Cover Teacher - EYFS, Primary & Key Stage 3 - Sunmarke School - Immediate Start

About us: 

Imagine schools with a variety of educational pathways where the skills of achievement, such as literacy, critical thinking, numeracy, discipline, and work ethic are taught alongside the skills of wellbeing, such as confidence, contentment, kindness, gratitude, health, and love. Welcome to Fortes Education, Dubai. We have been delivering high-quality education provision to young people for over four decades. 

Our schools have a world class range of learning and teaching opportunities, with a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled in Dubai. With unique experiences in Environmental and Sustainability studies, students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support possible ways of life for space explorers. Our world class STEAM centre offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real world problems, from Foundation Stage through to Year 9. Preparing our students for the future we also run best-in-class mini-MBA programmes for our Year 10 to 13 students in conjunction with the University of Birmingham and the Peter Jones Academy for business and entrepreneurship. We are technologically innovative and run comprehensive AI programmes for students in all core subjects, as well as deepening other subjects through Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences. We have outstanding performing arts opportunities with fantastic facilities and amazing teachers to help our more creative students truly find their voice.

At the core of our approach is our pioneering work in Positive Education. Through this approach our schools foster active engagement in learning and activities, celebrating positive emotions and accomplishments, encouraging students to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and to seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. 

Judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ School in our 3rd year of operation and ‘Outstanding’in our British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection, we set high standards and expectations for each pupil in academics and in co-curricular participation. Our high-impact learning programme lays a strong foundation that develops each pupil’s multiple intelligences through a broad range of activities in and out of the classroom. Our commitment is to provide a premium world-class “positive” education, which empowers our pupils to become innovative thinkers, socially confident life-long learners, having growth mindsets and character strengths, to flourish in an ever -changing world. 

We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey to “outstanding”. Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flag-ship schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle. Sunmarke offers a fantastic range of pathways for students including the National Curriculum of England, GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma and Career Related Programmes. 

About you: 

Due to our continued growth, we seek to appoint a Cover Teacher - EYFS, Primary & Key Stage 3 for an immediate start. 

We are looking for certain qualities: 

• Skilled in the best global educational practices. 
• Committed to developing and inspiring every pupil, to believe that they can and will succeed. 
• Able to teach through the “multiple intelligences”, to develop the whole child. 
• Tech-savvy, fluent in using APPs and technology to extend and enrich each pupil’s learning experience 
• Outstanding role models who embody our core values 
•  Passionate about providing enriched learning opportunities for children in and out of the classroom. Excellent communicators who can ignite a passion for learning in our students 
• Able to make a significant contribution to our extra-curricular activities (ECA) programme and to wider campus life 
• Strong academic background, work-ethic, well-organised having excellent interpersonal skills 
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, and well-qualified holding as a minimum, a B.Ed., or a B.A & PGCE with a minimum of 2 years’ experience teaching across all of or a range of these phases EYFS, Primary and Key Stage 3 

Our Offer: 

This is a local contract with no benefits. Candidates applying for this position MUST be sponsored by their spouse/parent. 

Application Process: 

If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application. In return, you will join a rapidly evolving organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans. 

Candidates are invited to complete our Online Application by visiting:   

http://forteseducation.com/Careers/Current-Openings? 

Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai.

Application Closing Date: 28January 2023 

Appointment Start Date: Immediate start 

Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a satisfactory International Child Protection Certificate, plus resident country Police checks