Business Studies Teacher

Role Overview

Business Studies Teacher at International Schools Partnership. The role involves teaching Business at IGCSE and IBDP levels and Humanities at Key Stage 3, promoting a love of learning across students of all abilities while guiding them to fulfill their academic potential and raising standards of attainment and achievement.

Company Overview

International Schools Partnership (ISP) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. ISP operates on core principles: beginning with children and students at the heart of what the organization does; treating everyone with care and respect; operating effectively by focusing on what matters most; making financially responsible choices based on student and school needs; and learning continuously through personal and professional development.

ISP is committed to strengthening inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing team members regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics.

Role Purpose

To promote a love of learning across students of all abilities by delivering high-quality teaching and assessment in Business and Humanities. The teacher will take shared responsibility for planning, teaching, and assessment, guiding and encouraging students to fulfill their academic potential while raising standards of attainment and achievement and promoting high standards of literacy, communication, and critical thinking.

Key Responsibilities

Learning and Teaching

• Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions
• Establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect
• Demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour expected of pupils
• Be accountable for pupils' attainment, progress and outcomes
• Know pupils' capabilities and their prior knowledge, and plan teaching to build on these
• Guide pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts on teaching
• Encourage pupils to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study
• Maintain secure knowledge of relevant subject areas and curriculum, foster and maintain pupils' interest, and address misunderstandings
• Demonstrate critical understanding of developments in the subject and curriculum areas, and promote the value of scholarship
• Demonstrate understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and correct use of standard English
• Impart knowledge and develop understanding through effective use of lesson time
• Promote a love of learning and children's intellectual curiosity
• Set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend pupil knowledge and understanding
• Reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching
• Contribute to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within relevant subject areas
• Contribute to the development of schemes of work and department resources

Differentiation and Inclusion

• Know when and how to differentiate appropriately, using approaches which enable pupils to be taught effectively
• Have secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupils' ability to learn, and how best to overcome these
• Demonstrate awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children, and know how to adapt teaching to support pupils' education at different stages of development
• Understand the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; those of high ability; those with English as an additional language; those with disabilities; and use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them

Assessment

• Know and understand how to assess relevant subject and curriculum areas, including internal and external assessment requirements
• Make use of formative and summative assessment to secure pupils' progress
• Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons
• Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback

Behaviour and Classroom Management

• Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
• Establish clear rules and routines for behaviour in classrooms
• Take responsibility for promoting good and courteous behaviour both in classrooms and around the school, in accordance with the school's behaviour policy
• Establish high expectations of behaviour and a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly
• Manage classes effectively, using approaches appropriate to pupils' needs in order to involve and motivate them
• Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary

Professional Development and Collaboration

• Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
• Fulfill extra-curricular activity expectations and other out of hours requirements
• Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues, knowing how and when to draw on advice and specialist support
• Deploy support staff effectively
• Take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues
• Contribute fully to the extra-curricular program within the department and assist in the organization and running of curriculum days
• Attend and participate fully in staff development, staff meetings and briefings as set
• Provide cover for absent colleagues as and when necessary
• Contribute to the extra-curricular activity program as reasonably directed by the SLT and ECA Coordinator

Health and Safety

• Emphasize the importance of safety in all areas of the curriculum, communicating to pupils the importance of a responsible attitude towards personal safety, the safety of others and respect for school property and equipment
• Perform all playground duties on time and with due diligence to safeguard students
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
• Ensure that all necessary health and safety rules and procedures are being followed
• Maintain awareness of all health and safety measures to be taken when in school
• Be fully aware of Health and Safety across the school

Parent Communication

• Communicate with parents on a regular, informal basis and deal with day to day queries
• Attend Parents' Evenings as required and provide accurate, honest information regarding pupil progress at these meetings
• Report to parents in written form twice yearly or when required by the SLT
• Communicate effectively with parents with regard to pupils' achievements and well-being

General Professional Responsibilities

• Complete all other tasks that can be reasonably expected of a teacher
• Be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in teaching from an accredited institution
• Meet professional teacher education requirements of school
• Child Care and Protection certification
• Three years' full time teaching experience from an accredited institution
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of school curriculum (English National Curriculum – Primary) and associated assessment methods
• Up to date curriculum developments knowledge
• Proven leadership and management skills
• Experienced curriculum and team leader
• Application of effective teaching and learning theory and practice of providing effectively for the individual needs of all children, including classroom organisation and learning strategies

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to develop good personal relationships within a team
• Effective and experienced communicator, written and verbal, to a variety of audiences
• High level of IT competency
• Strong planning and time management ability
• Interpersonal skills including tact, courtesy and patience
• Passionate about delivering quality education
• Able to command respect of pupils, colleagues and parents
• Organised with proven ability to meet deadlines
• Driven by wanting to improve quality and develop the school
• Reliable with an attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Critical thinker
• Safeguarding and welfare of children focus

Additional Information

All teachers are expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct by treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher's professional position. Teachers must have regard for the need to safeguard pupils' well-being, show tolerance of and respect for the rights of others, and not undermine fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Teachers must ensure that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils' vulnerability or might lead them to break the law. Teachers must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.

Teachers must have an understanding of, and always act within, the cultural expectations of UAE and the policies and expectations of the school which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.

All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous ten years' employment history.

Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.