Art Teacher

International Schools Partnership; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international school in Dubai is seeking a qualified Art Teacher to start in August 2025. The successful candidate will set high expectations for students, demonstrate strong subject knowledge, and create a stimulating and safe learning environment. Ideal applicants should hold a Bachelor's degree in Art and have at least 2 years of teaching experience, preferably in American/International schools. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to an engaging curriculum while working in a diverse and committed educational community.

Qualifications

• 2 years of teaching experience in a school.
• Experience in American/International schools preferred.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Set high expectations and establish a safe environment.
• Promote positive progress and outcomes for pupils.
• Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
• Plan and structure engaging and effective lessons.
• Adapt teaching to meet the individual needs of pupils.

Skills

Outstanding performance in teaching

Strong knowledge of American/International curriculum

Excellent communication skills

Classroom and behaviour management

Education

Bachelor degree in Art or any relevant degree

Job description

Nibras International School is looking for a qualified Art Teacher to join the team in August 2025. For all staff in school we share a responsibility to ensure that children are always safe and properly supervised. Our school is committed to amazing learning, providing enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences so that every pupil makes as much progress as possible. All staff are expected to adhere to NIS policies and code of conduct and commit to promoting our vision: a happy community school with amazing learning at its heart where pupils are empowered to make choices, engage in meaningful learning experiences, and make exceptional progress.

Job Purpose

• Set high expectations that inspire, motivate, and challenge pupils: establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils rooted in mutual respect, set goals that stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities, and dispositions, demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values, and behaviour expected of pupils.
• Promote positive progress and outcomes with/for pupils: accountability of pupils' attainment progress and outcomes, awareness of pupils' capabilities and prior knowledge and planning teaching to build on these, guidance of pupils to reflect on progress and emerging needs, knowledge of how pupils learn and its impact on teaching, encouraging responsible attitudes towards work and study.
• Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge: sound knowledge of relevant subjects, foster and maintain pupils' interest, critical understanding of developments in the subject and curriculum, promote high literacy standards and correct use of Standard English, systematic synthetic phonics for early reading, appropriate teaching strategies for early mathematics.
• Plan and teach well‑structured lessons: impart knowledge effectively, promote love of learning and intellectual curiosity, set homework as appropriate, reflect on lesson effectiveness, contribute to engaging curriculum design.
• Adapt teaching to respond to strengths and needs of all pupils: differentiate appropriately, understand inhibiting factors, support pupils across developmental stages, engage pupils with special educational needs, high ability, EAL, disabilities.
• Make accurate and productive use of assessment: assess statutory requirements, use formative and summative assessment, monitor progress with data, give regular feedback orally and through accurate marking.
• Manage behaviour effectively: clear rules and routines, high behavioural expectations, discipline framework with praise, sanctions and rewards, manage classes, maintain good relationships and act decisively when necessary.

Key Accountabilities

• Represent areas of knowledge, understanding, and skills to students.
• Lead by example in truth, justice, equality of opportunity, human rights, benevolence, and compassion.
• Engage and motivate students to achieve beyond expectations and previous limits.
• Use excellent subject knowledge, pedagogic, and interpersonal skills to enthuse students.
• Make full use of ICT and new technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
• Plan lessons accounting for individual learning needs, styles, preferences, and capabilities.
• Encourage and enable all students to become effective, confident, independent lifelong learners.
• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues, contributing to school improvement.
• Plan and deliver learning opportunities and activities to enrich the curriculum.
• Cooperate with colleagues on fair and consistent disciplinary practices across the school and on school trips, protecting students from all forms of abuse.
• Communicate professionally with parents regularly about attainment and progress.
• Maintain confidentiality when speaking to parents and external parties.
• Model good academic practice.
• Contribute actively to department discussions and academic meetings.
• Plan after‑school activities as required.
• Support the school partnership with the community, attending events such as concerts.
• Other responsibilities as reasonably requested.

Teaching

• Plan and prepare schemes of work and complete planning documentation.
• Teach effectively in classes, considering individual educational needs.
• Set and mark work for students in school, online, at home, or elsewhere as appropriate.
• Promote students’ intellectual, moral, spiritual, cultural, physical, and personal growth, and provide guidance on educational and social matters.
• Record and report on students’ personal and social needs.
• Participate in whole‑school development and share best practice.

Assessment Recording and Reporting

• Assess, record, and report on students’ progress and attainment.
• Provide or contribute to oral and written assessment reports and references for individual students or groups.
• Guide students to set targets for improvement, giving regular feedback to support next steps.

Continuing Professional Development

• Review teaching methods and programmes of work.
• Take accountability for own development.
• Participate in further training and professional development arrangements.

Curriculum Development

• Advise and cooperate with the Principal and colleagues on course preparation, teaching materials, schemes, methods, assessment, and pastoral arrangements.
• Take responsibility for specific subjects.
• Embed UAE heritage and culture within the curriculum.

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor degree in Art or any relevant degree.

Experience: 2 years of teaching in a school.

Competencies

• Outstanding performance and teaching experience in American/International schools.
• Strong knowledge and experience of international/American curriculum.
• Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, spoken and written.
• A collaborative team‑player with excellent personal skills.
• Classroom and behaviour management.

Attributes

• Collaborative team player, inspirational speaker, empathetic listener.
• Integrity and confidentiality.
• Internationally minded.
• Emotional intelligence.
• Intercultural awareness, creative.
• Online and classroom teaching experience.
• Flexible and a can‑do attitude.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

The International Schools Partnership

Nibras International School is part of The International Schools Partnership (ISP), a growing group of committed colleagues in financially responsible schools around the world aiming to be the school of choice in their local area. Learning is at the heart of everything we do for pupils, colleagues, and parents. ISP was founded by an experienced team of educationalists and commercial operators, and our group now includes 45 schools across the UK, USA, Europe, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Mexico and Peru, educating children from 2 to 18 years of age with around 45,000 pupils and 7,000 staff worldwide. We believe that successful schools put learning at the heart of everything they do, aiming to create rounded individuals capable of forging successful careers in a rapidly changing world. Our goal is to be the leading school of choice in their local area, and we are truly international, working across cultures and languages. All our schools, including Nibras International School, are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks covering the previous 10 years of employment history.