United Lisbon International School
United Lisbon International School
Welcome to the United Lisbon International School, a new world-class international school in central Lisbon, next to the Park of Nations. United Lisbon is opening doors in September 2020 for students in Early Childhood (from 3 years) to grade 9.
United Lisbon is a modern and innovative international school, offering English-language academic programs from Early Childhood (as of three years) and to grade 12, with a challenging curriculum based on US-standards and leading to internationally acknowledged university-preparatory programs including the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (United Lisbon is a candidate school and pursuing authorization for the Diploma Programme).
We offer education that matters tomorrow: a school providing education inspired by and fit for the 21st century; an international education founded on rigorous standards of excellence, seamlessly integrating technology into the learning environment. We want our students to embrace the opportunities created in tomorrow’s world.
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Elementary Homeroom Teacher TENTATIVE
This is a tentative position, and will likely only be filled in late spring if at all.
Elementary homeroom teachers are responsible for teaching language arts, math, science and social studies using an integrated, thematic approach. The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and NGSS (science) and NCSS (social studies) using the Common Ground Collaborative format.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
Elementary homeroom teachers are responsible for teaching language arts, math, science and social studies using an integrated, thematic approach. The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and NGSS (science) and NCSS (social studies) using the Common Ground Collaborative format.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
Gr. 6-9 Language Arts / Social Studies Teacher TENTATIVE
This is a tentative position, and will likely only be filled in late spring if at all.
United Lisbon seeks a teacher responsible for teaching language arts and social studies at grade levels 6-9. The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and is designed to link with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in grades 11 and 12.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
United Lisbon seeks a teacher responsible for teaching language arts and social studies at grade levels 6-9. The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and is designed to link with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in grades 11 and 12.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
Music K-9
The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and subject specific standards, using the Common Ground Collaborative format. Specialist team members are expected to collaborate with homeroom teachers, especially at the ES level to jointly teach using themes as much as possible.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
Art K-9
The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and subject specific standards, using the Common Ground Collaborative format. Specialist team members are expected to collaborate with homeroom teachers, especially at the ES level to jointly teach using themes as much as possible.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
Library Resource Specialist
The United Lisbon curriculum is based on US common core, and subject specific standards, using the Common Ground Collaborative format. The Information Resources Specialist provides an inviting environment and access to print and digital resources to both students and faculty with a goal of supporting student literacy and the joy of reading/researching. Close collaboration with classroom teachers and technology specialists is a priority.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.
We seek certified teachers excited about joining and helping develop a new school in the heart of Lisbon. With our vision to empower and inspire the young generation for a sustainable world, we seek to provide rigorous educational programs and instil skills and values the young generation will need to be successful in tomorrow’s world of the 21st century.
Consideration will be given to candidates who:
• Bring the excitement and ability to “build” United Lisbon in a team effort, developing its full curriculum, policies and structures that are needed for effective learning within a positive community;
• Have training and/or experience with the Common Ground Collaborative, Microsoft Innovative Educator Program, IBPYP approach, Understanding by Design (UbD), or similar innovative programs;
• Use student-centered instructional strategies and activities, including student-developed projects of interest;
• Approach unit and lesson planning in a thematic way, such as thinking about learning as involving “competencies, concepts and character”;
• Use varied forms of assessment to drive instructional decisions for individual and groups of students;
• Are comfortable and adept at integrating technology and digital resources inside and outside the classroom;
• Value, seek and use student feedback;
• Collaborate willingly with colleagues, administration, parents and students;
• Demonstrate initiative, grit and perseverance; and
• Demonstrate the desire for on-going professional growth.
Members of the opening faculty team (available from 10 August 2020) will have the unique opportunity to co-create a welcoming and interesting community, based on the work of skilled educators who have spent more than a year planning the basis of the school’s program. Excited, dedicated, innovative and collaborative educators are welcome to join us on this exciting journey of opening a new world-class school.
United Lisbon representatives will be interviewing at the ISS Schrole recruitment fairs in Atlanta (December 2019) and New York (February 2020). Preference will be given to candidates interviewed in person.