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Bilingual Teacher of Chemistry

A well-qualified bilingual teacher of Chemistry with at least two years’ experience of teaching at Senior / High School level (UK Key Stages 3-5 or equivalent).

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum:

  • To teach Chemistry (and General Science) within the Science department.
  • To work with the Head of Science and other staff on the development of schemes of work, helping to build opportunities for:
  • Ensuring progression among all learners
  • Active learning and engagement
  • Assessment for learning
  • Meeting the needs of all learners, specifically through language support
  • ICT
  • Enrichment and external links

Learning:

  • To maintain up-to-date records of pupil progress across all aspects of performance
  • To ensure that your pupils make good or outstanding progress in Science
  • To deal effectively with behaviour, attendance and punctuality issues

Assessment:

  • To carry out the regular assessment and marking of pupils' work, according to the departmental and whole school assessment and marking policy
  • To keep records of student attainment and progress
  • To monitor student achievement against school and national data at individual student and teaching group level, and to take action to improve achievement and combat identified under achievement
  • To carry out assessment and feedback

Policy:

  • To attend relevant meetings
  • To undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the Master or Head of Science
  • To contribute to areas of departmental development as a member of the Science team

Guidance & Welfare:

Where appropriate, act as a form tutor, fulfilling the following functions:

  • To take overall responsibility for monitoring tutees’ academic and wider progress and development, acting in line with school policies in this area;
  • To review progress and support pupils in target setting and action planning;
  • To ensure that all pupils are valued and treated according to the aims of the school. 
Posted: November 2021
This is a Direct to School Job

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LocationTianjin, China
Start DateAugust 2022
Eligible CandidatesLicensed Teacher
Number of Vacancies1

Job Benefits

  • Annual Home Leave Flight Allowance for self and eligible dependents.
  • Housing Allowance for expat contracts

Qualifications and Requirements

Required Certificates
Teaching Credential/License
Education RequiredBachelor
MajorChemistry, Education
Additional School Requirements

Required Qualifications / Skills:

  • A relevant degree (BSc) and professional teaching qualification is essential
  • A passion for science and the ability to share this with as wide a range of pupils as possible
  • Excellent subject knowledge and an interest in current developments in science
  • Bilingual fluency in written and spoken English to enable effective communication with pupils and in working relationships
  • Knowledge of A-level/GCSE/IGCSE curriculums, their delivery and assessment
  • The desire to put the wellbeing each pupil at the heart of what they do
  • Excellent inter-personal skills
  • Honesty, integrity, compassion, flexibility and a good sense of humour
  • Strong organizational, self-management and problem-solving skill

 Desirable Qualifications / Skills:

  • Experience teaching A-level (or equivalent) in your subject specialism
  • Experience teaching the Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE science
  • Experience teaching and mentoring EAL students