Maternity Cover Primary French Teacher at Safa

**POST: Maternity Cover Primary French Teacher at Safa Community School, Dubai**:
**About the Role**:
We are looking for an 'Outstanding' Primary French Teacher to join our established team at Safa Community School, Dubai on a temporary basis as maternity cover.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly effective teacher to make the exciting move to a leading international school, or for those already overseas and with ambition to be part of a truly inclusive community.

At Safa Community School we aim to work together to create a nurturing environment that enables our children to discover their potential and possibilities. We want them to become fulfilled and rounded adults who will make a positive contribution to the world in which they are growing up. We allow our children the freedom to work in a variety of contexts and settings when meeting new challenges, allowing them the chance to discover and create. Gifts and talents are celebrated and fully explored.

**General Professional Responsibilities**:
The professional duties of a teacher shall be deemed to include the following duties:

- Teaching, including planning and preparing courses and lessons, setting and marking of work, and assessing, recording, and reporting on the development, progress, and attainment in line with the school’s expectations and policy.
- Using data to inform classroom teaching, monitoring, and tracking student progress, and putting in place timely interventions.
- Communicating and consulting with the parents of students, including the writing of reports.
- Attendance at Parents’ Evenings and Open Evenings.
- Maintaining good order and discipline among the students he/she is teaching.
- Participating in team meetings and any additional events.
- Working as a member of a team in the shaping of departmental policy and practice, the introduction of curricular initiatives, the preparation, and development of programmes of study, and methods of teaching and assessment.
- Cooperating and participating in administrative and organisational tasks in order to ensure the smooth running of the team.
- Keeping up to date with curriculum innovation, participating in arrangements for CPD, contributing to his/her own professional development.
- Working collaboratively with support teachers in the classroom.
- Setting work for his/her classes where absence is known in advance.
- Taking responsibility for a designated area of the curriculum, administration, or curriculum innovation or project.
- Carrying out other tasks as reasonably directed by the Head of Year.
- Familiarising themselves with the DSIB inspection framework and the expectations of outstanding teaching and learning in the UAE.
- Being supportive of UAE initiatives and cultural expectations.
- Will hold relevant qualifications and QTS (BEd or Bachelors degree with PGCE / PGDE or equivalent).
- Most importantly should be enthusiastic about teaching and be able to convey this to students.
- Proven experience of teaching primary level.
- Have an understanding of assessment and examination requirements.
- Be an outstanding teacher with the ability to demonstrate outstanding practice and progress of students.
- Works effectively as part of a team, with the ability to share their outstanding practice.
- Actively keeps up to date with the developments in their age range.
- Has a willingness to develop as a professional, taking opportunities to train further within the department, or outside to progress in their career.
- Excellent IT and interpersonal communication skills to work closely with students and parents.

**Note**:
**Application Process**:

- Submit a full resume / CV.
- Submit a covering letter of no more than two A4 pages.

**Important Note**:
**_ Safa Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. Applicants will be required to submit a current police criminal clearance check or equivalent from their home country or current country of residence prior to appointment._**

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