KS1 & KS2 Class Teacher

MAIN PURPOSE

Wellington College International Hangzhou is committed to providing world-class educational opportunities in the city of Hangzhou. We seek to recruit and develop staff members who are fully engaged with the stated vision of the school – [to] “aspire to create a caring, international community that develops well-rounded individuals with strong values and the skills to thrive within an ever-changing global society” and who are guided in their professional and personal conduct by the core Wellington values – courage, respect, integrity, kindness and responsibility. In this way, the post holder should regard the following outline of the job description not as a checklist of things to achieve, but as a starting point for their growth in the role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Professional Attributes 

• Have high expectations of children and a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potential and to establishing fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them. 

• Demonstrate the values, attributes and behaviour you expect from children. 

• Be aware of the professional duties of teachers and the statutory framework within which they work. 

• Be aware of the policies and practices of the school and share collective responsibility for their implementation. 

• Communicate effectively with children, young people, colleagues, parents and careers. 

Professional Knowledge and Understanding  

• Have arrange of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies and know how to use and adapt them, including how to personalise learning and provide opportunities for all learners to achieve their potential. 

• Know the assessment requirements and arrangements for the subjects/curriculum areas they are trained to teach.

• Have a secure knowledge and understanding of curriculum areas to enable you to teach effectively across the age and ability range for which you are trained to teach. 

• Know and understand the relevant statutory and non-statutory curricula frameworks,  for your curriculum areas (all taught areas), and other relevant initiatives across the age and ability range for which you are trained to teach. 

• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support your teaching and wider professional activities e.g. planning and assessment. 

• Understand how children develop and that the progress and well-being of learners are affected by a range of developmental, social, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic influences. 

Professional Skills 

• Assess the learning of those you teach and set challenging learning objectives. 

• Plan and teach lessons and sequences of lessons that are well organised, demonstrating secure subject knowledge relevant to curricula across the age and ability range for which you are trained. 

• Provide opportunities for learners to develop their literacy, numeracy and ICT skills 

• Make effective use of a range of assessment, monitoring and recording strategies. 

• Provide daily, accurate and constructive feed back on learner’s attainment, progress and areas for development. 

• Establish a purposeful and safe learning environment conductive to learning and identify opportunities for learners to learn in and out of school contexts. 

• Establish a clear framework for classroom discipline to manage learners’ behaviour constructively and promote their self-control and independence. 

• Ensure colleagues (e.g. Teaching Assistants) working with you, are appropriately involved in supporting learning and understand the roles they are expected to fulfil. 

• Advising and co-operating with staff on the preparation and delivery of courses of study, teaching materials and programmes, methods of teaching and assessments and pastoral arrangements. 

• Participating in arrangements for further training and professional development, including undertaking personal training and professional development identified through performance management. 

• Safeguarding children’s H&S in school and on authorized school activities elsewhere. 

BASIC QUALIFICATION

Education: Bachelor’s degree, teaching certificate

Teacher Qualification: Must have Teacher License

Major: Education related majors

Language: English

Experience: A minimum of 2 years working experience as primary class teacher

Expertise: Knowledge of Primary Teaching

HOW TO APPLY:

Please attach your CV together with a cover letter here. 

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:

Wellington College Hangzhou is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate must be willing to undergo an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service, or local national equivalent.

Further details of the above position are available in the file of Job Description below. 

For more information about Wellington College Hangzhou, please click ‘Learn More about this school’ in the bottom. 

Should you have any further questions, please email us at jobs.hangzhou@wellingtoncollege.cn.