The School captures the essence of Hong Kong education and combines the 25 years of AISL’s forward-looking educational experience, providing a world-class educational experience that empowers innovation and technology, embedded within the renowned Harrovian holistic journey forged over the past 450 years. Along with the AISL’s abundant educational experience and significant resources in the Greater Bay Area, the School implemented a cutting-edge approach that delivers dual academic pathways that include both Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and aims to become an educational hub focusing on STEAM, innovation, and the nurturing of bi-literate, trilingual (Cantonese, Mandarin, and English) talents of tomorrow. Empower, inspire, and care for pupils thereby enabling them to achieve their very best as independent and accomplished learners who develop lifelong values, passions and competencies.

Responsible for setting high standards of teaching and learning within the classroom, including:

• High expectations of pupils in every aspect of their work.
• A commitment to academic excellence and the development and implementation of schemes of work to ensure that each pupil develops at an appropriate pace through differentiated planning and teaching.
• Achieve excellent public examination results.
• Establish effective methods of formative and summative assessment of pupils’ work and use them to enhance each individual pupil’s learning.
• Use rewards and sanctions effectively.
• Provide high quality written and verbal reports to parents.
• Keep up-to-date with subject developments outside the school.
• Foster a spirit of academic enquiry among pupils.
• Plan, prepare and evaluate lessons, activities and learning and teaching strategies through the maintenance of a professional teaching plan, in active collaboration with peers and individually as necessary.
• Be open and adaptable to changing circumstances and guidelines.
• Contribute to and maintain consistency with internal and relevant external marking schedules and moderation procedures.

Contribute to the development of the subject, including:

• Be actively involved in the development and creation of schemes of work, contributing to subject teaching and pedagogical approaches by sharing knowledge of best practice.
• Be actively involved in the teaching and learning development programme, providing and receiving constructive feedback as appropriate.
• Make positive contribution to the subject Super Curriculum and Co-curricular programme.
• Undertake administrative tasks that are designated by the Head of Subject and contribute to a sense of teamwork and aiding professional development.
• Advise pupils with options choices relevant to the subject and with university applications and supporting them in preparing for such applications.
• Active involvement in academic and other learning enrichment trips, including residentials.
• Participate positively in meetings, follow policies and generally contribute to the effective and efficient running of the school.

Offer an effective contribution to pastoral care in the School, including:

• Monitor the work of class pupils, providing guidance, advice and support, fostering self-esteem.
• Actively maintain the high standards of behaviour and dress of pupils in the classroom and in all school locations and activities.
• Follow policies with regard to the health and safety of pupils both on and off the school premises when pupils are under the school’s jurisdiction.
• Take a pastoral interest in pupils in curriculum and extra-curricular activities and around the school environs so that they feel noticed, valued and cared for.
• Help students with strong links and mutual support within each House shape the House’s unique character.
• Act as Tutor in one of the Upper School boarding or day Houses to a group of boys and/or girls (day pupils and boarders) as designated by the pastoral leadership of the School.
• If a Tutor in a boarding House, undertaking supervision duties in that boarding House in line with duty expectations.
• Implement safeguarding practices and procedures at the School.
• Build strong relationships with parents through effective parent-teacher communication and home-school meetings and/or workshops as appropriate.
• Undertake other reasonable duties (including cover for classes) as requested by members of the Senior Leadership Team and any duties that the Head Master/Mistress deems necessary for the effective operation of the school.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in any field.

Qualifications

• Appropriate degree, with secondary education teacher training (in Secondary Biology education) recognised in Hong Kong (or the UK/mainland China), or other equivalent teaching qualification giving QTS.
• Working experience and knowledge of the Secondary Biology Curriculum issued by the CDCHK or the KS1/3 and KS2/4 National Curriculum of England.
• Proficiency in English for teaching purpose.
• Evidence of relevant and challenging continuing professional development.
• Acceptable personal and professional background checks with the ability to be allocated unsupervised access to children (as reported via an International Child Protection Certificate background check and/or appropriate police and other checks from relevant countries of present and previous residence/work).

Knowledge

• A strong understanding of effective classroom pedagogical practice within a secondary school level setting.
• Familiarity with the National Curriculum of England, including subject specifications at HKDSE or IBDP.

Experience

• A minimum of two years of experience as a classroom practitioner.
• If teacher training qualification was obtained during the last 3 years, please submit lesson observation records signed by a practicum supervisor when submitting your CV.