Teacher of PE

Key Responsibilities

South Island School seeks to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and talented Physical Education teacher with experience in teaching and coaching Netball, Swimming, Gymnastics and Dance.

The successful applicant will be a highly skilled teacher, with the ability to motivate, inspire and engage with students in creative and innovative ways – with the overall goal of ensuring excellent educational outcomes for our students. As we are an IB and IGCSE school, it would be an advantage for applicants to have recent experience with IBDP Sports, Exercise & Health Science, BTEC Sport and/or IGCSE PE. 

Experience of playing or being involved in sports to a high standard would also be advantageous and the newly appointed person will be expected to play a key part in the delivery of our student-athlete and leadership programmes, as well as contributing to the wide ranging extra-curricular programme. The successful applicant will also be allocated a tutor group, and will be strongly aligned with the ‘Making a Difference’ ethos and values of South Island School. 

The position will be a full-time renewable contract for an initial two year period from August 2021. Support with obtaining Hong Kong residence will be provided if necessary. See ESF Terms and Conditions for further details of the package.

The Role

Teachers at SIS are expected to be committed and flexible. Regular duties include:

Planning lessons to meet each student’s individual learning needs and ensure excellent outcomes, in line with our Schemes of Learning;

Using a range of appropriate strategies for positive classroom management, including the use of flexible groupings and structured inquiry, in line with the IBO philosophy;

Using a range of well-considered resources, including digital technologies, to enhance learning;

Maintaining a well organised and stimulating learning environment;

Assessing students in relation to agreed learning outcomes, and providing clear and constructive feedback to students and their parents, using agreed South Island School reporting systems;

Working closely with the PE faculty on future developments;

Working as a tutor for a group of students, within the Pastoral Learning Curriculum;

Engaging actively with the Values in Action and Making a Difference extra-curricular programmes, including extra-curricular sport at SIS.

For more information about South Island School, please click HERE

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Education, or

Bachelor’s Degree, as well as a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate of Education), or equivalent

To Apply

Please submit your applications via the ESF online recruitment system at:

https://eoix.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions?utm_medium=jobshare

Further Information

Further information can be found in the following locations:

South Island School website: https://www.sis.edu.hk

English Schools Foundation website: https://www.esf.edu.hk/

Please email the Principal’s PA, Ms Cecilia Lo, if you have any questions: celo@sis.edu.hk

Thank you again for your interest in this role.