019s night life is active, with an abundance\nof reasonably priced restaurants, theaters, nightclubs, and concert halls.\nConsidered Colombia\u2019s sporting center, Cali offers tennis, swimming, golf,\nsoccer, basketball, volleyball, cycling, racquetball, backpacking, paintball\nand hiking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The school will purchase your airfare to Cali and will have representatives who will be expecting you at the airport on the day of your arrival to Cali. The Human Resources team will have everything set at a hotel close to school and will assist you in finding adequate housing and will help you with the overall process of settling in. The school provides an orientation that is both practical and theoretical in nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. What are the inclusive dates of the employment year, and when are applications for employment accepted? The teachers\u2019 school year begins in early August and runs through late June. However new faculty members are expected in Cali during the last week of July. Most hiring for the following year is completed by April, although […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/recruiting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}7. What is the makeup of the faculty?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
8. Please tell me something about Cali<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
9. What help is given to newly arrived teachers in adjusting to Colombia?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n