Head of English

3 weeks ago

UAE, United Arab Emirates Star International School Al-Twar Second Full time

**Purpose of Role**
- High-quality teaching
- Effective use of resources
- Improved standards of learning and achievement for all

**Head of English Key Responsibilities**

**Strategic direction**
- Develop and implement policies for English in line with our school’s commitment to high-quality teaching and learning
- Work with the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) to ensure the curriculum matches the needs of different pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

**Leading the curriculum**
- Oversee the planning of the curriculum content, ensuring it is well sequenced to promote pupil progress
- Ensure the planned curriculum is effectively and consistently implemented across the school
- Make sure there is an effective system of assessment that oversees the progress of pupils to ensure the curriculum has a positive impact on pupils’ learning

**Leading and managing staff**
- Coach and model team teaching
- Liaise effectively with exam boards to ensure that teachers understand and are familiar with the syllabuses that are being delivered
- Support teachers to make accurate assessments, manage internal and external moderation, and complete external moderation exercises
- Take responsibility for performance management for your team, appraising staff in line with the school’s appraisal policy
- Contribute to timetabling and manage setting pupils into attainment groups

**Efficient and effective deployment of resources**
- Create a safe, welcoming environment and take care of the classroom accommodation, ensuring classroom displays are stimulating, of high quality, and inspire curiosity in pupils
- Audit, check and manage resources to ensure they are up to date and match pupil and curriculum needs
- Prepare appropriate resources for examinations to ensure all students can be successful

**Other areas of responsibility**

**Safeguarding**
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
- Work with the DSL to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary
- Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

**Skills, Qualifications and Experience**
- A certified teaching qualification, at degree level such as B.Ed., PGCE, PGDE or equivalent.
- An ‘Outstanding’ teacher with at least 5 years of experience working in an International British Curriculum school (A-levels) is desirable.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to harness individuals’ potential and ideas bringing them together in one cohesive team.
- Excellent IT and interpersonal communication skills to work closely with students and parents.
- A collaborative team-player with excellent personal skills.
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Collaborative team player, inspirational speaker, empathetic listener.
- Integrity and confidentiality.
- Internationally minded.
- High emotional intelligence.
- Intercultural awareness, creative.
- Online and classroom teaching experience.
- Flexible and a can-do attitude

Welcome to Star International School, a school where students are the first priority of the young, vibrant and forward looking staff. We offer the National Curriculum of England and we take pride in guiding our students to realize their potential in a realistic way. To us, every child is an individual with his/her unique needs.

While we believe that academic success is essential, we also believe in the development of creative thinkers and problem solvers. Hence, students are empowered to enhance leadership qualities from a young age. At Star International School, we take pride in the tradition of guiding our students, our 'Starlights' to learn in an environment of mutual respect, enthusiasm and compassion towards others.

We believe that 'Happiness walks on busy purposeful feet'. Participation in competitions, Celebration of festivals, Field Trips, curricular and extra-curricular activities provide our children with a wide range of opportunities to have as many experiences as possible and to raise their awareness of the world we live in. In this manner, the school promotes the physical, emotional, personal & social development of the child.

With a state-of-the-art interactive smart board in every classroom and excellent standards in teaching and learning; there is a commitment in all staff to achieve the best standards in all areas of school life.

All of us who work at Star International School see ourselves as partners in our learning community. The future is exciting. I look forward to welcoming you to our school.

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