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Physical Education Teacher

school
Northwest Bilingual School
location
Kuwait, Kuwait
salary
US 2500 - 3500 a month
housing
Furnished single accommodation
airfair
Round trip ticket to home of record
Start date
Start August 2024
1 year
1
  • Elementary
  • University Graduate
  • Bachelor
  • 2 years of teaching experience
  • Bachelors in Physical Education
  • Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
  • Use initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines
  • Ability to analyze data and recommend effective solutions
  • Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to read and stay abreast of current topics in education.
  • Ability to effectively assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, leadership team, and stakeholders.
  • Round trip ticket to the home of record
  • Furnished single accommodation

General Responsibilities:

Responsible for creating a positive educational climate for students to learn in, develop positive sportsmanship, and their physical abilities.  Creates lesson plans, and assessments, administers praise and constructive criticism, and creates a well-rounded, comprehensive instructional program. Physical education (PE) teachers organize games and challenges that promote physical activity among children and young adults from kindergarten to high school. Their goal is to develop motor skills and physical development among younger children and proper exercise and eating habits among older children. PE teachers must adjust their curricula to adapt to children with disabilities or different physical abilities. PE teachers also coach sports teams.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate and encourage a learning experience that provides students with the opportunity to achieve their potential.
  • Contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
  • Share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
  • Organize PE/sports workshops for staff and parents when appropriate.
  • Be a role model for students, inspiring them to be actively interested in PE.
  • Maintain appropriate records and provide relevant accurate and up-to-date information for the school assessment system.
  • Complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of students.
  • Set expectations for staff and students about standards of achievement and the quality of learning & teaching.
  • Prioritize and manage time effectively, ensuring continued professional development in line with the role.
  • Follow the school policies and procedures.
  • Ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support where appropriate.
  • Maintain discipline by the school procedures, and encourage good practice about punctuality, behavior, standards of work, and homework.
  • Work with colleagues to develop activities that link with the units of inquiry where possible.
  • Promote aspects of personal development related to PE
  • Update professional knowledge and expertise as appropriate to keep up to date with developments in teaching practice and methodology, in general, and in the curriculum area of PE.
  • Promote PE learning through out-of-hours’ activities.
  • Ensure a high-quality learning environment within the PE area assessment, feedback, and tracking: To lead, monitor, and evaluate the assessment and feedback to students in line with whole school and department policy
  • Follow department monitoring and tracking systems relating to student’s attainment, progress, and achievement: mark, grade, and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required.
  • Assess students as requested by external examination bodies, curriculum areas, and school procedures.
  • Assess, record, and report on the attendance, progress, development, and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required.
  • Complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of students
  • Alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students.
  • Communicate as appropriate, with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the school concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff.
  • Where appropriate, to communicate and cooperate with persons or bodies outside the school.
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Northwest Bilingual School is a private, college-preparatory school that instills a passion for learning, builds character, and inspires civic and social responsibility. Incorporating a rigorous, U.S. curriculum and advanced technology, Northwest Bilingual School empowers students to become contributing leaders of tomorrow. Northwest will maintain its lead in being the highest quality, comprehensive school in the region priding itself in incorporating within its curriculum an understanding of and respect for the Arabic language and Islamic values within our global society.

Quality Teaching, Exceptional Learning; Excellence in Learning; Focused on Quality, Founded in Integrity;

Today's Students, Tomorrows Leaders; Quality and Excellence in Education

Philosophy Statement

Committed to continuous improvement, Northwest Bilingual School provides an excellent standards-based academic program within the framework of the best research-based educational practices in which students develop character, an awareness of the natural and social environments, and essential skills preparing them to face the challenges of our rapidly changing world.

The philosophy and objectives of this private, bilingual school support a U.S. curriculum in the rich cultural setting of the Middle East where students receive an immersion English language program.  Northwest Bilingual School welcomes families from all countries knowing that this association of students of different backgrounds helps develop a clear understanding and appreciation of the global world in which they live.

Designed to meet a wide range of individual needs, the Northwest Bilingual School experience stresses the worth and dignity of all students and provides them the opportunities to progress intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically to their greatest potential.

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