Teacher - Grades 3 and 4

Teacher - Grades 3 & 4

Fairfield International Academy in St. James is seeking a Teacher for Grades 3 & 4

Teacher’s Focus

● To understand, embrace and facilitate student access to and integration of the school’s curriculum.

● To participate actively in the overall progress and development of every student, providing all students with the highest level of personable, professional and holistic support for their success.

● To facilitate and encourage an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment where students excel with the international, entrepreneurial and socio-emotional vision of the school’s mission and vision.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

● Bachelor’s Degree in Education

● Three years’ experience teaching Grades 3 or 4

Key Roles

● Excellence in classroom teaching, employing best practices in education

● Proper oversight of student health, safety, discipline and ethical development

● Appropriate and professional communication at all times with all relevant stakeholders

● Understanding completely and integrating school’s learning management system to communicate daily with parents and students about student learning and adjustment.

● Working in very positive manners with colleagues and other relevant professionals associated with the school community

● Leadership and authority in preparing your students for PEP and other external assessments

● Personal and professional development in your field(s) of responsibility

Teaching

● Plan and teach daily well-structured lessons, adhering to the curriculum while challenging students at or above their level

● Communicate absences and tardiness immediately to the School Secretary

● Ensure that you cover your classes completely daily, giving fair notice to the Assistant Principal when that is not possible, with lesson plans, coverage, and contingency plans to ensure student learning is not interrupted or impaired

● Promote daily progress, work habits, skill development and outcomes for students

● Earn unpretentiously students’ respect for your authority and mastery of your subjects and curriculum

● Educate all your students creatively, using differentiated learning strategies at all times

● Engage students in ways that invite them to celebrate their strengths and manage their weaknesses

● Assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required

● Provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students including formative and summative assessments

● Ensure a high-quality learning experience for students which meets internal and external quality standards

● Prepare and update content materials and utilize technology in lessons

● Use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to student needs and demands of the syllabus

● Maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.

● Lead the assessment of students for external examination bodies and school exam procedures

Whole-school organization, strategy and development

● Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, as indicated in the staff and family handbooks

● Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school, on and off campus

● Work with others on curriculum and student development to secure coordinated outcomes

● Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach

Health, safety and discipline

● Promote the safety and well-being of students

● Maintain good order and discipline among students, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a strong and safe learning environment

Working with colleagues and other relevant stakeholders

● Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school to meet school goals and initiatives

● Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues

● Communicate effectively with students, parents and guardians

Personal and professional conduct

● Take part in the school’s evaluation procedures

● Take part in further training and development in order to improve your own teaching

● Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional development of others

● Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school

● Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality

● Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out their professional duties and responsibilities