Head of Primary
Taylor's International School Puchong
Puchong, Malaysia
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2017 or sooner if possible
Job overview
Contract type Full Time
Contract term Fixed Term
Head of Primary, Taylor’s International School – Puchong, Malaysia
Taylor's International School, Puchong (TISPC), is the second of a group of Taylor’s schools located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These schools follow a common structure and vision. The leadership team of TISPC, which includes the Head of Primary, will work under the TISPC Principal.
Main Responsibilities of the Head of Primary include:
- Lead and manage the Primary section to achieve the highest levels of expectation, and to help the school become the parent’s school of choice.
- Plan effective strategies and programs for links to the Secondary section for the short, mid and long term, in alignment with the priorities of the School
- Lead the Primary section based on best practices to achieve a culture of excellence at all times and in all aspects of the Secondary education.
- Monitor the standard of teaching by ensuring that all teachers are observed regularly and evaluated. Lead the CPD for the section based upon requirements.
- Monitor student achievement and initiate differentiated programmes to ensure that all students are able to succeed to the best of their abilities.
- Monitor student behavior and work with the student guidance teams to identify and support student welfare issues.
- Ensure that all dealings with members of the school community are conducted in a professional manner where there must be mutual respect and willingness to listen to both sides
- Staying abreast of developments in private education in general and international education in particular.
The above list of duties and responsibilities are not exhaustive. A detailed Job Description will be provided to shortlisted applicants.
The Head of Primary will demonstrate the following attributes:
- Be passionate about students’ learning and development and have:
- A deep understanding of the current literature regarding teaching and learning
- A proven record of experience in a leadership position of a successful school.
- Strategic awareness and the ability to think creatively
- People management skills coupled with the ability to act as a coach to team members
- High level of integrity with an appreciation of working with diverse cultures.
- Excellent communication skills
Please send you resume and a Letter of Application to Paul Rogers (Principal) paul.rogers@pc.tis.edu.my and CC to mazliana.mohan@taylors.edu.my
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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