Job Description
Employer: Nord Anglia Education (China)
Location: Suzhou
Key Result Area
Engagement and Interaction – School Ambassador to Internal Community
- Supporting the development of international-mindedness and all NAS Suzhou learner attributes within the curriculum;
- Fostering a stimulating learning environment based on understanding and respect;
- Demonstrating open communication based on understanding and respect;
- Meeting and greeting each student on arrival each morning and or lesson ensuring safety, assessing pupils at the door, monitoring their wellbeing;
- Observing and assisting the management of students at lunch time/canteen and each child to sit and to eat correctly;
- Ensuring students are taken immediately to school nurse in the event of an injury or medical concern;
- Ensuring strong healthy working environment is maintained between adults and students;
- Establishing polite and cordial relations with all parents and family delivering students to school;
- Developing and maintaining clear lines of communication with colleagues, parents and the wider school community;
- Communicating curriculum information with parents;
- Updating and maintaining records using ISAMS electronic system;
- Publishing written records and portfolios documents on – evidence of students work showing developmental trajectory;
- Using professional email etiquette when communicating with colleagues, parents and administrators;
- Communicating with parents via Face-to-Face meetings and Parent Teacher Meetings.
Learning and Teaching
- Teaching the curriculum meeting the IPC standards;
- Differentiating classroom instruction to meet student’s individual learning needs and styles;
- Teaching explicitly on-going and inter/trans-disciplinary skills;
- Employing a constructivist, inquiry-based pedagogical approach to teaching and learning that promotes inquiry and the development of critical-thinking skills;
- Providing learning experiences that build on what students know and can do;
- Using technology as a vehicle for learning and integrating ICT skills teaching where possible;
- Employing a range of teaching and learning strategies to promote independent thinking, inquiry and acquisition of subject specific knowledge and skills;
- Promoting and fostering student reflection on learning experiences;
- Employing a range of grouping and regrouping of students for a variety of learning purposes;
- Empowering students to take self-initiated action because of the learning;
- Managing class resources – furniture, equipment;
- Updating notice boards to expose teaching and learning both inside and outside notice boards;
- Ensuring to meet the curriculum classroom visualization standards;
- Delivering stimulated and motivated classroom environment;
- Delivering efficient and qualitative open class lessons to parents and visitors;
- Delivering weekly ECA, Boarding lessons where appropriate;
- Ensuring safe classroom management, delivery and removal of heavy-duty objects ensuring the utmost safety to students always;
- Arranging classroom outings related to teaching and learning ensuring utmost safety is met and all communication with management is in writing before departure;
- Where appropriate, teaching English Literacy – Reading, writing, phonics using curriculum standards and procedures in all learning areas;
- Where appropriate managing and directing the Teaching Assistant;
- Where appropriate, teaching assigned subject area using curriculum standards and procedures in all learning areas;
- Assessing and documenting student progress using a variety of assessment tools and strategies;
- Complete student reports;
- Managing and maintaining student portfolios;
- Pre-assessing students’ knowledge and understanding prior to new learning;
- Use student self-assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment strategies to promote student reflection.
Planning and Preparation
- Planning and reviewing the curriculum meeting the IPC standards;
- Working as a team planning lessons, directing the way forward;
- Collaboratively developing and following a Grade Level Essential Agreement;
- Attending and contributing to weekly collaborative planning meetings;
- Working collaboratively with Grade Level Team, Specialists and Coordinators to develop and document teaching and learning experiences using the planners and relevant curriculum documents;
- Documenting minutes of collaborative planning meetings and work cooperatively to complete tasks within Grade Level Team;
- Supporting as needed in preparation for assemblies;
- Supporting as needed in preparation of events (sports, arts, celebrations, etc).
Professional and Personal Development
- Attending and actively participating in meetings (where appropriate);
- Participating in Professional Development offered by the school.
Personal Specifications – Skills Knowledge and Experience
- Teaching Certificate in relevant subject area and school level
- BA
- Three or more years’ international education experience
- Native English Speaker
- Relevant PD in the field of Education
- Experience in teaching IPC curriculum
Personal Attributes
- High levels of personal integrity
- Conscientious and able to focus on completing work to a consistently high standard
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills; high attention to detail
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved
- Adaptable to working in a fast paced ever changing environment
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm
- Proactive and willingness to take on multiple tasks
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Ability to work independently
- Must be a team player, willing to help and be flexible
- Continually strive for improvement
Other
- Hold a current Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure or equivalent for countries lived in outside of the UK.
- Compliance with visa requirements for working in China.
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. And the willingness to undertake appropriate child protection training when required
Nord Anglia Education (China)
Suzhou