• At least three years of teaching experience, preferred
• Training in effective Computer Science instructional methods
• Experience teaching a high school level Computer Science curriculum
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for producing reports and presentations.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.
• You’d like to work in a purpose-led sector.
Setting High Expectations:
• High Standards: Sets high expectations for students, inspiring, motivating, and challenging them to achieve excellent progress and ambitious outcomes.
• Positive Relationships: Establishes positive and productive relationships with students, encouraging them to take a responsible and conscientious attitude towards their own work and study.
• Accountability and Ambition: Takes accountability for student achievement by setting goals that stretch and challenge students of all abilities, inspiring and motivating them to be ambitious and to achieve the highest progress and attainment.
• Safe and Stimulating Environment: Ensures the provision of opportunities within a physically, socially, culturally, and emotionally safe, stimulating environment rooted in mutual respect, to achieve the highest possible outcomes for all students.
Assessment:
• Knowledge and Practice: Demonstrates extensive knowledge and use of both informal and formal assessment methods to refine teaching practices and promote the highest student outcomes.
• Responsive Teaching: Is flexible and responsive to student needs by regularly using formative assessment strategies to check for understanding and make necessary adjustments to instruction.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Uses assessment knowledge and relevant data (both formative and summative) to evaluate the effectiveness of learning and provide remediation. Identifies and supports diverse student needs while setting challenging, ambitious targets; provides regular feedback for ongoing and sustained improvement, and adjusts subsequent lesson plans accordingly.
• Communication: Communicates appropriate assessment and achievement information/data to relevant members of the school and wider NAE learning community.
• Personalized Learning: Demonstrates an understanding of how children and young adults develop and learn, adapting teaching to personalize instruction to the individual student. Considers each student's physical, social, cultural, and intellectual development, ability, native language, and interests, while embracing equality, diversity, and inclusion in the classroom and wider school community. Strives for high performance for all students
PLANNING, PREPARATION & EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of Subject:
• Extensive Expertise: Possesses a well-developed, extensive knowledge of their subject specialism and related pedagogy.
• Curriculum Development: Keeps up-to-date with the latest advancements and uses this knowledge to influence the design and provision of an engaging and inspiring curriculum and lessons.
• Passionate Teaching: Passionately imparts and shares their knowledge, leading discussions and exploration to promote the value of scholarship and high performance among students.
Planning for Learning:
• Structured Lesson Plans: Plans sequences of lessons that introduce knowledge and skills to students in a coherent manner, deepening their understanding, making connections, and mastering increasingly complex skills.
• Student-Centered Approach: Demonstrates practical knowledge and understanding of how students learn, prioritizing student knowledge and needs.
• Promoting Love of Learning: Uses lessons effectively to foster a love of learning and intellectual curiosity, encouraging students to reflect and take ownership of their learning. This extends beyond the classroom through homework, assessments, coursework, Global Campus, social media, and out-of-school contexts.
• Encouraging Critical Thinking: Encourages higher-order skills and thinking in the classroom, such as exploration, critical inquiry, and evaluation.
Classroom Culture:
• Behavioral Standards: Has high expectations of behavior, establishes strong leadership in the classroom, and uses a variety of management strategies to ensure effective and productive classes.
• Positive Values: Demonstrates the positive values, attitudes, and behaviors expected in the school community.
• Student Responsibility: Encourages students to accept responsibility for their own behavior, show initiative, and understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those in the local community and society at large.
• Clear Frameworks: Establishes clear frameworks and standards of conduct within
Location: Houston, TX
Posted: Sept. 19, 2024, 11:36 p.m.
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