PYP Coordinator
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:
- 01/08/2020
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2020
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 2020-2021 academic year:
PYP COORDINATOR
Mission:
Ensure that the daily operation of our Primary School reflects the school mission and values and that those are implemented through the IB Primary 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 PYP.
• Provide pedagogical and administrative leadership with a focus on developing learning and teaching.
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Learning & Teaching, MYP 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.
• Support PYP teachers in delivering an inquiry-based education.
• 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 PYP meetings/workshops for parents or others related to the programme, at the Head of the School’s request.
c. Organization of the PYP 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 Primary School student behaviour, attendance, and discipline in cooperation with homeroom teachers.
• Ensures student progress is accurately recorded and reported regularly to parents.
• Take a collaborative leadership role in the transition of students into MYP.
• Develop, maintain, and supervise the duty rosters and monitor play areas for duty supervision.
Requirements:
• Extensive background in primary curriculum, standards and pedagogy.
• Teaching qualification.
• Relevant experience in PYP teaching and implementation.
• Successful IB World School leadership experience with IB training preferred.
• 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.
Starting in August 2020.
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 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.
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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