Head of Primary
NACIS Shanghai
China
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2018
- Apply by:
- 15 December 2017
Job overview
Job Reference : 003412
A key member of the School Leadership Team, working alongside the Chinese Primary Principal and Primary Academic Leadership Team, you will provide direction, inspiration and guidance to our Primary teaching staff including staff development, performance management and deployment.
Focused on developing a high performing team, you along with the support of the Chinese Primary Principal and the International Deputy Head of Primary, will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Primary stage of learning including health and safety, curriculum organisation, student and staff recruitment as well as the implementation of the extra-curriculum programme.
We’ll look to you to provide effective leadership and advice to staff, students and parents while inspiring an atmosphere of energy, excitement and achievement.
About you
Able to drive excellence by valuing and developing others, you will be a qualified teacher with extensive experience of both hands-on teaching, management and leadership in education. With a keen interest in bilingual education, you are fully up to date with current international curriculum trends. Strong on leadership and people management, you will have a flair for setting and meeting challenging performance targets whilst designing, implementing and reviewing organisational policies and new initiatives to grow and develop team members.
Able to work with a high degree of cultural competence in our diverse and fast-paced international and multicultural environment, you will have strong communication skills to manage your role in the bilingual environment.
You will also be able to meet visa-related restrictions of living and working in China.
Benefits
When you join Nord Anglia Chinese International School Shanghai (NACISS), you are strategically connected to a global community of more than 9,000 people working together to create unique learning opportunities. NACISS offers you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development. At NACISS, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.
Our online Strategic Alliance professional development platform, Nord Anglia University, provides NACISS teachers with a vibrant online platform which harnesses the collective expertise of professionals in an exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practice. Through our Strategic Alliance collaborations with The Juilliard School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), our teachers have unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields.
Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the worlds' most vibrant cities.
As a NACISS teacher, you enjoy the following benefits:
- A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale
- An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge and collaboration
- A culture which is fair and consultative
- Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career
Selection Process
The closing date for application is Friday 15 December. First stage interviews will be conducted by Skype or telephone and final interviews will take place at our Strategic Alliance Nord Anglia Education Recruitment Event in central London in the week commencing Monday 29 January 2018 (alternative arrangements will be made for candidates who cannot attend in person).
At NACISS we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.
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About NACIS Shanghai
NACIS Shanghai in Minhang, Shanghai, China, is a co-educational establishment catering for students aged 6-18 years. It follows the Shanghai National Curriculum, blended with other international teaching methods and philosophy, taught in Mandarin Chinese and English.
The school, which opened in 2016, is both a day and boarding school with the latter facility offering the capacity to host 180 students of varying ages.
Students attending NACIS will experience a multilingual environment where teaching of topics will be in both English and Chinese according to the content of their learning sessions. The school aims to expand its students’ horizons with a global perspective, choosing topics that will enable them to learn about the world around them, ensuring they benefit fully from their international experience.
Students transitioning from NACIS’s preparatory stage of learning into Grade 9 and 10, can take examinations in Mathematics, Science (biology, chemistry and physics), English language, Chinese and Humanities (geography, history, Global Perspectives or Business Studies). Optional subjects include modern foreign languages (Spanish and French), music, art and computer science.
Senior students from grade 10-12 benefit from independent study facilities to help stimulate both individual study and group work.
Principal
Ms. Scarlett Chen
Values and vision
NACIS aims to ensure that all students experience creative and challenging learning through inspirational teaching. It promises to nurture a sense of pride in both individual and collective achievements and to instill a culture of respect from all, for all.
Students are encouraged to strive for excellence and are supported through school to develop into knowledgeable, caring, compassionate and internationally-minded global citizens who can make the world a better place. The school urges students to “stretch themselves that little bit further, to be relentlessly optimistic, to be the best that they can be.”
ABOUT NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION
Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading premium schools organization, with campuses located across 29 countries in North America, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, our 66 schools educate more than 64,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school. We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our schools, students, teachers and staff, and we inspire every child who attends a Nord Anglia Education school to achieve more than they ever imagined possible.
Every parent wants their child to excel — so do we. Nord Anglia Education schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students’ love coming to school.
Nord Anglia Education was founded in 1972 in the United Kingdom. The name Nord Anglia was chosen because of the company’s beginnings in the north of England. We initially offered learning services such as English as a foreign language classes and grew during the 1980s by opening full-scale nurseries and kindergartens. In 1992, we opened our first international school, the British School of Warsaw. In the 2000s, Nord Anglia Education began a strategic focus on premium international schools, with rapid growth in Asia, the Americas, China and across Europe and the Middle East. A truly international organisation, NAE now operates premium international schools worldwide. In July 2019, Nord Anglia Education has relocated its headquarters from Hong Kong to London, enabling even stronger growth in the future.
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