Cover / Supply Teachers - Sunmarke School

About us: 

Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.  

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.  

About Sunmarke School – Where Amazing Happens 

Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring, values-based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams. Powered by our unique signature programmes, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school, transforming young lives. This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted ‘Most Innovative School’ award at the Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London.  

Sunmarke is an all–through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students including the National Curriculum of England, GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma and Career Related Programmes. We also offer a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled in Dubai. Sunmarke School was judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school in our 3rd year of operation and ‘Outstanding’ in our British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection in 2019. 

We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey to “outstanding”. Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flagship schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.  

 About you:  

We are looking for passionate teachers that are interested in joining our supply pool to cover short, medium, and long-term positions. We welcome applications from candidates that are passionate about providing enriched learning opportunities for children in and out of the classroom. At Regent International School, we offer teachers a close-knit family and community spirit with happiness resonating in our school, our children, our parents, and working within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues. 

Supply teaching in our school offers qualified teachers a flexible way to experience working in an international environment without the commitment of a full-time contract. There may be a possibility of this position becoming a full-time role should opportunities become available.  

The candidate must be well-qualified, holding, as a minimum, a B.Ed., or a B.A & PGCE and QTS. The candidate must be proficient with experience teaching preferably the UK curriculum. This is a local contract with no benefits, however the pay scale for this position is competitive. Candidates applying for this position MUST have their own residence visa

Application Process:

If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application.  In return, you will join a rapidly evolving organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans.

Candidates are invited to complete our Online Application by visiting:  http://forteseducation.com/Careers/Current-Openings

Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai.

The closing date for applications is the 31 July 2024 . Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. The school reserves the right to make suitable appointments before the official closing date, and therefore we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process. The appointment start date will be mid-Aug 2024.

Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a satisfactory International Child Protection Certificate, plus resident country Police checks.