Elementary Homeroom Teacher

**Job Title**:Homeroom Teacher

**Job Location**:Diyar Private Academy Fujairah

Vision Statement:
Inspiring Minds, Creating Leaders

Mission Statement:
Our mission is to ensure every child experiences amazing learning, loves school, and makes great progress.

**Diyar Teachers will**:

- Work tirelessly to ensure that every child makes as much progress as possible.
- Plan lessons that are active, collaborative, cognitive, engaging, memorable, fun, and relevant.
- Value student happiness and school connectedness.
- Work closely with parents to guide the learning process.
- Provide a first-class international education with a local flavor.

Main Objective:
To ensure high-quality learning for all children/students in the class so that they develop excellent learning skills, become independent learners, and make the best progress they can.

Key Questions driving this role:

- How good is learning in my class?
- How good are conditions for learning in my class?
- How good are student outcomes in my class?
- How well does the curriculum enable amazing learning in my class?
- How do I improve my practice so that I am the best teacher?
- How do I share my best ideas with others so our team can improve?

**Role Responsibilities**:

- **Key Responsibility 1: Quality of learning**_
- Ensure understanding of the school’s definition of learning and demonstrate a determined focus on 'amazing learning' in lessons.
- Use learning observation tools (Looking for Learning) to identify learning and plan lessons accordingly.
- Contribute fully to the Amazing Learning principles by sharing examples of amazing learning.
- Link findings in learning to student progress using AfL data and summative data.
- Identify gaps in learning and take measures to close them.
- Plan innovative learning experiences focusing on knowledge, skills, and understanding.
- Ensure high-level questioning and student engagement.
- **Key Responsibility 2: Conditions for learning**_
- Understand factors affecting learning and build positive relationships with students and parents.
- Observe conditions for learning in colleagues' lessons, share ideas, and create a safe classroom environment.
- Follow the display and environment policy to ensure visible learning.
- **Key Responsibility 3: Developing Learning in and beyond my classroom**_
- Provide clear, honest, and balanced feedback to students.
- Guide and support students through various learning situations and activities.
- Celebrate learning and share examples of amazing learning with other classes.
- **Key Responsibility 4: Evaluating learning**_
- Provide mechanisms for students to discuss and evaluate their learning.
- Use AfL policy and Classroom Monitor to track students’ learning.
- Reflect on learning in lessons and receive feedback from colleagues.
- **Key Responsibility 5: Evaluating curriculum and its assessment**_
- Contribute to curriculum review and suggest modifications based on learning data.
- Provide guidance to colleagues in areas of high confidence and expertise.
- **Key Responsibility 6: Professional Development**_
- Evaluate own skills using the Hattie teacher competencies framework.
- Work closely with other teachers and leaders to generate peer professional development programs.

**Performance Indicators**:

- Students are happy at school and engaged in their learning.
- Students experience amazing learning and make good progress.
- Positive relationships enhancing learning.
- Evidence of innovative learning and best practice.
- Clear link between learning and progress for students.

**Functional Relationships**:

- KG Coordinator
- Phase Leader
- Senior Leadership Team
- Principal

**Direct Line Management**:

- Reporting to KG Coordinator

**Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, and Experience**:
**Qualifications**:

- Qualified Teacher Status or Certification in respective country (_with attestation and equivalency)_
- MOE Approval
- Degree and relevant Post Graduate qualification.

**Knowledge, skills, experience, and understanding**:

- Good understanding of learning and the impact of amazing learning on outcomes.
- Commitment to own professional development.
- Proven ability to raise standards in the classrooms.
- Ability to build positive relationships with students and parents.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- High standards of professionalism and positive work ethic.
- Courage to challenge decisions that do not help students learn.

**Safeguarding**:
Diyar Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff, parents, governors, and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which can be viewed in the Policies section of our website.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- US Curriculum: 2 years (preferred