Middle School Science Teacher
- Middle School
- Licensed Teacher
- Bachelor
- 2 years of teaching experience
- Teaching Credential/License
- Bachelor’s degree required in a science education-related field (i.e., secondary education in science) but bachelors’ degrees in related fields (such as physical sciences; life sciences) along with verified full-time teaching experience and a teaching license could be considered
- At least 2 years related science teaching experience in a regular secondary school setting
- Evidence of current relevant professional development
Partial funished housing and meal subsidies, annual home visit/travel subsidy and recolocation allowances are also available
Responsibilities
- Teach a minimum of 4 science courses (or others as designated) per week (5 classes each course)
- Supervise 2-3 study halls per week
- Supervise student electives exploration class which meets once a week
- Work with students in primarily in the middle school, as assigned for the school year; teaching assignments (teaching assignments take into consideration a teacher’s area of interest when possible)
- Comfortable working with advanced motivated students who have strong science backgrounds
- Work on curriculum development, which includes preparing effective lesson units based on the school’s curriculum development formats using Understanding by Design (UbD), which includes using and updating this in the Rubicon Atlas system
- Promote our “Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs): global citizenship, motivated learners, healthy individuals, and persons of character
- Maintain and update timely student records including grading (homework, grade books, progress reports, report cards, student attendance, and other required documents
- Be actively involved in (at least two) extra-curricular activities as a faculty sponsor/advisor/coach/helper/school committee member
- Actively fulfill assigned supervision duties, which could include serving as a homeroom teacher
- Able to work closely with students who exhibit near English proficiency.
- Meet with parents, students and other teachers when necessary to develop interventions for students with academic or emotional/behavioral needs
- Positively and proactively communicate with parents/guardians and students when needed outside of the regular classroom
- Serve as a departmental or grade level substitute teacher when needed
- Take an active role in required meetings (grade level; departmental; committees, faculty; etc.)
- Assist with additional duties as assigned
Originally founded in 2001, the SMIC Private School was created to serve families employed by the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), one of the most advanced semiconductor companies in China. Over the years, the school’s reputation grew along with enrollment demands as we expanded to include students from outside the company as well. Today, our staff of almost 340 (of whom almost half are foreigners) serves over 2800 students in grades K-12 in both English and Chinese tracks. SMIC is a highly academic international school-style private school, which is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and is recognized by the Shanghai Education Bureau.
The English Track division offers an American-style curriculum (in English) based on US standards. Among our distinguishing features, we provide a phenomenally successful and diverse AP program (95% of our students score 3 or higher on average) and a uniquely successful Chinese language program that has fantastic student achievement results. With 462 graduates since 2006, 100% of our high school graduates since 2010 have been accepted to international colleges and universities or have gone to compulsory military service in their countries. The colleges and universities included 34 of the top 100 elite institutions in the world such as Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Brown, New York University, Rice, University College London, McGill, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Johns Hopkins. We're not only about academics, though, as we have many extra-curricular program options as well including 9 different award-winning sports programs and 51 after-school clubs for students to join.
Whether SMIC Private School students pursue academics, sports, or other extra-curricular activities, our staff and active school community encourages their efforts to aim for excellence, while retaining a sense of honor, community, and joy.