Middle/High School Visual Arts Teacher

Reporting to: Secondary School Principal

Job profile

Seeking talented innovative progressive educators to develop an invigorating safe, supportive, and stimulating learning ecosystem in a state-of-the-art purpose-built facility.  The ideal talented individual should be empowered to make the greatest positive impact on the community, embrace all learners within his or her learning environment, promote inquiry through questioning while employing the Socratic method, be principled, and be committed to the well-being of self and students.

Description of position

The International School of Kuwait (ISK) is seeking inspirational Middle and High School Visual Arts Teachers who can develop the vision and mission while implementing a rich curriculum, which lies beyond the traditional scope of education. 

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Middle or High School Teacher of Visual Arts who has a record of ensuring high academic performance for his or her students in a diverse, language-rich environment. He or she will be skilled at forming and maintaining relationships with a broad range of individuals and across areas of difference such as cultural background, linguistic heritage, race, socio-economic status, and family structure. Teachers are responsible for planning the indoor and outdoor classroom environments to provide a positive, creative and stimulating context for learning and teaching built on a climate of trust and teamwork by being fair, consistent, caring, respectful, and enthusiastic.  Prospective teachers should be passionate to work in this incredibly diverse community with cultural competence and placing an emphasis on integrity, well-being, inquiry, empowerment, inclusivity is a requirement. 

The duties and responsibilities of an ISK Middle/ High School Teacher, include: 

• Following the School’s philosophy of child and adolescent development to promote the physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual growth of students
• Planning and executing a clearly defined environment that is arranged to promote independence, foster decision-making, and encourage initiative and involvement
• Creating dedicated learning centers for creative and innovative thinking
• Creating a classroom that promotes and reflects inquiry of the world in which the students live
• Creating displays that document the students’ learning process and creativity
• Observing the students and documenting their progress to plan further learning and to evaluate and assess their development
• Engaging students in learning by using a variety of contemporary teaching strategies to meet individual learning needs
• Supporting and enhancing student learning through the use of digital integration and technology
• Having daily discussions with members of the teaching team along with scheduled weekly team meetings to coordinate work and strengthen collaboration
• Establishing an inspiring, respectful, positive, safe student-centered environment that is conducive to learning
• Developing and using a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies to guide teaching and learning, while catering to individual students’ needs
• Providing meaningful and constructive, honest and regular feedback to students about their learning and progress
• Keeping parents informed of children’s progress by maintaining records of academic performance, attendance, and participation
• Reporting on all elements of student development at student-parent-teacher conferences
• Developing and presenting lesson plans by using a variety of teaching models (Pathways to Teaching) and techniques (Pathways to Learning)
• Maintaining good disciplinary order and child safety standards in the classroom, on the school’s campus, and while on bus and vigilance duties
• Maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy educational environment on campus and educational visits
• Updating professional knowledge by attending regular faculty meetings, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations that result in enhancement of student learning
• Using the school’s student information system to keep and maintain records and to facilitate communication
• Ensuring the classroom physical layout maximizes learning and collaboration while providing a safe and nurturing environment
• Facilitating learning through a range of strategies, in individual, small, and large group settings in a positive and differentiated learning climate
• Participating in the implementation and review of the curriculum
• Taking on ad hoc tasks as negotiated by the Middle or High School Principal
• Maintaining a commitment to professional ethics, international-mindedness, and the school’s vision, mission, and core values
• Aligning student assessment with expected learning outcomes and the school’s Assessment Policy
• Supporting all school policies and procedures
• Leading community initiatives to develop and build a sense of equity and inclusion within the school while maintaining a strong sense of community among staff, parents, and students

Application for position

All applicants in the talent pool must provide a Letter of Interest that addresses the duties and responsibilities for the desired position. In addition, a curriculum vitae/ résumé must accompany the Letter of Interest and three references must be provided, one of which must be the applicant’s current employer. References will not be contacted until a firm Offer of Employment is made.

For teaching positions: Philosophy of Teaching will need to accompany all CVs/ Résumés.  

Al Ekhlas International Education and the International School of Kuwait are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expect the same from all of its employees.  All new employees will be subject to enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and employment checks to include exploration of any gaps in employment history and two satisfactory employment checks.