Female Elementary Homeroom Teachers
- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher
- Bachelor
- 1 year of teaching experience
- All subjects
- Teaching Credential/License
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Education. Only applicants with a Bachelor's degree in education will be considered.
- A minimum of 1-year teaching experience.
- Female applicants only.
- Evidence of interpersonal relations skills, i.e., dealing with parents, students, and teachers.
- Ability to read & write English with clarity and conviction.
- End of service indemnity: Half a month's salary for each year taught at AAG for the first 5 years of service and a full month's salary starting with the 6th year and onward, received upon completion of service.
- Relocation allowance: 120 KD, payable upon arrival
- Personal days: 3 per academic year (10 KD paid for each day not used at the end of the year)
- Sick leave: 6 per academic year
- Contract: Paid over 12 months, including school holidays, with pay
- Emergency leave: Handled case-by-case
- Bereavement leave: Five days with pay/five days without pay for immediate family members
- Airline ticket: Provided to and from your point of origin every summer
- Extra baggage allowance: 65 KD
- Housing: Furnished apartment (2 bedrooms) with phone, free utilities, and cable TV
- Transportation: Provided to and from school
- Medical care: Subsidized private (90% paid by Board) health insurance
- Professional Dev: Provided by the school
- Dependents: 40% discounted tuition for dependents
Responsibilities:
- Develop unit, weekly, and daily plans.
- Maintain pupil records of achievement
- Use assessment results to determine the next steps of growth on a class-wide basis or for individual students.
- Plan and prepare assignments, experiments, assessments, demonstrations, teaching aids, bulletin boards, newsletters, etc.
- Plan, organize, and supervise students at assemblies and other special programs, making a professional contribution to overall school operation.
- Meet with parents, at teacher, parent or principal's request, at Parent/Teacher conferences, at Open Houses and other such events, and as needed during the year.
- Maintain consistent, honest, and, whenever possible, positive communication with parents throughout the year by responding to or initiating contracts through phone calls, meetings, or agenda notes.
- Work positively and professionally with all students and their families.
- Attend supervision duties on time.
- Meet report card expectations and due dates as set by the principal.
- Attend Grade level meetings.
Participate productively in:
- All team meetings
- All Elementary staff meetings
- Child Study meetings when required
- All professional development days, meetings, and/or workshops
- Curriculum development
- Instructional in-services
- Textbook adoption programs
- Meetings with parents, either initiated by the school, teacher, or parent
AAG has been in existence since 1996 providing educational programs to Kuwaiti girls. AAG is a single-gender school for girls that uses an American curriculum that is aligned with Common Core Standards to prepare all students for success in Early Childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels, university, careers, and community leadership.
Our school has four divisions:
We have 975 total students enrolled in our school. All our core subjects: English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are taught in English as the primary language except for Arabic, Religion, and Koran classes which are taught in Arabic and the curriculum comes from the Ministry of Education. Our school offers an array of opportunities academically including AP courses and extra-curriculum activities such as Athletics, M.U.N., Academic Games, After-school clubs, etc.
In addition, we offer Arabic as a Foreign Language for those students who have permission from the Ministry of Education. AAG consists of a staff that is diverse and dedicated to ensuring our students are successful.
Licensed teachers can teach in Kuwait's private international schools for the chance to experience life in the Middle East while earning an excellent salary and benefits. Hot and sunny year-round, Kuwait's welcoming residents and beautiful weather make for an incredible experience teaching overseas.