MYP Coordinator - Secondary Principal
SEK International School Qatar
Qatar
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- Salary:
- We offer an attractive tax-free salary, medical insurance, housing allowance, free child places and an annual flight allowance along with great corporate discounts with many service providers in Qatar.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 01/08/2022
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
SEK International School Qatar is located in the prominent West Bay, Al Farouq Street in Doha, Qatar. Our aim at SEK International Schools is to provide a high quality international education through the development of our students’ abilities to the highest level of their potential.
SEK-Qatar offers education in English from Preschool 3 to Grade 12 with access to study Spanish and Arabic as additional languages. A truly International IB World School, we have more than 55 Nationalities represented amongst our students, we are authorised to offer the PYP, MYP and Diploma Programmes and we are NEASC accredited.
We are seeking candidates for 2022-2023 academic year:
MYP COORDINATOR
Mission:
Ensure that the daily operation of our Middle School reflects the school mission and values and that those are implemented through the IB Middle Years Programme.
Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the design of the strategic plan of the school.
• Keep abreast of educational developments and research in the age range related to the MYP.
• Provide pedagogical and administrative leadership with a focus on developing learning and teaching.
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Learning & Teaching, PYP and DP coordinators to oversee IB evaluation visits and action plans.
• Ensure high standards of teaching and learning through regular classroom visits, co-teaching and supporting teachers in their own professional learning.
• Ensure that the IB Standards and Practices and Programme requirements are implemented in the school. This includes:
a. Review, development and promotion of the programme implementation throughout the school and the school community
b. Organization and leadership of MYP meetings/workshops for parents or others related to the programme, at the Head of the School’s request.
c. Organization of the MYP Teachers’ Professional Development Plan ensuring teachers are in compliance with the IB requirements in this regard.
d. Organization and leadership of the collaborative planning process.
e. Design and implementation of the induction process for new teachers.
• Assume day-to-day responsibility for the management of Middle School student behaviour, attendance, and discipline in cooperation with tutors.
• Take a collaborative leadership role in the transition of students into MYP and DP.
• Develop the school timetable, duty, covers, rotas and other supervision according to academic and balanced wider curriculum requirements.
Requirements:
- Extensive background in secondary curriculum, standards and pedagogy.
- 3 years experience in a leadership position.
- IB Educator Network member as a workshop leader, visiting team member or consultant is desirable.
- Teaching qualification.
- Relevant experience in MYP and DP teaching and implementation.
- Familiar with IT tools (ManageBac).
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
- Fluency in English. Arabic and Spanish desirable.
- NEASC experience will be viewed favourably.
Job type: full time.
What we offer:
We are committed to developing our staff and run regular professional development workshops to ensure our teachers are equipped to provide students with the best possibly educational experience.
We offer a highly competitive package based on candidate’s qualifications and experience.
In addition to an attractive tax-free salary we include:
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Housing allowance
- Free tuition fees for two school-aged children
- Annual flight allowance
- Great corporate discounts with many service providers in Qatar.
About SEK International School Qatar
Opened in 2013, SEK International School Qatar is located at the prominent West Bay, Al Farouq Street in Doha. The city of Doha is the nation’s capital and largest city, with a population of 1.5 million. An IB World School, SEK is provisioned to teach the International Baccalaureate in continuum from entrance at age 3 to the conclusion of secondary at age 18. The main language of instruction here is English, with further language opportunities offered in Spanish and Arabic. Sports facilities include a multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall, and outdoor football, basketball and volleyball courts.
Founded in 1892, the umbrella organisation SEK International Schools offers education to more than 6,000 day and boarding students from more than 50 nationalities, from ages 3 to 18. The organisation as expanded to campuses across Spain, plus France, Ireland, and Qatar.
Values and vision
It is the mission of SEK International School Qatar to provide a inclusive education, developing in full each pupil’s individual gifts. The core of the SEK profile is to prepare students to be capable of guiding their own future and to become lifelong learners. The school aims for students to understand that serving and caring for others brings the highest rewards in life while ensuring that they become skilled and balanced twenty-first century productive citizens.
SEK International School has a clear vision; to consistently provide high quality education to an international community of students, in order to prepare them to become responsible and productive global citizens who actively contribute to the communities where they live and work.
Learning for the Real World
At SEK International School Qatar this means our students are taught WHY we should know something and HOW it connects to other subjects and the real world. It means high quality teaching and learning-challenging instruction and worldwide knowledge. It also means opportunities to study abroad for college/university, as well as opportunities to make friends with others at IB schools around the world.
International Mindedness
At SEK International School Qatar, we are committed to international mindedness. According to the International Baccalaureate (IB), an internationally minded person is someone who demonstrates the attributes of the Learner Profile, which are the qualities determined to be most important in creating positive and productive citizens of the world.
Career development and benefits
We are committed to developing our staff and run regular professional development workshops to ensure our teachers are equipped to provide students with the best possible educational experience.
We offer an attractive tax-free salary, medical insurance, housing allowance, free child places and an annual flight allowance along with great corporate discounts with many service providers in Qatar.
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