Overview

GEMS Dubai American Academy

Job Description

   

Job title:

Teacher

Direct reporting line:

Principal

Dotted reporting line:

Head of School, Assistant Head of School, Assistant Principal

Work unit:

GEMS Dubai American Academy

City & Country:

Dubai, UAE    

Job Purpose

 

To ensure that each student achieves academic success, develops a lifelong love of learning and becomes a responsible citizen in a global community. This goal will be accomplished through the offering of an enriched American curriculum taught by a highly qualified faculty committed to motivate students and work in partnership with parents.

Job Scope

 

Responsible for teaching and supervising students, student activities and Educational Assistant, if assigned.

Interfaces with

 

Administrators, colleagues, faculty, staff, students, and parents, outside agencies, and other GEMS employees. 

Key Accountabilities

 

  • Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.
  • Ensure that GEMS policies, procedures, and codes of conduct are followed at all times.
  • To model and encourage a culture of kindness.
  • To display a wide variety of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies that meet individual student needs and abilities:
    • Effectively meets the learning needs of late-entering students, ESL students, students with low academic ability and those who are gifted and talented;
    • Skillfully uses verbal and non-verbal communications;
    • Previews and communicates learning objectives to students in a clear, logical and sequential manner.
  • To display evidence of superior preparation for classroom instruction:
    • Uses appropriate examples and illustrations to motivate ALL students;
    • Creates and utilizes appropriate materials for instructional purposes;
    • Assesses and adjusts the classroom environment to provide for a variety of learning styles;
    • Provides a variety of information which enriches the curriculum;
    • Draws from a variety of instructional resources to enhance lessons, instruction and content based on DAA standards;
    • Shows written evidence of preparation upon request.
  • To display competence and confidence in using media and technology:
    • Effectively uses computer instruction for both self and students in order to integrate and enhance classroom lessons;

    • 1. Skilled teacher with solid commitment to teaching and learning and strong subject knowledge in relevant area.  

      2. Excellent communication skills able to build relationships with students and colleagues and contribute to wider school life. 

      3. Professional commitment to becoming an exceptional teacher.

      Education

      1. University degree with teaching emphasis or completion of teacher preparation program. 2. Profes

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      Job Details

      Job Location
      Dubai, UAE
      Company Industry
      Education
      Company Type
      Employer (Private Sector)
      Job Role
      Education
      Joining Date
      2025-01-06
      Employment Status
      Full time
      Employment Type
      Full Time Employee
      Manages Others
      No

      Preferred Candidate

      Career Level
      Mid Career – Over 2 years experience
      Degree
      Bachelors

      About This Company

      GEMS DUBAI AMERICAN ACADEMY



      Education



      Dubai, United Arab Emirates


      http://www.gemsaa-dubai.com

      GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA) is GEMS Education’s flagship American school. Offering both an enriched American Curriculum and the International Baccalaureate Diploma to students from around the world, DAA prepares its students for success in the world’s most prestigious universities and colleges. DAA is the only American curriculum school in Dubai to receive the KHDA rating of Outsta… nding and has received this rating since 2011.

      With over 20 years of history and academic excellence, DAA is one of the most sought-after American schools in Dubai. The school’s outstanding heritage is coupled with its future design focus which embeds creative design, cutting-edge robotics and digital fluencies at its core. Through teaching, learning and innovation, students develop a mastery of multiple literacies and fluencies to support genuine world-class learning, personal growth and future readiness. DAA offers a diverse range of extra-curricular, athletic, and leadership opportunities to enrich the holistic development of each student. In addition, our original and growing WISE initiative pulls efforts of wellness, inclusion, safeguarding, and social-emotional health into a coordinated effort to support students for holistic well-being, supporting them in their growth and in their learning.

      Our staff teaches and inspires excellence in academics and life-long learning skills by continually reviewing and building an enriched American curriculum, promoting student achievement, encouraging integrity and nurturing a desire to learn.
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