Teacher - Physical Education - Yasmina American School - Female (AY26/27)

Role Overview

Teacher - Physical Education at Yasmina American School in Abu Dhabi, a female position starting August 2026. Aldar Education seeks an outstanding Physical Education teacher to deliver high-quality American curriculum education in a student-centered, dynamic learning environment.

Company Overview

Yasmina American School in Abu Dhabi offers high-quality American curriculum education with innovative learning and a supportive environment. The program fosters curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking while nurturing each child's potential in an engaging environment that encourages a love for learning and personal growth. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Role Purpose

To deliver outstanding Physical Education instruction to students from Kindergarten through Grade 8, creating a climate conducive to excellent learning and teaching while fostering curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. The role encompasses curriculum delivery, assessment, safeguarding responsibilities, and contribution to the school's strategic vision and whole-child development.

Key Responsibilities

Planning, Preparation, Teaching and Lesson Management

• Create a climate conducive to outstanding learning and teaching.
• Identify clear teaching objectives and specify how they will be taught and assessed.
• Set tasks that challenge students and ensure high levels of interest.
• Set appropriate and demanding expectations.
• Set clear targets, building on prior attainment.
• Provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation, and challenge.
• Make effective use of assessment and ensure coverage of programmes of study.
• Make effective use of performance data and key indicators to inform planning and deliver differentiated learning matched to need.
• Ensure effective teaching and best use of available time.
• Maintain an effective learning environment in accordance with the academy's procedures and encourage good practice regarding punctuality, behaviour, standards of work, and homework.
• Ensure students acquire and consolidate knowledge, skills, and understanding appropriate to the subject taught.
• Evaluate your own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.

Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, and Reporting

• Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use them to improve specific aspects of teaching.
• Mark and monitor students' work and set targets for progress.
• Use performance data to inform planning to ensure learning and teaching continue to add value.
• Assess and record students' progress systematically and keep records to check work is understood and completed, monitor strengths and areas for development, inform planning, and recognise the level at which the student is achieving.
• Undertake assessment of students as requested by examination bodies, departmental, and academy procedures.
• Prepare and present informative reports to parents.

Curriculum Development

• Take part in subject or aspects of the academy's work and develop plans which identify clear targets and success criteria for its development or maintenance.
• Contribute to the whole school's visioning activities.

Strategic Alignment and Compliance

• Assist academy in achieving its overall vision and strategic intentions and 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 fulfil the role of performance management reviewer if directed by the Principal.
• Engage in annual training linked to child protection, safeguarding, and health and safety, together with all training deemed appropriate for academy improvement or performance management.
• Comply with the academy's staff dress code at all times, including the wearing of photo ID and lanyard.
• Comply with the academy's computer Acceptable Use Policy at all times.
• Attend all staff briefings.
• Sign out and sign in at relevant academy reception if off site at any point during the normal working day.

Professional Conduct and Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop a working knowledge of teachers' professional duties and legal liabilities.
• Know your subject(s) and specialism(s) to enable effective teaching.
• Establish effective working relationships and set an outstanding example through presentation and personal and professional conduct.
• Endeavour to give every child the opportunity to reach their potential and meet high expectations.
• Cooperate with other staff to ensure sharing and effective usage of resources to the benefit of the academy, department, and students.
• Take part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open evenings and afternoons, Parent Teacher Consultations, and events with partner academies.
• Liaise effectively with parents.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Education or other related field with a teaching qualification.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in Physical Education from Kindergarten up to Grade 8 (desirable but not essential).

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of volleyball, basketball, and athletics.
• Experience in delivering exams.
• Experience in coaching and leading high-level sports teams.
• Previous experience working with students for whom English is not their first language.
• Passion for teaching and commitment to educating the whole child.
• High level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children.
• Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities.
• Respect for all members of a school community, irrespective of position, gender, age, and ethnic background.
• Positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
• Genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.

Additional Information

• A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check is required.
• Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.