School Libriarian

2 weeks ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Nord Anglia Education Full time

Date:10 Jun 2024
Location:
Dubai, AE
Job ID:2912
School:Nord Anglia International School Dubai
Company:Nord Anglia Education
About Nord Anglia Education

  • Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading premium schools organisation, with more than 85 schools located across over 33 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 74,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.
  • Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st century learning experience for all students.
  • Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain worldleading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.
    About our school
  • NAS Dubai is a purpose built 'flagship school' generously resourced with a whole school enrolment of over 2860. This equates to 1620 in the primary school and 1240 in the secondary school. Our curriculum is based upon the legacy of the English National Curriculum adapted to the local environment leading up to GCSE at KS4 and on to the IB Diploma programme and A Levels at KS5. Our GCSE results consistently significantly surpass the world average, with 50% of students achieving A
    , 98 over the last three years (World Average 27.6%). IBDP results are equally as impressive with an average of 40% obtaining over 40+ points over the last three years (IBDP global average 10).
  • As one of the Top 100 schools in the world, NAS Dubai is recognised as an outstanding school by multiple accreditors including the KHDA, BSO and NEASC. We are proudly listed by spears, of our awardwinning innovative curriculum and offer bespoke professional development through our Nord Anglia UniversityOur schools*
  • Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people, and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of 85 schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success.
  • We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King's College London.
    About the role
  • As a School Librarian you will be familiar with the Curriculum of the school and will be an excellent communicator who gets on well with colleagues, students, parents, technology and change.
Amongst other things, you will be well organised, have a good sense of humour and want to develop opportunities for students within the special learning spaces of the library- We are looking for someone who will:

  • Work closely with the Head of Sixth Form supporting guidance work for careers and university entrance
  • Be fully responsible for the design and management of the library and learning resource area
- as creative engaging learning spaces

  • Model appropriate pedagogy, reflecting research in best practice and learning theory, and work with teachers to improve pedagogy schoolwide
  • Help students develop attitudes, habits and skills leading to lifelong learning and library use that will also be required at university
  • Encourage and facilitates student development of independent libraryinformation skills
  • Create and maintain an environment that is conducive to active and participatory education, resource based instructional learning and teaching practices, and collaboration with teaching staffs
  • Collaborate with teaching staff in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of relevant information and study skills programmes in the Library
  • Work collaboratively with many groups within the school culture: parents, teachers, students, administrators and community members
  • Assist with the development of the Global classroom as a learning tool.
  • Educated to degree level /library science qualification (or working towards)
  • Extensive experience of library management and school support
  • Knowledge of Library System
  • You will also be able to meet visarelated restrictions for UAE.

Benefits

  • When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of over 15,000 people working together to support our students' success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across

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