Class Teacher - Immediate Start

TES FE News; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable international school in Dubai is seeking an inspirational and experienced Class Teacher for an immediate start. The role involves planning, teaching, and assessing various subjects. The ideal candidate should have relevant qualifications and experience in a UK setting. Competitive salary and benefits including annual flight ticket and accommodation are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual flight ticket

Accommodation

World class medical & healthcare benefits

End of service gratuity

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Experience teaching in a UK setting or renowned British Curriculum/international school.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate effectiveness of personal teaching.
• Assess and record students' progress systematically.
• Prepare and present reports to parents.

Skills

Monitoring and evaluating teaching effectiveness

Evaluating own teaching

Classroom observation

Marking and monitoring student work

Assessing student progress

Preparing informative reports

Communication with the Inclusion Team

Education

Bachelors of Education or PGCE

Experience in UK setting or British Curriculum

Job description

Overview

Repton Dubai Junior Phase is seeking an inspirational and experienced Class Teacher to join for an immediate start. The Class Teacher shares the responsibility for the planning, teaching and assessments of the subjects to which they have been assigned.

About Cognita

Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 16 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 85,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, ‘Thrive in a rapidly evolving world’.

At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger; ensuring they get an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

About Repton School Dubai

Repton Dubai is a prominent international school in the heart of Dubai and one of the few schools in Dubai to boast an Outstanding rating from the Dubai Schools Inspection Board since 2014. One of the few genuinely international schools in the Gulf Region, Repton Dubai combines the reputation and academic rigour of the UK curriculum, from Early Years through Junior School and into Senior School. It embraces the challenges and opportunities of the International Diploma, A Levels or IB in the Sixth Form.

Set in the largest, most spectacular school campus in the Middle-East, and almost uniquely in Dubai offering a dynamic boarding experience in addition to day school, Repton pupils from ages 3-18 benefit from facilities, resources and a classroom and sporting experience that is the envy of their peers.

Our mission is ‘the rigorous pursuit of excellence, inside and outside the classroom, combined with a passionate concern for the wellbeing of each individual’

Skills, Experience & Responsibilities

• To constantly monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of personal teaching to maintain good standards and ensure progression.
• Evaluating own teaching critically to improve effectiveness
• To participate in classroom observation of colleagues (peer observations) when required and participate in observations by peers.
• To submit books, records or planning as required for monitoring by colleagues or SLT.
• Mark and monitor students' work and regularly set targets for progress;
• Assess and record students' progress systematically and keep records
• Check work is understood and completed, monitor strengths and weaknesses,
• Inform planning and recognise the level at which the student is achieving;
• Undertake assessment of students as requested departmental and school procedures;
• Prepare and present informative reports to parents
• To regularly assess the students’ work by means of formal and informal termly, half termly assessment and end of units as directed by SLT.
• To communicate with the school Inclusion Team and Head of School regarding any student whose progress or behaviour gives cause for concern.

Successful Candidates Will Have

• Bachelors of Education or PGCE with appropriate specialism, OR
• Bachelors in subject relevant to teaching specialism plus PGCE in Primary Education
• Experience teaching in a UK setting or renowned British Curriculum / international school
• Appropriate experience which enables them to contribute to our school enrichment programme
• Ideally we require a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

In Return We Offer

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Annual flight ticket
• Accommodation
• World class medical & healthcare benefits (subject to status)
• End of service gratuity, as per labour law

To support your application, please include your current, up-to-date CV.

The school reserves the right to interview and appoint strong candidates before the official closing date, and therefore we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process.

Cognita is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 5 years.