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Secondary HOD - Design Technology | Deira International School, Festival City | Dubai

Secondary HOD - Design Technology | Deira International School, Festival City | Dubai

Deira International School (DIS)

United Arab Emirates

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Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August 2022
Apply by:
27 February 2022

Job overview

We are currently hiring an experienced Secondary HOD - Design Technology for Deira International School, Festival City, Dubai 

This appointment is for August 2022.


The position report to the Secondary Headteacher  


The school

Deira International School is an Outstanding rated (BSO – November 2021), award winning school located on a beautiful campus in Festival City, Dubai. 

With students from ages 3-18, DIS is run as a not-for-profit school and is part of the Al Futtaim Education Foundation. Founded in 2005, the school is renowned for providing an outstanding inclusive and holistic education. In our recent inspection, the report recognised the following:

• Staff are overwhelmingly proud of the school and believe that it is well led and provides a safe and inclusive learning environment.

• The quality of teaching, learning and assessment across the school is outstanding.

• Teachers have high expectations of pupils and consistently challenge them in lessons and other activities to do their best.

• Staff enjoy working at the school and believe they are treated fairly, respected and valued.

• At every phase, the curriculum is planned with precision, is well sequenced and systematically builds on pupils’ prior learning.

• DIS has a strong focus on academic progress and achievement. 

The student body has over 80 different nationalities and this diversity is fundamental to the community nature of the school. Exceptional facilities provide wonderful opportunities for a holistic approach to education; sport, performing arts, academic, technological, leadership and creative pathways are all on offer, ensuring our students enjoy enriching and varied school experiences within our classrooms and beyond. 

Although non-selective at admission, our students achieve exceptional exam results which compare to top UK schools. Digital literacy development is emphasised as the school prepares its pupils to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. This success enables our students to move on to the very top universities worldwide.

Our personalised, play-based and continuous provision in the Early Years ensures that students are rigorously assessed against the prime and specific areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. This focuses on developing key learning skills and the foundations for accessing the Primary Curriculum.  In primary, students receive an enriching and broad curriculum offer, which includes the delivery of several non-core subjects. Our senior students take the IGCSE examinations in Year 11 and move into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) in Years 12 and 13. 

 

Al Futtaim Education Foundation (AFEF) owns and provides governance to Deira International School.  AFEF aims to realise its vision of taking education in the UAE to the next level of future readiness and of preparing students for an increasingly globalised and technologically advanced world. Al Futtaim Education Foundation is an initiative of the Al Futtaim family to support the vision of the Government of Dubai and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) for the creation of a globally competitive economy while maximising its social contribution to the community through this not-for-profit endeavour. 


The Post: Secondary HOD - Design Technology 

We are seeking an innovative, inspirational and creative Head of DT to join our successful Visual Arts department at Deira International School. 

The students and staff at DIS value Design Technology and the department is well resourced to reflect this.

During recent years the department has grown and we will now be offering GCSE Textiles therefore the ability to teach this subject is desirable. 

The main responsibilities of your role will be:

• To establish outstanding provision within the subject area. 

• To be responsible for health and safety of all staff and students within the department.

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and IB.

• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.

• To create an inspiring and stimulating environment for staff and students.

• To ensure the provision of an appropriately engaging, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in Design Technology.

• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all colleagues DT.

• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.


Please attach a digital portfolio with examples of your own work and work you have created with young people to your application. We will not consider applications without a portfolio.


The successful applicant will be required to have the following:

• A B.Ed. or degree and PGCE / PGDE or equivalent with exceptional subject knowledge.

• We are seeking to appoint talented, highly motivated and well-qualified individuals. You should have a proven track record of outstanding learning and teaching.

• A mind-set which understands all students have the potential for top performance, and the drive and passion to enable them to do so.

• Experience which will enable a contribution to our enriched curriculum programme.


Application Process

If you meet these criteria, we would very much welcome your application.

We offer an excellent remuneration package including competitive tax-free salary, furnished accommodation, medical insurance, visa costs, baggage allowance, annual flight allowance and free school places for up to two dependants. 


To apply for the above role, please share your CV and TES application below. 

Please attach a digital portfolio with examples of your own work and work you have created with young people to your application. We will not consider applications without a portfolio.


Deira International School, Festival City is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students.  A UK enhanced DBS or equivalent police check is a pre-requisite for all appointments


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About Deira International School (DIS)

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+971 232 5552

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‘Forever Learning, Forever achieving’
 

Mission Statement
 

'To provide a holistic and diverse educational experience in an international environment, nurturing individual achievement, independence, excellence and respect.'

Deira International School offers high quality British education within an atmosphere both sensitive to and consistent with, UAE culture and tradition.

A fully inclusive international school, for students aged three years to eighteen years, DIS offers a combination of the National Curriculum for England and Wales to I/GCSE plus the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and International Baccalaureate Careers Programme (IBCP) with results well above world averages. When students leave DIS, they go on to study at some of the most prestigious universities in the world.

The language of instruction at DIS is English. Strong Arabic and Islamic studies programmes are offered in accordance with Ministry of Education requirements. Moreover, special Islamic classes and Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) are offered to non-native Arabic speakers.

Our approach motivates and equips students to further their education beyond DIS and most importantly, to view education as a lifelong process.

A truly international school, we have earned the reputation for providing an exceptional education to a diverse student body representing over 80 nationalities.

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