English/i&s Teacher

**OVERALL JOB PURPOSE**: To work as part of the MHS Department team, teaching (English/I&S) to all grades of students with varying levels of skills and ability.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Teaching qualification
- Strong IT skills preferred, good IT skills essential
- Experience teaching in an international school preferred (of International Baccalaureate if in High School, AP, MYP, PYP where appropriate)
- Demonstrates consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct
- Fluent in English both verbal and written

**Professional Knowledge**
**Instructional Planning**
Plan using the school's curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students ensuring that lessons are well planned with differentiating instructions, engaging content, planned learning is delivered and a love of learning is promoted.
**Instructional Delivery**
Effectively engage students in learning by using a variety of differentiated instructional strategies to meet individual student learning needs, including help for students needing additional learning support, working with Resource teachers, including EAL and learning differences specialists, to support the learning needs of all students.
**Assessment of/for Learning**
Systematically gather, analyse and use data to measure student progress and learning, guide instruction, provide timely feedback, inform own teaching and support curriculum development so that both students and the school achieve academic excellence.
**Learning Environment**
Use resources, routines, and procedures to provide a respectful, positive, safe and student-centered environment that is conducive to learning.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop teaching and learning resources for students at different levels, including on-line Virtual Learning Environment-based resources and materials, to address the students' learning needs and the agreed curriculum for shared use in the department.
**Professionalism**
Maintain a commitment to professional ethics, international-mindedness, and the ACS core values and campus philosophy, with proactive participation in professional growth that results in enhancement of student learning.
**Communication and Advocacy**
Communicate effectively with students, school personnel, families and the community to enhance, promote, and advocate student learning.
**Student Progress**
Ensure acceptable and measurable student progress through the setting of appropriate academically stretching goals, based on student data, with progress being monitored throughout the year and end of year achievement of goals being assessed.
Provide a safe and stimulating environment for students, rooted in mutual respect and modelling the behaviour required, to challenge and inspire students of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions
**SAFEGUARDING**
ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and as an employee of ACS you are expected to share this commitment. The protection of our students' welfare is the responsibility of all staff within ACS International Schools and individuals are expected to conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of our organisation.