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Primary Homeroom Teacher

Dingwen Academy Hangzhou

Hangzhou , China

Fully furnished on-campus staff apartment

Annual flight allowance between the home country and Hangzhou

Start August 2025

Job
School

Contract Length: 3 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

Elementary

Eligible Candidates:

Licensed Teacher

School Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor
Minimum Teaching Experience: 3 years of teaching experience
Major: Education, English, Linguistics
Work Visa Eligibility: United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand

Additional School Requirements:

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or above in education, linguistics, English, etc;
A recognized teaching certificate, such as a PGCE from a reputable institution;
Experience working with Chinese teenagers or students from non-native English backgrounds is an advantage;
Excellent communication skills, especially in a cross-cultural environment;
Ability to establish amiable links with students and proactively communicate with students;
Passionate educator, student-centered teacher, excellent cross-cultural communicator, and life-long learner.

Job Benefits:

High-end health insurance;
Tuition waiver;
Meals;
Relocation allowance.

Job Description:

Overview: Our primary school is currently looking for primary teachers to join our team. The role will teach bilingual students English (including English language and English vocabulary of Math and Science) and create an immersive English language learning environment. The role will also work with Chinese homeroom teachers to share homeroom duties. Education for International Understanding is proactively practiced by our primary school, in which teachers will teach relevant courses. It is important to appreciate that this is a new school, and we are committed to being flexible and supportive of our students’ success.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and implement well-structured lesson plans that align with the relevant subject area and grade levels and ensure that they meet the curriculum objectives.
Utilize a variety of teaching materials and methods to engage students and comprehensively deliver content.
Objectively grade assessments and provide constructive feedback and reports to students and parents.
Prepare students for tests, exams, contests, presentations, experiments, or other assessments.
Monitor students’ overall well-being and liaise with school counselors and other staff members to address any concerns or issues.
Build rapport and professional relationships with students, colleagues, and parents.
Provide additional support and interventions to students who are struggling and offer extra resources to those who are excelling.
Provide support and supervision in student night self-study periods.
Teach Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) and Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA), fostering the holistic development of students outside of the core curriculum.
Participate actively in school life, including school events, open days, parent-teacher conferences, and school publications.
Conduct field trips to enhance students’ experiential learning and connect classroom lessons to the real world.
Attend professional meetings and ongoing learning initiatives such as workshops, lectures, conferences, and other events to expand professional networks.
Keep up-to-date with the latest theory and practice.
Administrative duties as assigned, such as tutorship.

This is a Direct to School Job

About the School:

Hangzhou Dingwen School is a newly built world school with Chinese characteristics, committed to cultivating future leaders who are rooted in China and promote global progress.

The school is located in the north section of the University Town in Qiantang District, Hangzhou, bordering the Qiantang River to the east, the moat to the south, and the golf course to the north. It is surrounded by more than 100 acres of greenery and is located "above the park". It is scheduled to open in 2024.

School supporting facilities

The school has a building area of ââ178,000 square meters and is constructed by international first-class modern standards. It has complete equipment and facilities. It has a 50-meter-long swimming pool with a total of 8 lanes, a performance hall that can accommodate 800 people and a 400-square-meter black box. Sub-theatre, 400-square-meter outdoor standard playground, primary and secondary school indoor sports halls, primary and secondary school libraries (including 2,500 square meters of secondary school library). In addition, Dingwen School provides more than 230 teacher apartments and more than 450 student dormitories to meet the living needs of teachers and students.

Curriculum structure

In the compulsory education stage, the school will organically integrate cutting-edge educational theories and teaching methods at home and abroad based on implementing the national curriculum syllabus and achieving "integration of China and the West, learning from the East and the West" in the curriculum. In addition, in addition to cultivating students' intellectual and moral education, the school will rely on the superior campus environment and plans to offer sports courses such as Mini Golf, Art, and Canoeing, to achieve the overall "moral, intellectual, and physical" development of students. development.

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