Star International School Mirdif is presently recruiting suitably qualified and skilled candidate for the role of Art & Design Teacher Secondary. The job was announced by school on 11 January 2024. Candidate desired for the role should submit their application now.

Duties of Art & Design Teacher Secondary

• Represent areas of knowledge, understanding and skills to students.
• Lead by example in the highest regard for truth, justice, equality of opportunity, human rights, benevolence and compassion.
• Engage and motivate students to achieve at levels that are beyond their expectations and previous limits.
• Use excellent subject knowledge, pedagogic and interpersonal skills to enthuse students and enable students to experience amazing learning.
• Make full use of ICT and the new technologies to enhance the quality of teaching and learning for students of all ages and attainment levels.
• Plan lessons taking full account of students’ individual learning needs, as well as their individual learning styles, preferences and capabilities.
• Encourage and enable all students to become effective, confident and independent life long learners.
• Maintain excellent professional relationships with colleagues by making a wider professional contribution to the continuing improvement of the school.
• Plan and deliver a programme of learning opportunities and activities to enrich and enhance the taught curriculum.
• Actively support the school partnership with the community e.g. attending school / community events which may occasionally occur at weekends or in the evening i.e. school concerts etc.
• Contribute to the development and provision of the highest quality of education at Star International School Mirdif.
• Make sure that young people of all abilities and backgrounds fulfil their potential.
• Promote a positive ethos across the school based on the school vision/values and a commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of students, staff, and the wider school community.

Teaching of Art & Design Teacher Secondary

• Plan and prepare schemes of work and complete planning documentation.
• Teach with consistent effectiveness the students in her/his classes, taking full account of all students’ individual educational needs.
• Set and mark work to be carried out by the students in school, online, at home and elsewhere as appropriate.
• Promote the intellectual, moral, spiritual, cultural, physical and personal abilities and aptitudes of the students in her/his classes and provide guidance and advice to students on educational and relevant social and other matters.
• Make records of and reports on the personal and social needs of students.
• Take part as appropriate in whole school development and share and promote best practice.
• At Star Mirdif they are Research informed and Well Being Aware.
• They believe in strategies which have the most impact being utilised in the classroom.
• They actively seek resources, methods and systems which can support workload and have equal if not more impact on student outcomes.

Assessment, recording and reporting:

• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of the students in her/his classes.
• Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students or groups of students.
• Guide students to set targets to improve on their previous ‘best’ and give regular feedback to students to support next steps in learning.

Continuing Professional Development:

• Keep under review her/his methods of teaching and programmes of work.
• Be proactive and take accountability for own development.
• Participate in arrangements for her/his further training and professional development as a teacher.

Curriculum Development of Art & Design Teacher Secondary

• Advise and co operate with the principal and other colleagues on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching schemes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.
• Take responsibility for specific subjects.
• To embed UAE heritage and culture within the curriculum.

Job Requirements of Art & Design Teacher Secondary

• Relevant teaching qualification: minimum of a B.Ed. or BA/BSc + PGCE/QTS.
• 2 years of teaching experience in a British school either internationally or in the UK.

Skills & Knowledge Desired

• Excellent working knowledge of the national curriculum for England and the latest UK practice.
• Excellent IT skills, communication skills, and command of the English language, in spoken and written form.
• A collaborative team player with excellent personal skills.
• Classroom and behavior management.
• Collaborative team player, empathetic listener.
• Integrity and confidentiality.
• Internationally minded.
• Emotional intelligence.
• Intercultural awareness, creative.
• Online and classroom teaching experience.
• Flexible and a can do attitude.

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