Job Description

Aldar Education are currently seeking an outstanding Head - Music for one of our schools in Abu Dhabi for an immediate start. Aldar Education aims to be your employer of choice. We educate over 34,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders and employees across the group.|

Working collaboratively, our purpose is to empower the next generation to shape our future, directly supporting the educational goals of Abu Dhabi’s government. Today, Aldar Education’s efforts are guided by the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 plan, which aims to build a sustainable knowledge-based economy through premium education.

We are a “Great Place To Work” and currently employ over 1,400 teachers to deliver the English National Curriculum, the highly regarded American Massachusetts State Curriculum, and the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, all with an international dimension.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

To inspire, engage, and challenge students in their formative years by creating a nurturing and play-based learning environment. To deliver high quality teaching and inclusive learning experiences that spark curiosity, encourage creativity, and support students’ academic, social, and personal development.

Main Duties

• Assist academy in achieving its overall vision and strategic intentions and to contribute to the achievement of relevant targets as set out in the academy’s improvement plan and self-evaluation form
• Comply with regulations pertaining to health and safety at work legislation and adhere to academy policies relating to safe working practice and equal opportunities regulations
• Comply with the academy’s Performance Management Policy ensuring challenging annual targets are set and to fulfil the role of performance management reviewer if directed to do so by the principal
• Engage in annual training linked to child protection, safeguarding and health and safety together with all training deemed appropriate for the purpose of academy improvement or performance management
• Comply with the academy’s computer Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) at all times
• Lead strategic direction and development of the department, including but not limited to setting the vision, analysing data, improvement planning, target setting and ongoing self-evaluation.
• Lead on curriculum development ensuring outstanding provision for all, including an enhanced extra and co-curricular programme.
• Communicate effectively and proactively with all stakeholders.
• Play a lead role in developing key policies and practices that support the Academy’s overall aims, vision and values.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of learning and teaching and of systems/practices; evaluating their impact on student progress and standards and thereby identifying further areas for development whilst encouraging the sharing of best practice and fostering a culture of high reward and praise.
• Ensuring that all practices promote student progression; improved achievements; a positive ethos and the commitment of staff to shared goals.
• Developing a department development plan through collaborative work that dovetails and supports the whole academy’s development and its commitment to raising standards.
• To share responsibility for representing the Department at cross-curricular committees e.g. EAL link.
• Monitoring and reviewing students' progress through the use of appropriate data; home learning; student voice; lesson observations; student work reviews and parental engagement.
• Identifying and implanting strategies to enhance Learning and Teaching within the Department including the use of emerging learning technologies.
• Modelling outstanding practice in Learning and Teaching.
• Involving external advice and expertise where this would further benefit and enhance the learning agenda and therefore student progress, achievement and standards.
• Ensuring that appropriate and relevant schemes of work are developed, in place, and regularly reviewed and evaluated, for all year groups and courses. These must include suitable provision for SEN/POD, G&T, and EAL students
• Organising key events and extra-curricular activities that promote and further develop and engage student interest in the subject.
• Organising and ensuring effective assessments, moderation, collation and analysis of data in line with the MER calendar and quality assurance procedures.
• Analysing and interpreting relevant school data, to inform policies and department/school SEF writing
• Using performance data to inform learning episodes and therefore ensuring the Learning and Teaching continue to ‘add value
• Monitoring student progress and achievement against targets, identifying students who are underachieving and where necessary create and implement effective plans of action to support those students.
• Effectively communicating with parents through all communication channels and ensure high quality communication from all members of the department including but not limited to reports, PTCs, emails, letters.
• Engaging in Performance Management as required by the academy's policy and using the process to develop personal and professional effectiveness of self and others.
• Foster a sense of 'people' and 'team spirit' through a culture of high reward and praise.
• In collaboration with the SLT, ensure departmental systems and practices support whole academy policies and the commitment to achieving outstanding.
• Establishing effective working relationships and set an outstanding example through their presentation and personal and professional conduct
• Taking part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open evenings/afternoons, Parent Teacher Consultations, and events with partner Academy’s
• Ensure efficient and effective recruitment deployment, management and organisation of staff and learning resources.
• Ensuring that accommodation and resources are used to create an effective and stimulating Climate for Learning.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the related subject with PGCE or other teacher qualification.
• Minimum of 6 years teaching English National Curriculum
• Previous experience working with students whom English is not their first language

Job Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Passion for teaching and commitment to educating the whole child
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children
• Respect for all members of a school community, irrespective of position, gender, age and ethnic background
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life
• A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check

This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.

Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.