Primary Homeroom Teacher (Lower Primary)
Optics Valley Ulink School
Wuhan, China
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary and bonus scheme, housing allowance, flight allowance, bonus scheme
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 31 July 2024
Job overview
ABOUT US
Optic Valley International School (OVIS) opens its doors to pupils in January 2023. It provides American curriculum to many foreign passport holders within the Optic Valley area of Wuhan. Housing up to 300 pupils from kindergarten to Grade 12. We are a boutique styled school offers small classes of less than 24 kids with international teachers from many different countries. Optic Valley International School aims to provide a diverse subject options to all its pupils. The main focal language of all subject teaching will be in English with only language lessons taking place in Chinese.
ABOUT THE CITY
With a 3,500-year-long history, Wuhan is one of the most ancient and civilized metropolitan cities in China. As the capital city of Hubei Province, Wuhan lies in central China on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads, and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities. It is also recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational, and transportation center of central China.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Primary Homeroom Teacher will work to prepare and maintain the classroom environment that facilitates a holistic growth for students. The homeroom teacher will be responsible for the planning, teaching, and learning within the year groups, be accountable for high standards within classroom, be collaboratively active cross department, and ensure continuously improving throughout the curriculum.
Applications from candidates who can start earlier are welcome.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Create an inspiring and caring learning environment for students to learn and grow
• Ensure creativities and high standard in teaching and learning
• Share responsibly for curriculum design, development, and enhancement
• actively participate in school events
• Ensure continuity with the Primary curriculum and inter-disciplined approaches in daily teaching
• To maximize opportunities to develop and enhance the curriculum by designing and implementing activities inside and outside classroom, e.g. visiting speakers, undertaking field trips etc...
• Foster an atmosphere in your class and with parents that shows commitment to the well-being and growth to each student, socially and academically;
• To be responsible to all pastoral needs of pupils.
REQUIREMENTS
• At least a Bachelor's Degree in relevant subject area
• A recognized teaching qualification (eg. B.Ed., M.Ed., iPGCE, QTS/iQTS), NQTs (Newly Qualified Teachers) are welcomed to apply;
• Two years Full-time Classroom teaching Experience in mainstream education sector is preferred;
• Teachers who are currently in China is preferred;
• American curriculum teaching experience is a plus, ideally with an international educational setting;
• Strong sense of responsibly and pastoral care for students;
• Willingness to actively engage in the academic enrichment and extra-curricular activities
• Be collaborative and effectively work as a team
• Be committed to maintaining and improving the high standards of teaching and learning.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
• competitive salary including a generous bonus scheme
• housing allowance
• annual airfare allowance
• medical insurance
• professional development
• work permit and residence permit
APPLICATION
Applications should include: a personal statement, full CV, and contact information of three referees, including one from your latest/current employer.
About Optics Valley Ulink School
- Optics Valley Ulink School
- 28 Fozuling 3rd Road, East Lake High-Tech, Development Zone, Wuhan
- Hubei
- 430205
- China
Wuhan Ulink College of China Optics Valley (Ulink College Wuhan) is a growing school that was opened in Aug 2014. We are a Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) authorised center that offers IGCSE/A-Level curricula to Chinese students aged 14-19.
We are a member of Ulink Education Group, the first school to introduce Cambridge A-Level into China 15 years ago. Up to date, Ulink Education Group has campuses in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou and Wuhan, with more than 3000 graduates, of which, more than 130 were admitted into Oxbridge. We are the only school in China that has been awarded Excellence in Education by CAIE (formerly CIE).
Ulink College Wuhan is committed to developing professional practices of being student-centered, supporting students in their whole-person development and preparing them for an international life style. Our graduates, although not many, have been admitted to some of the top universities in the world, such as University of Oxford, Imperial College, UCL, Univesrity of Warwick in the UK, McGill University, University of Toronto and UBC in Canada and Australia National University, Melborne University, University of Sidney in Australia.
Wuhan, where our school is located, is centrally situated in China with 4-5 hour high-speed train access to some major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Wuhan itself is a city with both an ancient history and a thriving present with rich cultures, surrounded by beautiful landscapes and abundant places of historic and cultural interest. To name a few: the Three Gorges Dam is the world’s biggest hydro-electric project; Shennongjia Mountain is listed in the UNESCOs program of Man and Biosphere and Wudang Mountain is in the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritages.
When you first arrive in Wuhan, we will have a dedicated Admin team to help you settle down and provide continuous support during your stay to make life easier for you. Great attention will be given to teachers’ professional development. All newly joined teachers will be provided with a free Cambridge teacher account to access Cambridge teacher resources. Teachers new to Cambridge will be offered opportunities to participate in online or face-to-face trainings. Experienced Cambridge teachers will be offered opportunities to do extended CAIE trainings. We are about to become a PDQ center of CAIE and able to offer Cambridge’s teacher training and development programs within the school. As a member of Ulink Education group, we also provide our teachers with platform to exchange ideas, experiences and resources with fellow subject teachers in other Ulink schools.
As a young and expanding school, we have 260 students now and expect to grow that number to 300 soon. We provide great potentials for career growth. Experienced teachers will be able to take mentor/trainer roles; teachers who want to grow to leadership roles will also be given opportunities to become head of department or senior administration roles.
We are looking for professional teachers with a growth mindset, passion in education, hardworking and willing to contribute and make a difference in the whole-person development of teenagers in a multi-cultural school environment.
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