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Grade 5 Homeroom Teacher

Kunming International Academy

Kunming, China

Housing will be provided in a spacious gated apartment complex with lots of greenery.

Airfare from Current location to the school will be provided.

Start December 2024

Job
School

Contract Length: 1 year

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

Elementary

Eligible Candidates:

Licensed Teacher

School Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor
Minimum Teaching Experience: 2 years of teaching experience
Major: A degree in Education
Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
Other Certification
Work Visa Eligibility: United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), South Africa, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand

Additional School Requirements:

To obtain a visa the citizenship and degree must be from an English-speaking country.

Job Benefits:

Free Tuition Benefit for Children
Professional Development Opportunities
International Health Insurance
Advanced Degree Program Application Accepted After Two Years of Experience
Two Personal and Seven Sick days a Week
Salary Paid Year Around
Six Weeks Off During the School Year for Holidays with Pay
Healthy family-oriented work environment
Collaborative professional work structure

Job Description:

Instructional Expectations:

Teach classes as assigned following the prescribed curriculum guides.
Design yearlong units, and lesson plans that guide classroom instruction.
Effect student learning through mastery of the subject material by utilizing valid teaching techniques to achieve curriculum goals within the framework of the school’s philosophy.
Plan a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the student's individual needs, interests, and abilities, challenging each to do his/her best work.
Employ various instructional methods and materials that will provide creative teaching to reach the whole child spiritually, mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally.
Plan through approved channels the balanced use of field trips, guest speakers, and other media.
Assess the learning of students regularly and provide progress reports as required.
Keep proper discipline in the classroom and on the school premises for a good teaching environment.
Be prepared and willing to take on assignments outside his/her subject areas as needed.
Inform the administration if unable to fulfill any duty assigned. Prepare and make available adequate information and materials for a substitute teacher

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About the School:

Kunming International Academy is a private and non-profit institution that seeks to provide a quality education for the children of the international community. KIA’s programs are designed to develop mature and healthy young adults and assist them in achieving their full potential as world citizens.

The foundation of Kunming International Academy’s educational philosophy is the belief that there exist absolute truths and that these truths provide an essential framework for understanding ourselves and our world.

Therefore, the school is committed to the pursuit of truth, in all its varied richness, as a revered task that is guided and immeasurably, enhanced by a shared perspective.

The Academy aims to provide a quality education integrated with a worldview where all individuals, cultures, and religions are treated with respect. The educational program is adapted to the needs of the international student as much as possible. Although the core of its program follows an American-style academic approach, the school seeks to include emphases that transcend any one culture or nationality.

Kunming International Academy endeavors to nurture the whole person, uniquely created, by furthering each student’s intellectual, physical, spiritual, emotional, and social development. Since the ultimate responsibility of a child’s education lies with the parents, the Academy partners with and encourages parents in this nurturing process.

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