English Teacher - Temporary Contract

All staff in school share a responsibility to ensure that children are always safe and properly supervised. Our school is committed to ‘amazing learning’ - providing enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences so that every pupil makes as much progress as possible. All staff are expected to adhere to NIS policies and code of conduct and commit to promoting our vision – ‘A happy community school with amazing learning at its heart where pupils are empowered to make choices, engage in meaningful learning experiences and make exceptional progress’.

ISP Principles

1. Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
2. Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.
3. Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
4. Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.
5. Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent areas of knowledge, understanding and skills to students.
• Lead by example in the highest regard for truth, justice, equality of opportunity, human rights, benevolence and compassion.
• Engage and motivate students to achieve at levels that are beyond their expectations and previous limits.
• Use excellent subject knowledge, pedagogic and interpersonal skills to enthuse students and enable students to experience amazing learning.
• Make full use of ICT and the new technologies to enhance the quality of teaching and learning for students of all ages and attainment levels.
• Plan lessons taking full account of students’ individual learning needs, as well as their individual learning styles, preferences and capabilities.
• Encourage and enable all students to become effective, confident and independent life-long learners.
• Maintain excellent professional relationships with colleagues by making a wider professional contribution to the continuing improvement of the school.
• Plan and deliver a programme of learning opportunities and activities to enrich and enhance the taught curriculum.
• Co-operate with colleagues to establish and maintain fair and consistent disciplinary practices in the classroom, around the school and on school trips, and taking active measures to protect students from all forms of abuse, including racist or sexist abuse, bullying, and any kind of corporal punishment.
• Communicate openly and professionally with parents on a regular basis about the attainment and progress of their child.
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality when speaking to parents and external parties.
• Model good practice of academic practices.
• Contribute actively to department discussions in academic meetings.
• Contribute to and plan after-school activities as required.
• Actively support the school partnership with the community e.g. attending school/community events which may occasionally occur at weekends or in the evening i.e. school concerts etc.
• Other responsibilities as reasonably requested.

Teaching

• Plan and prepare schemes of work and complete planning documentation.
• Teach with consistent effectiveness the students in her/his classes, taking full account of all students’ individual educational needs.
• Set and mark work to be carried out by the students in school, online, at home and elsewhere as appropriate.
• Promote the intellectual, moral, spiritual, cultural, physical and personal abilities and aptitudes of the students in her/his classes and provide guidance and advice to students on educational and relevant social and other matters.
• Make records of and reports on the personal and social needs of students.
• Take part as appropriate in whole school development and share and promote best practice.

Assessment, Recording and Reporting

• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of the students in her/his classes.
• Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students or groups of students.
• Guide students to set targets to improve on their previous ‘best’ and give regular feedback to students to support next steps in learning.

Continuing Professional Development

• Keep under review her/his methods of teaching and programmes of work.
• Be pro-active and take accountability for own development.
• Participate in arrangements for her/his further training and professional development as a teacher.

Curriculum Development

• Advise and co-operate with the Principal and other colleagues on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching schemes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.
• Take responsibility for specific subjects.
• To embed UAE heritage and culture within the curriculum.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor Degree in English or any relevant Bachelor degree.
• Experience: 2 years of teaching in a school.
• Valid Visa in UAE under spouse's or parent's sponsorship.

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.