Teacher - Head of ESL

Job Overview

Reporting to the Head of School, the School Head assumes the responsibility of formulating a comprehensive school development strategy encompassing both long-term and short-term goals along with leading the team to achieve these goals in each school year.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the language needs of ESL students so that they can successfully access English language acquisition as quickly as possible.

• Planning and teaching ESL lessons to a group of mixed level and ability learners (some with little to no English)

• To teach some English lessons within the curriculum where appropriate.

• To work with ESL students and those students who struggle with English individually and in small groups within subject lessons to support learning in subject areas.

• Attending planning meetings with class teachers to share innovative and successful ideas and strategies to employ with ESL learners as well as planning and preparing differentiated ESL materials for push-in sessions with class teachers to support and teach ESL learners in class

• Delivering high quality lessons for parallel teaching sessions, ensuring language needs of the students are addressed and students make good progress.

• Conducting consistent speaking, listening, reading and writing assessments to track ESL learners’ progress.

• To write and develop IEP’s for all EAL students to support their learning needs.

• Develop learner focused relationships to ensure that the EAL/ESL learners feel safe, respected and are not afraid of asking for help and making mistakes

• Demonstrated experience providing ESL support within mainstream subject classrooms

• Experience working with East Asian learners
  
  

Qualification & Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree or recognised postgraduate qualification

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in teaching, education, school administration, curriculum development, and observation and evaluation practices, including (but not limited to) IGCSE and A-level academic management

• Experience in mentoring, leading, and managing school within a collaborative learning environment

• Experience in teacher evaluation and professional development

• Experience in curriculum development

• Experience with boarding and pastoral duties, including evening duty and after-school CCAs, is an advantage

• Strong understanding of independent school management, particularly in instructional practices, school culture, and operations

• Familiarity with the international school application process

• Proven commitment to diversity,equity,and inclusion.

Core Competencies:

• Strong leadership with vision, inspiration, and advocacy

• Excellent executive, organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Initiative-driven, innovative, and comfortable with risk-taking

• Deep understanding of adolescent development, with optimism and a sense of humour

• Insight into what, how, and why we teach

• Balances warmth with accountability; assertive yet supportive

• Engages actively across the school: classrooms, performances, games, activities, and events

• Analyses data effectively to inform decision-making and planning

• Maintains big-picture vision while attending to details

We will provide:

• a competitive salary;

• generous contributions to an Employee Provident Fund (EPF);

• a benefits package including housing allowance and medical insurance;

• fee reductions for children of employees;

• flight allowance at the beginning of the contract;

• shipping allowance at the beginning of the contract;

• a professionally-stimulating and supportive working environment;

• and a two-year contract with the opportunity for renewal upon its completion.
  

If you would be interested in working with in a progressive school which has a diverse and dynamic environment, please click on ‘Apply Now’ or send your details to the school as stated under the ‘application process’ section. For further details on the school, please visit our school website (https://matrixschools.edu.my/) or you can look at our social media accounts. Post starts: June, 2026 or earlier if available.

Application process:

• A CV and a cover letter should be emailed to the HR Department  at hr@matrixschools.edu.my . Your CV must include the details of three professional referees (one of which must be your current employer).

• Early applications are strongly encouraged as interviews may be arranged before the deadline. The school reserves the right to appoint early should a suitable
  candidate be found.

  We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in the position. However, we will only notify short-listed applicants for an interview.
  

Safeguarding:

At AMIS, we are responsible for ensuring the welfare, health and well-being of all our children and young people. Applicants must be prepared to undergo stringent child protection screening, including references, checks with current/previous employers and an enhanced DBS.

Thank you for your time and consideration.