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Head of Senior School

Wellington College China

Tianjin, China

Housing Allowance provided on a monthly basis.

Annual Home Leave Flight Allowance for self and eligible dependents.

Start August 2022

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School

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Eligible Candidates:

Licensed Teacher

School Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor
Minimum Teaching Experience: 10 years of teaching experience
Major: Education

Additional School Requirements:

The person would be expected to have qualified teacher status with good experience of leadership in previous roles.
They would be expected to demonstrate competence in areas such as IT, budgeting, personnel development, and information systems.
Confident understanding and 4 experiences of IGCSE and A Level programmes, as well as a good grounding in the English National Curriculum, is essential.
Experience of working within a Senior and Prep School structure would also be an advantage.

Job Benefits:

Housing Allowance provided on a monthly basis.
Annual Home Leave Flight Allowance for self and eligible dependents.

Job Description:

The Head of the Senior School will be responsible for:

the coordination and effective delivery of the teaching and pastoral care in the Senior School, leading the Senior School SMT;
achieving the highest standards of performance and self-discipline amongst the Senior School teaching and non-academic staff;
the drawing-up of the Senior School academic calendar, in consultation with the relevant members of the SMT and Heads of Faculty/Department;
design, development, implementation and review of all Senior School policy documents and strategic plans, in consultation with the relevant members of the SMT;
managing parental concerns and communications in the Senior School;
disciplinary matters relating to all students within the Senior School;
ensuring that pupils abide by the uniform regulations and therefore reflect credit on the College through their appearance and behaviour. 3 Academic Management The Head of the Senior School will:
lead by example as a teacher and as a manager, setting appropriate expectations for staff and pupils concerning standards of pupils’ achievements and the quality of teaching;
support the continued development of good and excellent teaching at Wellington; remaining open to changes in pedagogy whilst embedding best practice as it arises;
oversee the process of setting academic targets for senior pupils and work towards their achievement;
work with the Director of Studies in the monitoring of pupil progress and achievement, including planning for and implementing interventions and extension;
evaluate pupil progress and achievement in line with Wellington procedures including monitoring achievement about peer schools;
to assist with the collection and reporting of school data to support pupil development internally and, externally, for a wider group of stakeholders;
liaising closely with the Heads of SEND and ELA, in the event of individual student problems/concerns arising. Leading people, good relationships The Head of the Senior School will:
sustain effective, positive working relationships with all staff, pupils, parents, and the local community;
possess good communication skills and be willing to adapt to the demands of an international school;
be able to provide support and guidance for all members of the Senior School in academic and pastoral matters;
be able to teach mixed culture and high ability classes using a variety of styles to create appropriate learning opportunities for all learners;
be familiar with British and international secondary curricula and pastoral strategies;
coordinate strong links, both curriculum and pastoral, with the Head of the Junior School, to devise an effective transition program into the Senior School from the Junior School;
the collection and dissemination of all information relating to the Senior School for use in marketing, and communication to the Wellington community;
the development of a positive relationship between the Senior School and the wider school community through cooperative ventures, publications, competitions, and extra-curricular activities;
the enhancement of the reputation and professional standing of Wellington College in Tianjin including through the development of good relationships with neighboring schools.

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About the School:

Wellington College China is a partner of Wellington College in England. It has five schools and two nurseries in China, all in exciting, international cities. Our schools provide an outstanding education for 2,150 local and international children aged between 2 and 18 years old.

Success in public examinations is important and we celebrate it. However, at Wellington College, excellent exam results and great university destinations, in the UK and worldwide, are only part of the picture. We want our pupils to be the very best people that they can be: to be kind, to have integrity in their actions, to take responsibility when necessary, to have respect for their environment, for others and themselves, and finally to show courage when needed. The Wellington values frame the way we think about what it is be a Wellingtonian, including the ways we work and what we hope to become.

Our Huili Schools combine Wellington’s holistic, British approach to educating the whole child, with the enduring strengths of the Chinese curriculum and focus on learning. We talk about giving our pupils the best of both worlds. Half our lessons are in English and half in Chinese. Half our teachers are English-speakers and half are Chinese. It is our desire to imbue every pupil with our five core values: courage, integrity, respect, kindness and responsibility. We encourage and expect our Chinese pupils to develop the Wellington identity: to be inspired, intellectual, independent, individual and inclusive.

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