International School Dhaka seeks an inspiring MYP and DP French and English B teacher to join our team in August of 2021. This position includes teaching MYP French and English Acquisition classes and DP French Ab initio and English B classes. Experience with MYP and/or DP is preferred. ISD is an inclusive school that values holistic learning, collaborative practice and service to the community.

International School Dhaka (ISD) is a co-educational day school, founded in 1999 for students from age 2 through Grade 12.
We are an IB World School, managed by ISS, accredited by CIS, NEASC, and a member of EARCOS.
The school aims to provide a high-quality education for both the local and the international community. Currently, ISD has over 400 students from 25 nationalities and over 105 professional staff from 19 countries. The majority of graduating students attend universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The school is recognized by the Bangladesh Ministry of Education, accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). We are also authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

Learn more about the ISD community:
Website: www.isdbd.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSchoolDhaka
LinkedIn: https://bd.linkedin.com/school/international-school-dhaka-isd/

At ISD we Inspire, Empower and Embrace.
Our new colleague should connect with these Guiding Statements as they encompass what ISD stands for.

General responsibilities
Ensure a physically and emotionally safe environment for students through positive framing, kind communication with students and adults, and predictable, consistent routines;
Use classroom and behavioural management strategies that are positive, structured, consistent, respectful, and responsive to student needs, to build a safe, orderly, inclusive and positive classroom community;
Use a wide array of data to make instructional choices and create specific action plans to increase student achievement, including dynamic student grouping for small group instruction;
Utilize an effective approach to behavior management, time management, classroom organization and appearance, planning, teaching, and monitoring learning;
Demonstrate an understanding of inquiry and give students choices to show their understanding;
Encourage students to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all students in activities;

Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance;
Respect all deadlines set out by the PYP Coordinator and the IB, and keep proper documentation.

Curriculum related responsibilities
Plan Units of Inquiry and lessons by following IB curriculum framework collaboratively with the PYP Coordinator, Specialist teachers, and Advancement Centre teachers;
Plan, execute and assess Math lessons using the “My Pals Are Here” curriculum, based on the Singapore Math method of working;
Plan, execute, and assess Reading and Writing lessons using the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project workshop model and materials;
Write and implement learning objectives that are challenging and measurable;

Other responsibilities
Take an active role in the wider community, participating in extracurricular activities, school trips, and extension activities as necessary;
Be responsible for communicating effectively with external stakeholders as parents on the individual progress of students through all means used at ISD. This includes being responsible for: report cards, Seesaw messages, parent meetings upon school’s or parents’ request;
Take on active supervision during scheduled duties;
To maintain confidentiality of privileged information about students, faculty members, and administration;
Coordinate appropriate and ongoing displays of student work;
Read and properly use the IB guidelines for PYP
It is our responsibility at ISD Primary to ensure fun in learning!

Collegiate Responsibilities & Expectations:
Understand and live the school’s mission.
Contribute positively to staff morale.
Work as a team player.
Create and maintain a safe and positive working environment and relationship with the Teaching Assistant (TA). Making sure the TA is involved, challenged, and valued, and that the TA is given suitable responsibilities;
Maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, line managers, and administrators.
Maintain professional relationships with students, parents, and staff.
Take part in all training provided by the school, both internal and external.
Be prepared to report back about training and/or provide in-service to colleagues.
Actively participate in Appraisal Procedures.
Represent the school by being a good role model.
Model the qualities of the IB learner profile and attitudes and be an active member of the learning community.

General responsibilities
Ensure a physically and emotionally safe environment for students through positive framing, kind communication with students and adults, and predictable, consistent routines;
Use classroom and behavioral management strategies that are positive, structured, consistent, respectful, and responsive to student needs, to build a safe, orderly, inclusive and positive classroom community;
Use a wide array of data to make instructional choices and create specific action plans to increase student achievement, including dynamic student grouping for small group instruction;
Promote positive inclusion of students with individual needs into the ISD community;
Develop and adapt conventional teaching methods in collaboration with homeroom and subject teachers to meet the individual needs of students in order to deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students;
Demonstrate an understanding of inquiry and give students choices to show their understanding;
Encourage students to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all students in activities;

Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance;
Respect all deadlines set out by the PYP Coordinator and the IB, and keep proper documentation.
Be involved in identifying all levels of needs, planning and reviewing appropriate and effective interventions;

Curriculum related responsibilities
Plan Units of Inquiry and lessons by following IB curriculum framework collaboratively with the PYP Coordinator, Specialist teachers, and teachers;
Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students;
Set strategic targets for teaching and learning for students with individual needs and develop Individual Learning Plans (ILP) for those students having additional needs in conjunction with the Advancement Centre Leader;
Support the collaborative implementation of the student’s current Individual Learning Plan with teachers, teaching assistants, shadow teachers, students and parents;
In collaboration with the Advancement Centre leader to support and advise homeroom teachers to define appropriate activities for the students and to maintain and update all appropriate data and reports;
Every child is unique; therefore, the approaches and teaching methods and techniques used by te AC learning support teacher with each specific student will differ;

Other responsibilities
Take an active role in the wider community, participating in extracurricular activities, school trips, and extension activities as necessary;
To maintain discretion and confidentiality of private information about students, faculty members, and administration;
Be responsible for communicating effectively with external stakeholders as parents on the individual progress of students through all means used at ISD. This includes being responsible for: report cards, Seesaw messages, parent meetings upon school’s or parents’ request;
Work with the team to develop and implement the School’s strategy for the Advancement Centre so that it integrates with the major objectives of the school development plan and the school’s Inclusion Policy;
Be involved in delivering guidance and professional development to shadow teachers and other teachers.
Liaise with parents and if required other agencies outside of school, such as the medical profession, social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists;
Take on active supervision during scheduled duties;
Coordinate appropriate and ongoing displays of student work;
Read and properly use the IB guidelines for PYP.

Collegiate Responsibilities & Expectations:
Understand and live the school’s mission.
Contribute positively to staff morale.
Work as a team player.
Create and maintain a safe and positive working environment and relationship with the shadow teacher. Making sure the shadow teacher is involved, challenged, and valued, and that the shadow teacher is given suitable responsibilities;
Maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, line managers, and administrators.
Maintain professional relationships with students, parents, and staff.
Take part in all training provided by the school, both internal and external.
Be prepared to report back about training and/or provide in-service to colleagues.
Actively participate in Appraisal Procedures.
Represent the school by being a good role model.
Model the qualities of the IB learner profile and attitudes and be an active member of the learning community.

The International School Dhaka seeks an experienced MYP English Language and Literature teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. This position includes teaching MYP English and Literature classes. Experience with MYP and working with English language learners is preferred, but not required. ISD is an inclusive school that values holistic learning, collaborative practice and service to the community.

International School Dhaka seeks an inspiring DP Economics and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) teacher to join our team in August of 2021.

International School Dhaka (ISD) is a co-educational day school, founded in 1999 for students from age 2 through Grade 12.
We are an IB World School, managed by ISS, accredited by CIS, NEASC, and a member of EARCOS.
The school aims to provide a high-quality education for both the local and the international community. Currently, ISD has over 400 students from 25 nationalities and over 105 professional staff from 19 countries. The majority of graduating students attend universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The school is recognized by the Bangladesh Ministry of Education, accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). We are also authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

Learn more about the ISD community:
Website: www.isdbd.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSchoolDhaka
LinkedIn: https://bd.linkedin.com/school/international-school-dhaka-isd/

THE POSITION
It is expected that the Primary Principal will model the qualities of the IB learner profile and attitudes and the ISD mission to Inspire, Empower and Embrace. The duties includes, daily leadership for the Primary School, promoting high standards, and establishing effective channels of communication.
QUALITIES
The Primary Principal must demonstrate 5 key areas of leadership.

 
Technical Leadership
Demonstrate the capacity to optimize the school’s financial, human and physical resources through sound management practices and organizational systems that will contribute to the achievement of the school’s vision, in alignment with ISD’s guiding statements and the specific goals of the Primary School.
Capabilities
- Think and plan strategically
- Align resources with desired outcomes
- Hold self and others to account

Humane Leadership
Demonstrate the ability to foster a safe, purposeful and inclusive Primary School learning environment, and a capacity to manage and develop constructive and respectful relationships with staff, students, parents, and other members of the community.
Capabilities
- Advocate for all students
- Develop relationships
- Develop individual and collective capacity

Educational Leadership
Demonstrate the capacity to lead, manage, and monitor the Primary School’s improvement process through a current and critical understanding of the learning process and its implications for enhancing high-quality teaching and learning in every Primary classroom.
Capabilities
- Shape pedagogy
- Focus on progress, cultivate leadership in others
- Promote inquiry and reflection

Symbolic Leadership
Demonstrate the capacity to model important values and behaviors to the Primary school and community, including a commitment to creating and sustaining an effective professional learning community within the Primary School and supporting this across the entire school.
Capabilities
- Develop and manage self
- Align actions with shared values
- Create and share knowledge
 
Cultural Leadership
Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of effective schools and a capacity to lead the Primary School community in promoting a vision of the future, underpinned by common purposes and values that will secure the commitment and alignment of community members to realize the potential of all students.
Capabilities
- Shape the future
- Develop a unique ISD school climate and culture, hospitable to education
- Sustain partnerships and networks with the broader community