Primary Classroom Teacher

Primary Classroom Teacher
Job Reference : 03026
Location : Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, Qatar
Closing Date : 04/09/2017
Department : Teaching
Hours Per week : Not Specified

As a key member of NAISAK’s teaching team, you will be responsible for driving the highest quality learning within a culture of pride and respect that will empower our students to succeed. Ideally, you will be an experienced, qualified teacher.

Reporting to the Head of Primary, you will be an effective professional who will deliver the vision and ethos of the school which is centered on learning. You will be committed to providing students a creative and challenging learning experience through inspirational teaching. You will enable students to master skills and develop their understanding by creating self-confident learners that are prepared to take on the dynamic world in the twenty-first century.

It will be an advantage if you are familiar with a wide range of curricula with a preference for the English National Curriculum and ideally the International Primary Curriculum (IPC). You are confident in delivering a curriculum that focuses on learning, celebrating success and international mindedness. Amongst other things, you are an effective communicator, well organised, passionate about learning and want to develop opportunities for students in and out of the classroom that provide the chance for the participation in and promotion of excellence.

In fulfilling the requirements of the post, you will demonstrate essential professional characteristics, and in particular will:

• Inspire trust and confidence in students, parents and colleagues;
• Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom engage and motivate students;
• Engage and extend students’ learning;
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school in the local and international communities.

Some key tasks and responsibilities of the post will include:

• Liaising and communicating effectively within year groups and across the school;
• Setting high expectations for students, establishing and maintaining a good standard of behaviour management through well focused lessons;
• Design challenging and engaging lessons for students that builds on prior attainment, knowledge and skills;
• Recording data and tracking progress continuously so that it can be used to inform target setting for each student;
• Knowing how to write informative, learning-focused reports to parents in a professional manner following the reporting procedures of the school;
• Understanding the need to take responsibility for their own professional development and to keep up to date with research and developments in pedagogy;
• Interacting on a professional level with colleagues and seeking to establish and maintain productive relationships in order to promote mutual understanding of the school curriculum with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning in the school;
• Working in close partnership with Learning Assistants and other specialist teachers to ensure that students’ learning experiences are consistent across the school.

NAISAK is a genuinely ambitious community where the highest quality learning is driven by outstanding teachers within a culture of pride and respect. We believe this empowers our students to succeed. The implemented curriculum is broad and balanced drawing on the best academic practices from across the world. Together, the English National Curriculum combined with the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) ensure that our students have creative and challenging learning experiences that will prepare them for IGCSE and beyond. The school has been accredited both locally by Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) and internationally by British Schools Overseas (BSO) and British Schools of the Middle East (BSME).

In addition to being highly successful in its own right, NAISAK is a member of the Nord Anglia Education family of premium international schools. This means the successful candidate will have the security and opportunities that come from being part of a premiere organisation dedicated to education, as well as joining an international team in which thoughts and ideas are shared around the globe as we strive to make our schools the very best in the world.

This is an exciting time to be joining Nord Anglia Education as we are a global family of 43 international schools, providing outstanding education to over 36,000 students from preschool through to the end of secondary education.

Please visit our website at www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/al-khor

To Apply: Online applications should contain a CV, one page letter of application and the details of two professional references.

Closing date: The closing date for application is Monday 4 September 2017. Please note that the school reserves the right to appoint prior to this date. Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply early. Interviews will be conducted by Skype or telephone.

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, religion, gender or culture.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both country of residence/ birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.

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