Senior Leader - Early Years/ KS1
GEMS Wellington School, Qatar
Qatar
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 9 May 2017
Job overview
GEMS Education is a pioneering education company with an international network of award winning K-12 schools. Over the past 55 years GEMS has grown from one school to being a truly global company with one incredible mission – to make quality education available to every student. Over 20,000 education professionals unlock the potential of over 250,000 students across 14 countries each and every day, preparing children of all ages for the real world success.
GEMS Wellington is a premium school in the Doha market and opened in October 2015. We presently have 530 students on role from FS1 to Year 8. We open our year 9 next year and have expected growth to over 700 students.
At GEMS Wellington School we aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve their personal best in a creative and enterprising culture where learning comes first. Through the development of our core values, known as our ‘PEARLS,’ we encourage the students to become committed, optimistic, resourceful and enterprising life-long learners. We believe that every student can and should achieve their full potential and our commitment is one of ensuring our students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and a dedication to being the best that they can be. All pupils will ‘Dream, Believe and Achieve, leaving with a memory of a remarkable journey.’
The Post: Senior Leader - Early Years/ KS1
We are looking for dynamic school practitioners who will sit on the Primary Leadership Team and Executive Group, pending experience. You will lead EYFS/ KS1 and have line management responsibility for the Year Leaders in that phase. You will also have a whole primary focus area e.g. Assessment, Learning and Teaching, along with operational responsibilities. This is a non-class based postion but you will have some teaching commitments, that may include leadership cover or intervention groups as required.
What we would like from you:
◦To manifest optimism, motivation and inspiration so all staff/team believe that the school can and will reach agreed goals.
◦To create a positive professional climate and culture where people are valued and supported ◦Highest level of professionalism in your interactions with staff, students and parents.
◦Dedication to the achievement of high standards of progress and attainment.
◦To be able to effectively collaborate and work in a team to ensure whole school targets are met.
◦A high level of compliance with policies is evident throughout your practice and is reinforced in your decisions and actions – you are a model for all other staff to follow.
◦To be able to set and work towards relevant targets.
◦To use data and action research outcomes to evaluate impact of school improvement initiatives.
◦You provide feedback and coaching to your team through multiple sources of information to improve professional and student growth.
◦To play a key role in the professional development of your team and the wider community if relevant.
Skills and Experience:
•At least 6 years’ teaching experience, preferably with experience in an International setting
•Experience teaching the National Curriculum for England in a school with the highest expectations for progress and attainment •
Proven experience line managing groups of teachers
We can offer:
• State of the art facilities within a new campus with a maximum class size of 25
• Students that are enthusiastic and keen to achieve within a positive learning environment
• Working within a team of highly supportive and creative colleagues
• Excellent professional development
• Working in an exciting part of the Middle East that does not have a School Inspection system. GEMS Qatar schools undertake an annual GEMS review.
To be considered for this post you must hold a B.Ed or degree and PGCE / PGDE or equivalent. An excellent remuneration package is on offer to successful candidates including competitive tax free salary, high quality furnished accommodation, annual flight allowance, visa costs, medical insurance and end of service gratuity.
Application Process
If you meet these criteria, are enthusiastic about teaching and learning and have the drive and passion to get the most from our students then we would very much welcome your application.
To apply for these positions please visit our Careers site https://careers.gemseducation.com/ and apply online (Ref: GCO-000217). Please submit a CV with recent photograph, along with a formal letter of application and two letters of reference.
About GEMS Wellington School, Qatar
GEMS Wellington School is a premium school educating students from the ages of 3-18. The school opened in 2015 and has undergone rapid growth during this time with just over 1000 students on roll, making it one of the leading schools offering an authentic British style education in Qatar.
We deliver the Early Years Foundation Curriculum to our youngest learners followed by the English National Curriculum across Primary and Secondary, culminating in a broad offering of GCSE, BTEC and A-Level qualifications. Our graduating students go on to study at universities across the world including the UK and US.
We are extremely ambitious for all our students and staff, and aspire for excellence in all we do. Our strong community ethos and culture is built around a clear set of traditional values and behaviours, including integrity, honesty, respect and hard work, in which we expect every member of our community to exhibit. At WSQ we believe that any barrier to learning can be overcome and that by providing a supportive and challenging learning environment, alongside high-quality teaching and learning opportunities, every student can thrive and succeed. This is supported by our adoption of the High-Performance Learning (HPL) framework in which we are now one a few select schools worldwide working towards the HPL World Class Award.
We strongly believe that education is far more than academic excellence. Students should have the opportunity to explore their strengths and interests whether that is in academics, sports, performing arts, coding or more. Through this approach, our aim is to ensure that when students leave WSQ they are well prepared for the rapidly changing world, not only with the desired qualifications but also with a ‘can do’ mindset, self-confidence, a love of learning and the resilience to effectively overcome future challenges.
As part of our aspirational desire for ongoing improvement and excellence, we have recently been inspected against the British Schools Overseas (BSO) standards. The overall quality of education and care that we offer was judged to be excellent; with our curriculum, teaching and assessment, SMSC, student health and welfare all being graded outstanding. We are also a Council of International Schools (CIS) accredited school.
Our level of commitment and dedication to the students in our care also extends to our teachers, our greatest and most valuable resource. We are fully committed to ensuring the ongoing professional development of each and every member of our team, something that is supported by our personalised and innovative approach spanning a number of alternative pathways and opportunities. We are also fortunate to have access to a wide network of professional networks and best practice across the vast GEMS network.
THE GEMS WELLINGTON CLUSTER
WSQ is part of the wider GEMS Wellington group of schools within the UAE, who bring with them a long and sustained history of delivering high quality education. The schools collaborate and work closely together to ensure the reach and impact of every initiative to improve student outcomes is maximized. Each school is unified by the core Wellington vision, fundamental to the ethos and fabric of what it means to be part of the GEMS Wellington family, whilst at the same time retaining their own unique characteristics. This partnership brings significant benefits for both our students and teachers including enhanced social, cultural and academic learning opportunities, sporting and performing arts events and access to a vast range of professional development pathways. The sharing of outstanding practice and dialogue amongst our highly talented leadership teams and teaching and learning community, constantly allows us to further raise standards in the pursuit of excellence. This is an exciting time to be part of the GEMS Wellington network.
Principal
David Wilson
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