Job Description

Agency

Aga Khan Schools

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Region

South Asia

The requirements

SPECIFICATIONS (Candidate profile):
Required Attributes:

• A minimum of two years’ experience teaching senior school science. (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) in Edexcel/ Cambridge/ IB program..
• 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 regards to their personal growth and academic attainment.
• Self-starter, able to initiate ideas and act proactively.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Professional Teaching Qualification.

Valued additional assets:

• Master’s degree in Education
• Experience of bilingual 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 teaching experience of senior school Science, (Physics, Chemistry and Biology).
• Comfortable and adept with information technology including MS Office and Managebac

Other personal traits

• Excellent command of English (at C1 on the ECFRL scale) and preferably Bangla – both written and oral.
• Knowledge and understanding of Subcontinent cultures.

The position

The Aga Khan Academy Dhaka is the fourth Academy in the global network of the Aga Khan Academies. It features state-of-the-art facilities, a multicultural student body and an experienced team of educators and staff. It aims to develop meritorious young men and women into homegrown ethical leaders, offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum from the Primary Years Programme to the Diploma Programme and provides a rich opportunity for teachers and students to grow professionally and personally.

Purpose:
To build an innovative Science curriculum, for Senior School which prepares students from Bangladesh to be ethical and pluralistic leaders for their communities. To provide students with learning experiences that are engaging, relevant, challenging and significant through enabling inquiry, based on the beliefs and other values of the IB within the context of the mission and ethos of the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka. To ensure that students make progress as a result of their learning, to monitor this progress and plan interventions, as necessary, to maximise each student’s achievements.

Main responsibilities:

• Planning and implementing a variety of learning engagements that promote inquiry, creativity and critical thinking. Providing students with learning experiences that are differentiated to accommodate a range of abilities.
• Effective teaching of the senior school students, Approaches to Learning, Global Contexts, Service as Action and the integration of digital assessment.
• Being responsible for the pastoral care of the students including maintaining records of individual students.
• Working collaboratively to design and plan the senior school science curriculum for the Academy including the completion of Unit Planners, subject continuums, and interdisciplinary learning.
• Work with colleagues across the network of the Academies to align curriculum for senior school.
• Integrating the Aga Khan Strands into teaching and learning.
• Authentically assessing, recording, tracking and reporting on the progress of all students, using a range of monitoring and assessment strategies.
• Use data to inform decisions about students’ learning.
• Developing learning environments as inviting, nurturing and interactive through the appropriate use, storage and care of displays, resources and students’ work.
• Communicating necessary programme information to all stakeholders.
• Actively and collaboratively participating in the life of the Academy as a whole, including some evening and/or weekend activities in the residential programme
• Contributing to the development and implementation of strong extracurricular and service learning programme in line with the mission and vision of the Academies.
• Displaying and modelling professionalism.
• Participating in and contributing to the Academy’s Professional Development programmes.
• Participating actively in the Appraisal for Growth process as a member of the Academy’s professional learning community.
• Developing the necessary documentation as instructed by the program coordinators.