Curriculum plan, curriculum design and development
Planning and preparing well-resourced lessons with clear teaching objectives, which leads to achievable, but challenging learning outcomes for all students;
Plan learning experiences using SharePoint, input information into ManageBac Units, and organize all resources within the PYP/MYP/DP Master Folder.
Develop units of study aligning with the school-adopted Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) standards, international content standards in each subject alongside the Primary/Middle Years/Highschool Programme Curricular Framework.
Ensure that the content respects cultural, historical, and political sensitivities, avoiding any potential for misunderstanding or offense. Work with colleagues to constantly share, reflect and improve classroom practice and develop the curriculum with the aim of improving teaching and learning across the school;
Develop and embed the curriculum through involving in extra-curricular activities (ASA), field trips and school events throughout school year.
Teaching and learning
Develop strategies to link students’ knowledge and understanding to prior learning.
Use appropriate instructional practices which promote high academic standards and inclusive education within the IB programmes.
Use teaching strategies to promote higher order thinking, international mindedness, and metacognition within the subject areas, and to ensure that reflection and self-evaluation is encouraged in all subject areas in order to develop students’ ability to think critically.
Use a variety of technologies in teaching and learning.
Constantly use IB specific terminologies in the classroom to form shared understandings of those essential components of the programmes and strive to develop conceptual understanding in the class.
Communicate expected behaviour with students to establish shared understandings.
Ensuring that every student receives suitable academic challenge in every lesson and makes progress in their learning; Positively targeting and supporting individual learning needs;
Establishing a purposeful and safe learning environment;
Monitoring, Assessment, reporting, communicating
Providing purposeful and regular feedback to all students so that they understand how to improve upon their own learning.
Analyse assessment data on a termly basis identifying individual students who require further support/challenge.
Set challenging targets for all students as a result of data analysis Design and use appropriate and authentic tasks and strategies for formative and summative assessment in relation to IB programme objectives, and to ensure that these are supported by benchmarks and exemplars.
Meet all deadlines specified in school and IB assessment calendars, and other deadlines whether they are whole-school or programme-specific.
Ensure that feedback and marking is criteria-based, transparent, detailed, informative, and constructively critical to encourage reflection on and learning from their performance.
Organize and mark English papers according to IB programmes.
Use assessment data to inform planning and facilitate further learning.
Keep full and accurate records of individual students’ (academic and non-academic) performance including uploading grades, comments, feedback, etc to the school assessment, and reporting platforms.
Consistently communicate on Toddle Tasks with parents about student progress both academically and behaviorally as per school policy.
Complete pupil reports in line with school policy. Attend parent communication events as required and keep parents informed about their child’s performance and future targets.
Other professional responsibilities
To make recommendations for the collection of suitable teaching and learning resources and maintain records of textbooks and teaching materials used.
To take all necessary precautions to protect, maintain and return all equipment Pand materials.
To inform line managers of any on-going difficulties or potential concerns.
To supervise DP-MYP Exhibition, Project Based Learning, as required by IBO.
To provide cover for classes when a staff member is absent
To be responsible for the duties related to recess, lunch, arrival, departure, bus monitoring, etc.
To participate in school trips and events when required.
To participate in collaborative planning meetings including departmental meetings faculty, daily, and other meetings.
To support school events such as open days, recruitment events, and other activities instructed by HoS/Coordinators.
Complete student comments, assessments, and end-of-year report cards in accordance with the School's policies and procedures.
Review and sign class record books, printed report cards, electronic grade reports, and electronic report cards in accordance with the School's policies and procedures.
