Middle School English Teacher

Teach Away Inc.; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An international education provider is seeking a dedicated Middle School teacher in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The role involves creating and delivering lesson plans for grades 6-8, managing classroom dynamics, and fostering student engagement through innovative teaching strategies. Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in education and experience in middle school teaching. Collaboration with parents and colleagues is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching middle school grades 6-8.
• Ability to design lesson plans and assess student progress.
• Strong communication skills with students and parents.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare lessons following the curriculum framework.
• Manage classroom dynamics and enforce high expectations.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve teaching strategies.
• Involve students in active learning and problem-solving.
• Communicate effectively with parents about student progress.

Skills

Content knowledge in math, science, and English

Classroom management

Lesson planning

Differentiation skills

Engagement strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or relevant field

Job description

Role Overview

MS teachers are responsible for instructing students in middle school from grades 6-8. Creates lesson plans, administers praise and constructive criticism, instructs students on math subjects, and creates a well-rounded, comprehensive instructional program

Job Responsibilities

Planning and Preparation for Learning

• Plan lessons and units by following the AISJ curriculum framework in collaboration with the other grade level teachers
• Supports in developing curriculum documentation that reflect horizontal and vertical alignment
• Demonstrates planning with consideration of differentiation needs, scholar engagement, and anticipates scholars’ misconceptions and confusions
• Demonstrates a plan for summative and formative assessments to monitor scholar learning
• Demonstrates content knowledge in the areas of reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and social emotional learning.

Classroom Management

• Is direct, specific, consistent, and tenacious in communicating and enforcing very high expectations.
• Shows warmth, caring, respect, and fairness for all scholars and builds strong relationships.
• Successfully inculcates class routines up front so that scholars maintain them throughout the year.
• Gets all scholars to be self-disciplined, take responsibility for their actions, and have a strong sense of efficacy
• (follow up) Is alert, poised, dynamic, and self-assured and nips virtually all discipline problems in the bud.

Delivery of Instruction

• Orchestrates highly effective strategies, materials, and groupings to involve and motivate all scholars.

Professional Responsibilities

• Designs each lesson with clear, measurable goals closely aligned with standards and unit outcomes.
• Collaborates with colleagues to plan units, share teaching ideas, and look at scholar work.
• Seeks out effective teaching ideas from colleagues, workshops, and other sources and implements them well.
• Gets all scholars highly involved in focused work in which they are active learners and problem-solvers.
• Successfully reaches all scholars by skillfully differentiating and scaffolding

aboration

• Working with colleagues to analyze data for placements and reflect on work (what worked and what did not work)
• Seeking and accepting feedback from colleagues to improve student growth
• Capitalizing on each other’s strengths and working with each other's areas of growth

Monitoring Assessment & Follow-up

• Frequently checks for understanding, adjusting teaching, re-teaching and following-up from the data
• Analyzes and reflects on collected data to continuously ensure lesson & unit plans are designed to meet scholar needs
• Gives scholars a well constructed diagnostic assessment up front, and uses the information to fine-tune instruction.
• Has scholars set ambitious goals, continuously self‑assess, give feedback, and take responsibility for improving performance.
• Help scholars develop as self‑assessors and self‑adjusters

Family and Community Outreach

• Communicates respectfully with parents and is sensitive to different families’ cultures and values.
• Shows parents a genuine interest and belief in each child’s ability to reach standards.
• Gives parents clear expectations for scholar learning and behavior for the year.
• Promptly informs parents of behavior and learning problems, and also updates parents on good news.
• Updates parents on the unfolding curriculum and suggests ways to support learning at home.
• Responds promptly to parents' concerns and make parents feel welcome in the school.

Other Responsibilities

• Engage with community in after-school activities
• Engage with community in open communication
• Supervision duties will beassigned
• After School Activity (1/week) and office hours (2/week)