JHB Middle School Drama Teacher at American International School of Johannesburg

Qualifications

The Drama teacher should have:

• Secondary license or certification for teaching with a preference for a master’s degree.
• Successful experience teaching Drama.
• Recent training and/or experience in Drama.
• An understanding of teaching to both academic and dispositional competencies.
• Knowledge and application of contemporary teaching and learning theories and practice in design education, including differentiation and inquiry.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, teachers, and others.
• Positive attitude and proven belief that all students can learn.
• Ability to differentiate instruction for all learners.
• Ability to establish and participate in collaborative structures.
• Proven ability to develop successful academic programs.
• Proven ability to moderate assignments at all levels to ensure collective understanding of achievement.
• Proven ability to use learning data to explore and improve teaching and learning practices.
• Ability to engage students in language learning activities using a variety of current social media forms.
• An active online profile.
• Successful experiences with advisory programming with an understanding of Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
• Successful experiences with inspiring or leading innovative practices.
• An ability to collaborate with effectively with peers (Adaptive Schools Training Preferred).

Preferred skills and experience

• Strong organizational and time management abilities.
• A team player with the ability to take initiative.
• Knowledge of or demonstrable willingness to use diverse materials to create like wood, plastics, etc.
• Knowledge of and experience teaching Electronics, Robotics, Lego NXT, CAD, and 3D design.
• Experience with and/or understanding of curriculum and assessment development, particularly standards-based
• assessment and planning using understanding by design.
• Using hands on activities and assessment to help students make connections to the world around them.
• Technology integration.
• Personalized Learning.

Performance Responsibilities:

Teachers at AISJ are expected to:

• Communicate and liaise on a regular basis with fellow team department/grade members with regards to planning,
• assessment, parent and community contact, subject organization and classroom issues including discipline,
• expectations, and routines.
• Moderate assignments on a regular basis.
• Communicate and liaise with other school colleagues promote social and emotional awareness.
• Take an active role in the advisory of class groups.
• Constructively contribute to, staff meetings.
• Maintain up-to-date records of assessment, attendance, planning, reports, conferences, and communication with parents.
• Engage in ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Establish links with the parent community to ensure that parents are kept well informed about student progress.
• Assist, as required, in the development of social and emotional curricular materials.
• Act as a resource/contact/support for new staff members (i.e., curriculum, schedules, procedures)
• Participate in and assist with, school events as required.