Head of Design & Technology
Taylor's International School Puchong
Malaysia
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 9 August 2024
Job overview
Taylor’s International School (Puchong Campus) is a leading and fast developing educational community that offers an international curriculum for over 1300 children aged between 3 and 16 years culminating in the Cambridge IGCSE examinations. With over 30 nationalities of students on roll, we are a truly international school that is very proud of its Malaysian roots and identity providing a rapidly developing, vibrant multicultural learning environment.
Our core values have been derived from the long-established Taylor’s name and aim to provide the best teaching and learning environment in which all of our students will achieve their very best academically, physically, and socially.
We are seeking to recruit a Head of Design & Technology for our Secondary School where current numbers continue to grow; the position is available from January 2025. Experience of international educational practice is a strong advantage. We are seeking passionate educators who have a strong desire to work as mentors to further develop the very best pedagogical practices in and out of the classroom.
The Head of Design & Technology in our school is the central figure who communicates with staff, parents and the senior leadership team on all areas of DT. Key responsibilities include coaching and mentoring teachers and to support the well-being and learning of the children in the year group. The responsibility also involves managing a small team of teachers and a DT technician.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for communicating design skills to learners who are keen to follow their interests in this faculty. You will have experience in teaching IGCSE Design Technology in the elements of Resistant Materials and Graphic Products to a high level. This position will report to the Head of Secondary.
Whilst, compared to many other countries, living costs in Malaysia are very competitive and our package allows for a comfortable standard of living and includes Flight allowance, Medical Insurance, Children Education Benefit and a cash housing allowance.
For more information or an informal discussion about this role please contact the Head of Secondary, moreton.michaeldavid@pc.tis.edu.my. On applying for this post, please send an up-to-date CV and supporting letter (max 2 pages) to moreton.michaeldavid@pc.tis.edu.my.
Further details regarding the School is available on our website: www.pc.tis.edu.my
Interviews will be held virtually at the moment.
Taylor’s International School, Puchong is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be expected to show evidence of their most up to date child protection screening details including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About Taylor's International School Puchong
- Taylor's International School Puchong
- No. 1, Jalan BP 14/7, Bandar Bukit Puchong 2, Puchong
- Selangor Darul Ehsan
- 47120
- Malaysia
Taylor’s International School, Puchong offers an English curriculum with a Malaysian flavour, and is located in a residential suburb south of Kuala Lumpur, near to CyberJaya and PutraJaya. TISPC caters to students from Early Years through to Year 11. The school is part of Taylor’s Education Group, Malaysia’s premier private education group which operates Taylor’s International School Kuala Lumpur, together with Garden International School, and Nexus International Schools (in Malaysia and Singapore), The Australian International School in Malaysia, as well as Taylor’s University (Southeast Asia's No 1 private university). We work very closely with our sister campus in Kuala Lumpur and have a one school on two campuses approach.
Our purpose statement is to “educate the youth of the world to take their productive place as leaders in the global community”, which encapsulates our holistic approach to education.
Taylor's International School Puchong is located in a suburb to the south of Kuala Lumpur.
The School
The school opened in January 2015 in a new award winning campus, and follows the same ethos and direction as the older KL campus.
With a current enrolment of over 1300 (with over 30 different nationalities), with mainly Asian expatriates making up about 30% of the school population), approximately 14% of teachers at the school are expatriates; with the remainder of the teachers being Malaysian.
Taylor's International School offers a holistic education, and follows the National Curriculum of England at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3, adapted for Malaysia, and also the IPC in Primary. All students study Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin. The school follows IGCSE courses from CAIE.
The Taylor’s International School brand has a clear ethos by which all schools will deliver holistic education that provides a solid grounding in raising the academic achievement of all students through inquiry processes and active learning. These schools are termed neighbourhood International Curriculum schools, as they offer the “best of east and west” - western curriculum with eastern values.
The school is very active outside of lessons, with many opportunities in sport, debate and public speaking, Music and performance.
For more information and details of the school, please see our web site at https://www.tis.edu.my/campus/puchong
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