Job Description

Agency

Aga Khan Academies

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Region

South Asia

The requirements

Required Attributes:

• Knowledge and understanding of education in and beyond Bangladesh, as well an understanding and a commitment to the IB programmes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the capacity to interact well and communicate effectively with students, parents and colleagues within a diverse and pluralistic society.
• Strong demonstration of a team player with the ability and willingness to develop effective skills and attitudes in other adults, including colleagues.
• Commitment to inspiring and motivating students with regard to their personal growth and academic attainment.
• Self-starter, able to initiate ideas and act proactively

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in an education related field.
• Professional Teaching Qualification.

Valued additional assets:

• Master’s degree in Education
• Understanding and experience of education and educational standards beyond Bangladesh
• Intercultural appreciation and sensitivity. Able to appreciate diverse cultural contexts and perspectives and use them to enrich the educational experiences of the students.

Skills:
Experience and Technical Skills

• Previous IB teaching.
• Trained as an IBE
• Comfortable and adept with information technology

Other Skills and personal traits

• Excellent command of English and preferably Bangla – both written and oral.
• Knowledge and understanding of Subcontinent cultures.

The position

Purpose
To provide students with learning experiences that are engaging, relevant, challenging and significant through enabling enquiry, based on the beliefs and values of the IB within the context of the mission and ethos of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka. To ensure that all students make progress in their learning, to monitor this progress and plan interventions, as necessary to maximise each student’s achievements.

Main responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for the pastoral care of the students including maintaining records of individual students.
• Plan and implement a variety of learning engagements following the academy's language policy regarding dual language use, that promote inquiry, creativity, and critical thinking.
• Provide stuandnts with learning experiences that are individually differentiated to accommodate a range of abilities and learning styles.
• Teach within the philosophy of the IB PYP framework.
• Integrate the Aga Khan Strands into the teaching and learning programmes.
• Authentically assess, record, track and report on the progress of all students, using a range of monitoring and assessment strategies.
• Develop learning environments as inviting, nurturing and interactive through the appropriate use, storage and care of displays, resources and students’ work.
• Communicate necessary programme information to all stakeholders.
• Actively and collaboratively participate in the life of the Academy as a whole, in and out of normal school hours.
• Display and model professionalism, including through interactions with students, parents and colleagues.
• Model the Learner Profile attributes.
• Participate actively in the Appraisal for Growth process as a member of the Academy’s professional learning community.
• Develop collaborative relationships with colleagues and promote effective teamwork within assigned sections, including direct supervision and support of grade level Teaching Assistants.