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PE Teacher

school
Ignite School
location
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
salary
US 2830 - 3540 a month
housing
Housing allowance paid to employee for self or furnished hotel apartment
airfair
Annual flights from to home of record (Economy Class) for self, taken once during annual leave
Start date
Ongoing
2 years
1
  • Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School
  • Licensed Teacher
  • Bachelor
  • 2 years of teaching experience
  • Physical Education
  • Teaching Credential/License
  • Education Required: Bachelors/Master’s Degree
  • Minimum Teaching Experience: 2 years of teaching experience
  • Valid teacher certification for the subject and level you are being hired to teach.
  • 2 years of recent professional work experience in Education field as Science in US curriculum.
  • Minimum of Bachelor’s degree and ideally a Masters.
  • Candidates must have experience of teaching in a US school district offering the Common Core State Standards or NGSS Standards (English, Math, Science)
  • Tax-free salary paid on a scale linked to teaching experience up to 13,000 AED per month.
  • Housing allowance paid to employee for self or furnished hotel apartment
  • End of service gratuity.
  • Joining and departure economy class flights to/from Dubai to home of record for self.
  • Annual flights from to home of record [Economy class] for self-taken once during annual leave.
  • UAE medical insurance for self.
  • 2,000 AED settling in allowance.
  • 2-year renewable contract with option for renewal.
  • Visa processing costs (excluding document certification) for self.
  • Excellent career and leadership prospects.

Teach in Dubai! PE Teacher is required for August 2021.

Ignite School recruits motivated, dynamic, qualified and experienced international faculty who are best able to engage our students in creative and innovative learning.  The staff of Ignite School are themselves supported with a peer-led professional learning community shaped by reflective practice and collaboration. 

Ignite School shapes creative and innovative “21st century citizens of the world” through a sustainability-focused, student-centered learning environment that celebrates diversity.  We seek to instill exemplary character and life-long learning skills in our students through inclusive school life programs and extracurricular activities that empower and challenge the realization of potential in each of our individual learners.  Every Ignite School student feels welcome, accepted, safe, valued and happy.  Host-country national students feel they have the potential to make a valuable social, cultural and economic contribution to the wellbeing of their local community and to their country. 

The American curriculum is rigorous, relevant and service-oriented with curriculum design that adheres to international best practice. Our inquiry-based learning model provides a platform for development of creative processes that weave together sustainable development, science, mathematics, [coding and design] technology, analysis, logic, debate and innovation.  Our holistic approach to learning encourages the physical, social, intellectual and emotional development of our students through real world experiences as well as inside our high quality learning facilities.  With the aid of learning technology, students develop the 21st-century citizenship skills of critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, cognitive flexibility, emotional intelligence and creativity. 

Interviews are conducted through Google Meet

This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job

Ignite School offers a KG1 to Grade 12, American education experience leading to a High School Diploma for Emirati and expatriate students.  The Ignite School curriculum aligns to the New York State Learning Standards, which includes the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards (moving to NYS Next Generation Standards) as well as KHDA guidelines.  

Ignite School commenced classes in September 2018 and now has more than 1400 students enrolled for KG1 to Grade 9.  We anticipate opening Grades 10 and 11 in 2024/25 followed by Grade 12 in 2025/26 with a capacity for 2,000 Emirati and expatriate students.  High School will offer Advanced Placement tracks.  We have just achieved NEASC candidacy status and expect full accreditation in 2023/24.

When you join the Ignite School Community in Dubai and you will have the unique opportunity to shape school culture, develop and promote best teaching practices and experience living in the UAE.

Our vision is for all young people to experience that learning has lasting value beyond their life at school.

Our mission is to know the need of every student, collaboratively creating a student-centered, sustainable 21st-century learning environment that fosters leadership, social cohesion, creativity, responsibility, and ambition providing a catalyst for abilities of lasting relevance to emerging.

Learning at Ignite is a student-centered and engaging process of acquiring new knowledge and skills. This empowers our students to be responsible and respectful global citizens, preserving Emirati and global cultural values. Ignite students will be our future leaders and life-long learners who will be resilient, creative, inquisitive, and collaborative forces within their communities.

The “Core Values” that best express what we strive to impart to our students are  Collaborative, Respectful, Responsible, Creative, and Leadership.

Come join our team!

This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job
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