Overview
Early Years Teacher Jobs in Lima, Peru at Newton College
Title: Early Years Teacher
Company: Newton College
Location: Lima, Peru
For July 2026, Newton College is seeking a dynamic Early Years Teacher committed to the holistic development of pupils. Staff benefit from strong support provided by subject coordinators, a dedicated student engagement department and specialist subject teachers.
Post Profile
Interested candidates should fulfil the following requirements:
• Hold a teaching degree in Early Childhood Education, preferably with an EAL specialism.
• Have a minimum of two years’ teaching experience in an Early Years setting.
• Have experience teaching English as an Additional Language.
• Demonstrate excellent classroom practice that promotes inquiry and play-based learning.
• Command a wide range of digital tools for teaching, communication and data collection.
• Possess excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and positive drive.
• Experience teaching the IB PYP would be advantageous.
• Some knowledge of Spanish would be advantageous.
Contract
• An initial two-year contract with flights to and from the country of origin for the appointee and immediate family.
• A salary paid in US dollars, highly competitive for Latin America.
• Baggage, settling-in and Spanish tuition allowances.
• Private medical insurance for self and immediate family.
• Remission on school fees for children enrolled at our school.
• Excellent internal and external professional development opportunities.
• A highly collaborative and collegial working environment.
Applicants should write to the Headmaster at [email protected]. In the subject line of the email, candidates should state the title of the post for which they are applying.
The names of three referees must be provided, including the current employer. We are a Safe Recruitment organisation and shortlisted candidates will be required to provide a police clearance certificate for every country in which they have worked.
Newton College is a prestigious and innovative IB school delivering the three IB academic programmes — PYP, MYP and DP — in both English and Spanish. We have outstanding facilities on our Lima campus and a unique study centre in the Amazon Rainforest.
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with 34 different DP courses. All pupils learn to play a musical instrument from the early years, while a wide range of extracurricular sports activities reinforces our Physical and Health Education programme. Model United Nations, debating and dance are among our many successful extracurricular activities.
Our pedagogical coaches support teachers in classroom practice, while our well-staffed psycho-pedagogy department provides emotional and cognitive support to students. We actively foster our school values — respect, integrity, commitment and empathy — alongside the IB Learner Profile, Approaches to Learning skills and education for sustainable development.
