Recent Vacancies at American International School of Johannesburg

Qualifications:

The Mathematics teacher should have the following:

• Secondary license or certification for teaching Mathematics with a preference for a master’s degree.
• Successful experience teaching Mathematics.
•  Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders.
• 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 various current social media forms. 
• An active online profile.
• Successful experiences with advisory programming.
• Successful experiences with inspiring or leading innovative practices.

Performance Responsibilities:

Teachers at AISJ are expected to:

• Communicate and liaise regularly with fellow team department/grade members about planning, assessment, parent and community contact, subject organization, and classroom issues, including discipline, expectations, and routines.
• Moderate assignments regularly.
• Communicate and liaise with other school colleagues to 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 developing social and emotional curricular materials.
•  Participate in and assist with school events as required.

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Qualifications

• Grade 12 or Matric
• National Diploma in Human Resources Management or relevant qualification
• A degree in Human Resources Management will be advantageous.
• SAGE, VIP, SAP certificate
• Driver’s license 

Attributes

• Attention to detail, systems-oriented, organized, and analytical.
• Excellent communication skills in English and sound ability to communicate effectively across all levels.
• Self-motivated, honest, high integrity, courteous and helpful
• The ability to function well under pressure, prioritize matters, and act on them accordingly.
• The ability to function independently and in a team, take initiative, show commitment, and be motivated to achieve tasks in the required time frame.
• Coordinating time and resources well and demonstrating strong interpersonal and mediation skills with a positive attitude.
• Needs to be culturally aware with good ethics, problem-solving, and visionary thinking competencies.
• Continuously pursue to improve skills through on-the-job or external training.
• Understands the importance parents play in our community, that education is the key proponent in the organization, and that we serve the students and parents.
• Demonstrate aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Multilingual with a strong command of English will be an added advantage.

Preferred skills and experience

• A minimum of 5 years of HR experience
• HR experience in an independent or international school will be an added advantage.
• Sound understanding of the HR  role and its evolution in the workplace. 
• Sound knowledge of the South African Labour Laws
• Sound understanding of the Migration processes of expatriate staff.
• Previous experience in sourcing accommodation/ houses for expatriates
• Excellent administrative skills and experience 
• Strong mediation and negotiation skills
• Sound emotional intelligence traverses cross-cultural diversity 
• Experience in VIP or Sage Payroll 

Key Performance Indicators

• Effective recruitment and selection process
• Smooth and efficient On-boarding process
• Effective staff engagement through HR Policies and Processes orientation through the HR Portal
• Smooth admin and payroll process
• Sound exit management process. 

Performance responsibilities:

Recruitment and selection

• Support faculty on the recruitment process (advertising, Interviews, and the entire onboarding process)                 
• Ensure the coordination of the mobilization and demobilization process for expat employees.   
• Support faculty during contract renewal and administrate letter of intent.            
• Work with Principals to screen teaching candidates and plan and direct a program for selecting and assigning the best-qualified personnel where and when appropriate. 

Payroll and Administration

• Ensure proper employee filing updates.                
• Ensure insurance coverage and awareness to all faculty members.                     
•  Ensure payroll input is accurate, authorized, and submitted on time.  
• Ensure that utilities are paid timeously and deducted via payroll.
• Provide information and support during the payroll audit.   
• Ensure opening and closure of bank accounts and deal with possible inconveniences in advance.                  
• Receive and review qualifications against the pay scale.                  
• Play an active role during annual salary increases for faculty.                         
• Facilitate the car hire and car loan process and due administration.               
•  Negotiate and coordinate house leases for overseas staff and manage landlord and tenant deposits with the legal and finance offices.
• Obtain quotes for and payment of annual home leave airfares for overseas staff. 

Mobilization and demobilization

• Identify housing needs and negotiate lease costs.                            
• Ensure proper allocation of houses (fully furnished)                          
• Ensure agility when dealing with housing or residential challenges.                
• Be available to receive new teachers in the houses.
• Provide guidance to school administrative and supervisory personnel in matters relating to employee relations!
• Engage in actively advocating, promoting, and securing the rights of all persons regarding the educational enterprise of which he/she is a part.
• Coordinate administrative efforts, interpret ideas and decisions to staff and the public, keep management informed of pertinent division developments and events, and seek their counsel or decision as necessary.
• Ensure organizational compliance with performance management cycles across departments.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with school grievance and disciplinary procedures.
• Maintain and support management with discipline in the workplace and ensure industrial relation protocols and procedures are applied consistently across the board to all categories of employees.

Business Partnering 

• Attend regular meetings and serve actively to improve communication, cooperation, and planning.
• Provide information and support to management concerning HR–faculty matters.
• Be available to Faculty staff and/or Principals for general consultation on both Campuses.
• Ensure that Faculty staff are aware of the HR procedures and guide them during the process.
• Ensure that all employees are covered by medical aid, life cover, funeral, etc.
• Provide administrative support to Principals on all HR-related activities.

Contracts and Benefits

• Coordinate and enhance legal compliance of the faculty to the HR governance and ethical standards.
• Supervise the transitional support for new overseas hire teachers (visa acquisition, housing, orientation, vehicles, shipping, air travel, settling in allowances, etc.)
• Serve as liaison between employees and insurance benefit providers for medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Select houses for new overseas staff members.
• Assist in preparing new houses for occupation, including maintenance, cleaning, and furniture.
• Assist in preparing new faculty housing kits, including linens, crockery, cutlery, pots, pans, etc.
• Assume administrative responsibility for adequate property inventories under his/her jurisdiction, including overseas teacher houses. 

Policies and Procedures

• Coordinate activities such that HR faculty responds effectively to South African legislative changes in employee relations.
• Coordinate the planning, development, and revision of personnel management procedures and keep the Faculty Handbooks updated.
• Coordinate and keep the HR pages of the AISJ website updated concerning Faculty.
• Other duties may be assigned.

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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.

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Teaching Degree with emphasis on intellectual and developmental disabilities, master’s preferred.
• Current Teaching Certificate.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to design Individualized learning Plans.
• Experience using assessments to set goals and design learning experiences for students with complex needs.
• Ability to conduct Functional Behavior Assessments and create Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Understanding of post-secondary transition planning and ability to facilitate futures planning for students.
• Ability to modify core curriculum to provide opportunities for students to participate in general education classes.
• Experience teaching students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an inclusive setting.
• International Experience preferred.
• Experience leading professional learning among teachers.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Highly self-directed.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as case manager for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Create Individual Learning Plans and Pathways for students.
• Coordinate futures (transition) planning for students.
• Collaborate with general education colleagues to modify general education curriculum.
• Design and implement individualized curriculum for students.
• Manage the schedules and work of teaching partners supporting the students.
• Communicate with general education teachers proactively and consistently.
• Promote a positive learning environment.
• Engage in ongoing professional learning around inclusive education.
• Lead professional learning at AISJ around inclusive education.
• Contribute to the development of expanded services at AISJ to meet the needs of a wider range of learners.
• Protect the safety and wellbeing of children.
• Undertake professional duties that may be reasonably assigned by the Principal.
• Assist with after school activities.
• Adhere to supervision duties as assigned by administration.

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Qualifications

The Design Technology teacher should have:

• Secondary license or certification for teaching with a preference for a master’s degree.
• Successful experience teaching Design Technology / Robotics, Electronics and Coding.
• Recent training and/or experience in Design Technology / Robotics, Electronics and Coding.
• 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:

• The Middle School Design Technology teacher will teach five periods of an eight-period rotating block schedule.
• The assignment of this subject is dependent upon the strengths of the successful candidate and will be made by the principal.
• A 35-minute Advisory period happens three times per week and is also included in the teacher’s responsibilities. Weekly team meetings will occur (or more frequently if required).
• PGCT AISJ values continuous improvement and provides weekly professional growth and collaboration time from 2:00pm to 4:00 pm on Wednesdays.

In addition to the subject responsibilities, teachers at AISJ are welcomed into a collegial and collaborative working environment. In support of this teachers are expected to:

• Communicate and liaise on a regular basis with fellow department/grade members about planning, assessment, parent and community contact, subject organization, and classroom issues such including discipline, expectations, and routines.
• Communicate and liaise with other school colleagues to promote and establish integrative links and/or awareness.
• Take an active role in behavioral management and pastoral care of class and advisory groups.
• Attend and constructively contribute to staff and department/grade meetings.
• Lead co-curricular after school activities.
• Assist in supervision of student breaks.
• Coordinate class activities as deemed necessary.
• Contribute to and support school improvement plans and initiatives.
• Maintain up-to-date records of assessment, attendance, planning, reports, conferences, and communication with parents.
• Establish regular links with your parent community to ensure that parents are kept well informed about student progress.
• Assist, as required, in the development of curricular materials.
• Act as a resource/contact/support for new staff members (i.e., curriculum, schedules, procedures).
• Chaperone annual Classroom Without Walls class trip.
• Participate in and assist with school events as required.