Head of Subject: Teacher of Science at Safa

Head of Subject: Teacher of Science at Safa

**POST: Head of Subject - Teacher of Science at Safa Community School, Dubai**:
The school has proven GCSE and A-Levels results over the past three years. The school’s GCSE Value Added is +1.8. A brief summary of the whole school performance is listed below.

**School Results**

9-8 % - 42%

9-6 % - 77%

9-4 % - 98%

**2021 School Value Added is +1.8**

**General Professional Responsibilities**:
The professional duties of a teacher shall be deemed to include the following duties:

- Teaching, including planning and preparing courses and lessons, setting and marking of work and assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment in line with the school’s expectations and policy.






- Using data to inform classroom teaching, monitoring and tracking student progress and putting in place timely interventions.
- Preparing students for public examinations, assessing students for the purposes of such examinations, recording and reporting such assessments attending meetings connected with the conduct of public examinations.
- Communicating and consulting with the parents of students, including the writing of reports.
- Attendance at parents’ evenings and open evenings.
- Maintaining good order and discipline among the students he/she is teaching.
- Participating in departmental meetings and Open Evenings.
- Working as a member of a team in the shaping of departmental policy and practice, the introduction of curricular initiatives, the preparation and development of programmes of study and methods of teaching and assessment.
- Participating in administrative and organisational tasks in order to ensure the smooth running of the department.






- Keeping up to date with curriculum innovation, participating in arrangements for CPD, contributing to his/her own professional development.
- Working collaboratively with support teachers in the classroom.
- Taking responsibility for the monitoring and support of a beginning teacher taking his/her class, if appropriate.
- Setting work for his/her classes where absence is known in advance and setting work for absent colleagues where required.
- Taking responsibility for a designated area of the curriculum, administration or curriculum innovation or project.
- Carrying out other tasks as reasonably directed by the Head of Department.
- Familiarising themselves with the DSIB inspection framework and the expectations of outstanding teaching and learning in the UAE.






- Being supportive of UAE initiatives and cultural expectations.
- Will hold relevant qualifications and QTS.
- Is able to teach up to A-Level.
- Have an understanding of assessment and examination requirements for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
- Be an outstanding teacher with the ability to demonstrate outstanding practice and progress of students.
- Works effectively as part of a team.
- Has a willingness to develop as a professional, taking opportunities to train further within the department, or outside to progress in their career.

**Note**:
**Application Process**:
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- Submit a full resume / CV.
- Submit a covering letter of no more than two A4 pages.

**Important Note**:






**_ Safa Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. Applicants will be required to submit a current police criminal clearance check or equivalent from their home country or current country of residence prior to appointment._**

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