Unsolicited job application

From time to time, we are looking for substitute teachers and teachers for temporary positions (eg maternity cover).

You are welcome to submit your CV to our candidate pool for subs and temporary positions. We will contact you directly if and when there is a match between our needs and your qualifications.

We are primarily looking for qualified/certified teachers with experience from a multicultural and/or multilingual environment and preferably with IB teaching experience.

For substitute teaching positions, we are looking for candidates who are available at least three to four days per week.

Please note that you must have a valid residence and work permit for Denmark to be considered for substitute or temporary positions. CIS does not offer relocation support to substitute or temporary positions.

About our Primary IB Programme

The Primary IB Programme at CIS provides a unique learning environment with a central philosophy of learning through play. It is a transdisciplinary programme designed to go beyond siloed subjects and ways of thinking.

Subjects are taught holistically at CIS through themed Units of Inquiry. This teaching method encourages our students to think critically and creatively about new knowledge, promoting more confident, curious minds. Students move away from finding the “correct” answer and towards making sense of a changing world through collaboration and connection making.

The PYP is designed for students aged 2 years 10 months-12 years of age. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and the world outside. It combines play, exploration, the learning environment and social relationships to contribute to well-rounded, confident and inquisitive students.

About our Middle Years IB Programme

The Middle Years Programme (MYP), for learners in Grades 6 – 10, emphasises intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies across subjects to the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers.

The MYP also fosters the developments of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global awareness, qualities that are essential for life.

The MYP is a philosophical framework around which teachers plan the curriculum for our learners. We use the MYP objectives and criteria to measure and assess student learning, which is underpinned by a robust curriculum crafted by our teachers.

Inherent to the MYP is development of skills that students need to be successful learners both within and beyond the classroom. These skills transcend all IB programmes, and focus on the areas of communication skills, research skills, self-management skills, social skills and thinking skills.

About our IB DP

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a rigorous pre-university course of studies, leading to examinations, which meets the needs of highly motivated secondary students between the ages of 16 and 19 years. Designed as a comprehensive two-year curriculum that allows its graduates to fulfill requirements of various national education systems, the Diploma model is based on the pattern of no single country, but incorporates the best elements of several.

To complete the full Diploma Programme, students are required to take six subjects (three at Higher Level, three at Standard Level). These subjects must contain two languages, at least one of which must be the student’s best language, a Humanities, Maths and a Science. The sixth subject may be another language, another science, another humanities, or, preferably, an Arts subject.

About working at Copenhagen International School
CIS is fully committed to equity and inclusion; inclusion is one of our core values: "we create a welcoming environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and has equitable opportunities every day”. In the implementation of all of our educational and employment policies and practices, we do not tolerate discrimination and therefore make sure to observe the anti-discrimination regulation, including the protection against discrimination based on race, colour, gender, citizenship, ethnic or social origin, age, disability, political views, religion, belief, sexual orientation and union membership.

In line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), at CIS we believe all learners have equal rights to be protected from harm and abuse. CIS is a community school that strives to meet its students' many needs in a safe and secure environment. To achieve this aim, we build a culture of child protection at the school wherein all community members understand and meet their responsibilities and put the needs of the learners in the school community first. We meet the many challenges of establishing and sustaining a protection culture in our international, mobile, and varied community and context. Everybody at CIS has a responsibility to support the protection of learners. We will act without hesitation to ensure a child-safe environment. We also support the rights and well-being of our staff and volunteers and encourage their active participation in building and maintaining a secure environment for all participants.

Employment with CIS is conditional on the successful candidate passing an extensive background check, including education, employment references, and criminal history checks for the past 10 years.

Please note that teacher salaries are regulated by collective agreements made between the teachers' unions and the Danish government.