English Subject Leader

Job Description

In line with the school vision, mission and core value, carry out duties including but not limited to the following:

Learning and Teaching

• Teach and educate students according to guidelines and desired outcomes provided by the School’s Administration and the chosen international curriculum.
• Follow IB MYP/IB DP guidelines to help students with inquiry-based learning.
• Develop and execute unit/lesson plans to teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment potential of individual students entrusted to his/her care.
• Facilitate sharing of best practice and ensure implementation of best practice to achieve best learning and teaching results.
• Facilitate peer observation within the section.
• Ensure academic section members have access to student data (e.g. students’ exam/test scores and MAP scores if available) and that the data is used to inform decisions about student learning, including needed interventions.
• Conduct observations and feedback sessions at least twice a term with the head of Middle and High School to improve outcomes for all learners in own class and in English teachers’ classes (identifying learners’ needs, strategies to support problem solving and learners taking ownership of their learning, etc.).
• Ensure sectional teachers’ practice of identifying ways to address problem behaviours to improve the well-being of learners and enhance their educational achievement (positive and effective praise, modelling positive and safe relationships, providing a safe and calm learning environment, restorative justice and documenting behaviours of learners who are of concern, etc.).

Curriculum

• Ensure that all taught courses have an updated course outline. (in a standard form).
• Ensure that there is a sectional scope and sequence/curriculum map in place.
• Ensure the consistency and development of unit planners in the academic section.
• Work as a mentor to beginning and unexperienced teachers to help build their curriculum knowledge, unit/lesson planning and to ensure effective learning and teaching methodology, etc.
• Ensure that there are unit plans in place for all taught units and that these are reviewed on a regular basis and available to all related staff members
• Establish and maintain a record of completed MYP/DP planners as appropriate.
• Ensure that section members will produce a variety of planning, teaching and assessment resources for middle and high school that will prepare students for the rigors of the IB syllabuses.
• Work with teachers to ensure curricular alignment in the transition years
• Help identify out-of-school opportunities for student learning
• Work with the MYP/DP Coordinators to ensure overall curriculum alignment and continuity with the MYP and DP program in the school and between the programs.
• Meetings
• Facilitate regular sectional meetings with focus on student learning, assessment, and best practice.
• Ensure that minutes of meeting are kept and distributed appropriately.
• Attend weekly/monthly meeting of department subject leaders/ coordinators to share best practice.

Resources

• Work with department members and librarian to ensure appropriate and sufficient resources are in place to support the curriculum.
• Assist department in developing relevant resources.

Other Responsibilities

• Work as a collaborative team member in the students’ admission activities.
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the head of Middle and High School and/or Director of NOA.

  Job Description

   

  In line with the school vision, mission and core value, carry out duties including but not limited to the following:

   

  Learning and Teaching

• Teach and educate students according to guidelines and desired outcomes provided by the School’s Administration and the chosen international curriculum.
• Follow IB MYP/IB DP guidelines to help students with inquiry-based learning.
• Develop and execute unit/lesson plans to teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment potential of individual students entrusted to his/her care.
• Facilitate sharing of best practice and ensure implementation of best practice to achieve best learning and teaching results.
• Facilitate peer observation within the section.
• Ensure academic section members have access to student data (e.g. students’ exam/test scores and MAP scores if available) and that the data is used to inform decisions about student learning, including needed interventions.
• Conduct observations and feedback sessions at least twice a term with the head of Middle and High School to improve outcomes for all learners in own class and in English teachers’ classes (identifying learners’ needs, strategies to support problem solving and learners taking ownership of their learning, etc.).
• Ensure sectional teachers’ practice of identifying ways to address problem behaviours to improve the well-being of learners and enhance their educational achievement (positive and effective praise, modelling positive and safe relationships, providing a safe and calm learning environment, restorative justice and documenting behaviours of learners who are of concern, etc.).

•  

  Curriculum

• Ensure that all taught courses have an updated course outline. (in a standard form).
• Ensure that there is a sectional scope and sequence/curriculum map in place.
• Ensure the consistency and development of unit planners in the academic section.
• Work as a mentor to beginning and unexperienced teachers to help build their curriculum knowledge, unit/lesson planning and to ensure effective learning and teaching methodology, etc.
• Ensure that there are unit plans in place for all taught units and that these are reviewed on a regular basis and available to all related staff members
• Establish and maintain a record of completed MYP/DP planners as appropriate.
• Ensure that section members will produce a variety of planning, teaching and assessment resources for middle and high school that will prepare students for the rigors of the IB syllabuses.
• Work with teachers to ensure curricular alignment in the transition years
• Help identify out-of-school opportunities for student learning
• Work with the MYP/DP Coordinators to ensure overall curriculum alignment and continuity with the MYP and DP program in the school and between the programs.
• Meetings
• Facilitate regular sectional meetings with focus on student learning, assessment, and best practice.
• Ensure that minutes of meeting are kept and distributed appropriately.
• Attend weekly/monthly meeting of department subject leaders/ coordinators to share best practice.

•  

  Resources

• Work with department members and librarian to ensure appropriate and sufficient resources are in place to support the curriculum.
• Assist department in developing relevant resources.

•  

  Other Responsibilities

• Work as a collaborative team member in the students’ admission activities.
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the head of Middle and High School and/or Director of NOA.

Our Application Process

NOA offers a wide variety of job opportunities. We welcome anyone interested to get in touch to find out more about how you can build a career, and along with us, a brighter future for our school.

Please simply email your CV to the following addresses to apply for a position at NOA:   NOA_recruit@xdf.cn; jinhui7@xdf.cn; zhanglaijia@xdf.cn

Middle & High School

• Master’s Degree Preferred
• Minimum 3-5 Years’ Teaching Experience
• Minimum 2-3 Years’ Experience in The Applied Positions
• IB MPY/ DP Experience
• Teaching Credential
• Native English Speaker (for English-Teaching Positions)

Elementary/ Primary School

• Master’s Degree Preferred
• Minimum 3-Year Classroom Teaching Experience
• IB PYP/ IPC Experience
• Teaching Credential
• Native English Speaker