Secondary English Teacher

As a key member of the 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. However, newly qualified teachers (NQTs) are also encouraged to apply.

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 with 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 who are prepared to take on the dynamic world in the twenty-first century.

It will be an advantage if you are familiar with the English National Curriculum and Cambridge IGCSEs. 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;
• 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;
• Setting high expectations for students, establishing and maintaining a high standard of behaviour management through well-focused and differentiated lessons;
• Contributing to developing tailored and challenging schemes of learning;
• Designing challenging and engaging lessons for students that build on prior attainment, knowledge and skills;
• Recording data and track 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 your 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;
• Being a Form Tutor.

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 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 44 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, a one-page letter of application and the details of two professional references.

Closing date: The closing date for application is Sunday 28 May 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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