Early Years or Key Stage 1 Leader
Taylor's International School Puchong
Puchong (Kuala Lumpur)
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2017
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2017
Job overview
Early Years or Key Stage 1 Leader– Taylor’s International School Puchong.
Contract: Two Year Contract.
Taylor’s International School Puchong (TISPC) is a new addition to the Taylor’s Education Group, Malaysia’s premier private education group which operates Garden International School, Nexus International Schools, as well as Taylor’s University. TISPC has currently over 1,300 children enrolled at the school and approximately 15% of teachers at the school are expatriates; with the remainder of the teachers being Malaysian. As a new purpose built school with excellent facilities, we offer a wonderful opportunity to join an enthusiastic staff in a growing school in a lovely part of the world. The curriculum is the National Curriculum for England up to IGCSEs with an emphasis not only on academic excellence, but also on character building, the sciences, as well as physical health and development. The school’s purpose statement is to “educate the youth of the world to take their productive place as leaders in the global community”, which encapsulates its holistic approach to education.
The school is looking for suitably qualified, dynamic, passionate, candidates to lead and develop a team of local teachers and teaching assistants in our Early Years or Key Stage 1 phase within the school. Candidates must have at least three years similar experience working in similar schools. Leadership experience is desirable. Previous candidates need not reapply.
For more details please contact the Head of Primary (Lynne Cadenhead) at: cadenhead.lynne@pc.tis.edu.my
Candidates should send a CV (max 2 pages, including the contact details for two referees and a passport photograph), a supporting letter (max 2 pages) to hr.tes2017@pc.tis.edu.my
Application deadline: 31st May 2017
Website: www.pc.tis.edu.my
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TISPUCHONG
About Taylor's International School Puchong
- Taylor's International School Puchong
- No. 1, Jalan BP 14/7, Bandar Bukit Puchong 2, Puchong
- Selangor Darul Ehsan
- 47120
- Malaysia
Taylor’s International School, Puchong offers an English curriculum with a Malaysian flavour, and is located in a residential suburb south of Kuala Lumpur, near to CyberJaya and PutraJaya. TISPC caters to students from Early Years through to Year 11. The school is part of Taylor’s Education Group, Malaysia’s premier private education group which operates Taylor’s International School Kuala Lumpur, together with Garden International School, and Nexus International Schools (in Malaysia and Singapore), The Australian International School in Malaysia, as well as Taylor’s University (Southeast Asia's No 1 private university). We work very closely with our sister campus in Kuala Lumpur and have a one school on two campuses approach.
Our purpose statement is to “educate the youth of the world to take their productive place as leaders in the global community”, which encapsulates our holistic approach to education.
Taylor's International School Puchong is located in a suburb to the south of Kuala Lumpur.
The School
The school opened in January 2015 in a new award winning campus, and follows the same ethos and direction as the older KL campus.
With a current enrolment of over 1300 (with over 30 different nationalities), with mainly Asian expatriates making up about 30% of the school population), approximately 14% of teachers at the school are expatriates; with the remainder of the teachers being Malaysian.
Taylor's International School offers a holistic education, and follows the National Curriculum of England at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3, adapted for Malaysia, and also the IPC in Primary. All students study Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin. The school follows IGCSE courses from CAIE.
The Taylor’s International School brand has a clear ethos by which all schools will deliver holistic education that provides a solid grounding in raising the academic achievement of all students through inquiry processes and active learning. These schools are termed neighbourhood International Curriculum schools, as they offer the “best of east and west” - western curriculum with eastern values.
The school is very active outside of lessons, with many opportunities in sport, debate and public speaking, Music and performance.
For more information and details of the school, please see our web site at https://www.tis.edu.my/campus/puchong
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