Mandarin Teacher

JOB PURPOSE

You will be an outstanding, passionate, and dynamic Mandarin Teacher, to join our dedicated, hardworking, and collaborative teaching team.

You’ll provide stimulating Mandarin lessons that provide opportunities for all students to learn and make good progress.

As a genuine team-player, you’ll work across our central, regional, and local academic teams to support the development of the Mandarin program.

KEY RESULT AREA

ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION – SCHOOL AMBASSADOR TO INTERNAL COMMUNITY

• Inspire trust and confidence in students, colleagues, and parents
• Use school assessment and self-evaluation processes to advance student learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school's aspirations and priorities
• Contribute to school improvement planning and promote the learning priorities of the school improvement plan
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school

LEARNING AND TEACHING

• Ensure the effective teaching and management of classes, groups and individuals so that teaching objectives are met, momentum and challenge are maintained and the best use is made of teaching time
• Set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of behaviour management through well focused teaching and through positive and productive relationships in accordance with the rules and behaviour policy of the school
   

PLANNING AND PREPARATION

• Identify clear teaching objectives, content, structures, and sequences of lessons appropriate to the educational needs of the pupils in his/her class

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Understand the need to take responsibility for their own professional development and to keep up to date with research and developments in pedagogy as relevant to their own department and mainstream departments.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Qualified Teacher Status
• High level of ICT competency
• Able to engage and inspire students of varying ability levels
• Proven track record with at least two years teaching experience
• Experience of working in international school setting is desirable
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for producing reports and presentations.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.
• You’d like to work in a purpose-led sector.