JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Teacher of Early Years

Department: Primary & Early Years

Reporting line: The Teacher of Early Years reports to Head of Early Years and Primary.

Job overview:
The Teacher of Early Years inspires, excites and nurture young students through a crucial stage of
their development with the aim of motivating them and using resources imaginatively to help them
learn. The Teacher of Early Years provides a safe and secure environment for young students to
develop their social and communication skills, while recording observations and summarizing their
achievements.

Duties and responsibilities:

 The Teacher of Early Years will be responsible to:
 Provide an organized, disciplined and stimulating environment in the classroom;
 Promote practical first hand experiences and other educationally appropriate activities for
individual and group learning;
 Provide consistent learning opportunities for all young students;
 Make written and/or oral assessments and evaluations of individual students and of the class
as a whole – presenting these to the Head and parents as appropriate - meeting specified
deadlines when required;
 Keep detailed and updated lesson plans (using the school’s proforma) and records of group
and individual work with the students;
 Provide regular assessment feedback to students in line with school policy and use this to
inform future learning;
 Offer support and input to the development of a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated
curriculum;
 Under the direction of the Assistant Head or other line-manager to take responsibilities for
designated areas and aspects of the area of which he/she is a member;
 Take responsibility for the care, upkeep and development of school materials and resources;
 Support and apply all Renaissance policies and procedures;
 Assist and support the process of examination and class work moderation both internally and
externally;
 Take part in the school performance management programme as required by the Head of
School;
 Promote the school positively at all times;
 Work with fellow colleagues in a spirit of mutual cooperation to maintain and enhance a pleasant
professional working environment;
 Substitute for absent colleagues when necessary;
 Undertake any other reasonable task or duty as instructed by the Head of School or any other

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 line manager;
 Attend punctually on all occasions agreed in the contract and as reasonably requested by the
Head of School or Line Manager.

Job requirements:
 A recognized Bachelor degree and PGCE or equivalent;
 A minimum of two years full time teaching experience teaching Early Years.
 Experience with the PYP preferable
 Successful teaching across the range of Early Years.

Composed by: .................................................................................. Date: ……………….

Approved by: .................................................................................... Date: ……………….

Accepted by: ..................................................................................... Date: ……………….

(Employee)

Note: All teachers at Renaissance are required to provide criminal background checks from their
home country and other countries of employ to prove that they meet the Child Protection
requirements of the school.

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