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High School/College Counselor - GEMS Education - Dubai

About the School

GEMS Bradenton Prep Academy (BPA) is an engaging international community, grounded in a culture of kindness, respect and leadership that empowers students to embrace diversity, act ethically, and lead responsibly. BPA offers the American curriculum with a broad Advanced Placement program, leading to an American high school diploma. Complementing a rigorous academic curriculum, the numerous BPA Panther athletic teams compete interscholastically in elementary, middle and high school divisions. Students also enjoy rich after school activities such as Model UN, musical theatre, robotics, scuba diving, and Week Without Walls service learning trips throughout the world.

About the Role

We are recruiting an experienced High School Counselor to join our team.

We are looking for outstanding teachers who are excited to join our world class schools and are driven to provide education at an exceptional level. GEMS teachers enjoy an outstanding school environment in which to deliver a dynamic and creative curriculum to motivated students.

Posted: September 2018

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Location	Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Start Date	September 2018
Contract Length	2 Years
Eligible Candidates	Licensed Teacher
Student Level	High School, University
Number of Vacancies	1

Job Benefits

Competitive tax free salary
Individual fully furnished accommodation
Free schooling
Private medical insurance
Annual airfares to country of residence
End of Service Gratuity

Qualifications and Requirements

Required Certificates	Teaching Credential/License
Education Required	Bachelor
Additional School Requirements
Applicants must have solid and demonstrable Counselling experience at High School level as well as ideally a background teaching within an American curriculum school Candidates who also have additional counselling experience at college level are desirable for this role You must be a fully qualified teacher and should have at least 2 years post qualification experience

About the School

In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariama, arrived in Dubai. At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world. Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services in 14 countries. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone. Our Values Academic performance is important for many reasons. It can open the door to opportunity and pave the way for future success, both in higher education and professionally; however, we believe a values-based, international education is of equal importance. Our values-driven international education is expressed through core values which are woven into every academic and extra curricular activity at GEMS schools. We live and breathe four values that form the basis of everything we do. They include: Leading through innovation Pursuing excellence Growing by learning Global citizenship With these values at our core, we encourage independent learning and empower students to embrace responsibility. Students at our top private schools learn to celebrate diversity in a spirit of understanding and tolerance that helps them become citizens of the world. At GEMS Education, we are educators first, driven by a single purpose to put a quality education within the reach of every student. From a single school founded by teachers 55 years ago, we now operate in 14 countries and are driven by the passion of over 13,000 educators. We are pioneers. Whether in our schools, as a change agent in the work we do with governments, or our foundation that champions and trains teachers around the world. We don't just look at a student or the world as they are. We see what they could be. Of course, it helps that we work with the most inquisitive minds everyday. When we hear our students ask us - "why?", we know we are equipping the next generation with skills and an environment to make a positive impact on the world today and tomorrow. What truly matters to us, above all, is how our students feel when they walk through our doors. For them we are a window into the vibrant world of tomorrow, to their future and their endless potential. Always looking forward. Always learning. This is who we are.