Job Description
- Drive improvements in teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum planning in line with best practices.
- Develop, support and monitor the implementation of action plans at the levels of the cluster as well as individual schools.
- Design and deliver professional development opportunities to enhance teaching and learning practices and coach and monitor the implementation of the introduced strategies and approaches.
- Collaborate with other departments in the school to ensure that the approaches adopted in the Arabic and Islamic departments align with best practices in other school departments wherever possible.
- Ensure that schools implement robust assessment approaches and make effective use of data in Arabic and Islamic.
- Ensure that the team implements effective documentation and evidencing processes.
- Support school leadership in conducting performance evaluations for teachers and heads of departments.
- Develop approaches to enhance parental engagement across phases.
- Ensure that the schools identify and adopts digital tools and platforms effectively.
- Ensure that schools are compliant in terms of teacher recruitment, curriculum etc.
- Organizing and managing school events, programs, and assemblies
Skills
- B.A. in Arabic language or Islamic Studies or Education / B.ED in Education (desirable).
- At least 2-3 years of relevant leadership experience (head of department or pedagogy coach or equivalent).
- At least 5 years of teaching experience
- Experience providing support to teams.
- Proven record of positive impact on Arabic and/or Islamic improvement in a school
- Experience as a senior/middle leadership team member (desirable)
- Understanding of Modern language teaching practices
- Ability to implement effective and impactful approaches for capacity building
- Ability to manage and lead change
- Excellent data analysis skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to foster collaboration
- Ability to communicate effectively in both Arabic and English
- Subject knowledge expertise (Arabic and/or Islamic)
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