Description:
The Head of Department is a leader of learning. The major responsibility is to ensure the highest the highest quality of student learning in their areas.
To serve as a Head of English, co-ordinate and be responsible for all relevant subject teachers, ensuring they utilize detailed and structured planning and schemes of work, implement a broad range of strategies, differentiated work and materials to match the range of ability in classes.
- Ensure that 100% of the students make progress towards the curriculum standards
- ensure to maximize the curriculum coverage with effective scope and sequence
- Ensure to support improved performance for external benchmarking tests; review of the curriculum to include learning statements from MAP, CAT4 and TIMSS.
- Ensure that there are sufficient opportunities for all students to showcase their abilities through curricular and extra-curricular activities promoting a broader 'curriculum' that enables students to develop a great range of skills and talents.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree specializing in English Literature
- Minimum five years teaching experience using the US Common Core Curriculum
- Experienced as Head/Lead of English Department
- Must have experience of Data Disaggregation, Analysis and Differentiation for Students
- Native English Speaker preferred.
- Must have 5 years IKHTAR as English Teacher (applicable to UAE based candidates only)
- IELTS with min score of 7.5 in academic level.
- Knowledge of US Common Core Curriculum Standards
- Knowledge of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Must have experience in NEASC inspection.