English Teacher

Working Hours: Wednesday to Friday 1pm-8pm, Saturday to Sunday 9am-6pm.

This individual will be primarily a professional teacher who delivers and manages high quality and engaging lessons across the Athena curriculum.

This individual will also be expected to engage with a professional, collaborative culture of personal and departmental responsibility and ongoing improvement and growth.

Requirements

• Uphold the highest standards of professional behaviour, communication, attitude and appearance as per the Athena Employee Handbook.
  
• Set high expectations that inspire, motivate and challenge students.
  
• Plan and teach outstanding and engaging lessons that meet course syllabus goals and objectives while applying Athena teaching approaches.
  
• Effectively deploy a range of strategies to manage and develop the classroom environment to create a welcoming, open, effective and positive learning environment.
  
• Differentiate class instruction, activities and resources in order to maximise learning opportunities for all learners.
  
• Apply appropriate forms of assessment to monitor student progress.
  
• Provide timely and effective student feedback.
  
• Update, maintain and submit a record of attendance, assessment and lesson planning using Athena course files.
  
• Write student reports and participate in teacher-parent meetings as per Athena Guidelines.
  
• Conduct student screeners and placement as per Athena guidelines.
  

• Attend and positively contribute questions, solutions and updates to weekly center staff meeting.
  
• Share teaching resources with colleagues at all Athena centers.
  
• Actively participate in professional development, including training workshops and peer observations while implementing suggestions for improvement.
  
• Engage reflectively and positively with the routine and ongoing teacher appraisal process. 
  
• Support the Center Manager and Center Head Teacher/Associate Head Teacher with marketing events.
  

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Must have a minimum of 1-2 years of teaching experience related to the teaching of reading, writing and/or general English courses; OR a well-recognised TESOL qualification (120 hours+).
  
• Bachelor’s degree in either Arts or Sciences. Preference currently given to candidates with a scientific or technical background. 
  

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Good understanding of good classroom practice and key principles of child learning.
  
• Experience of developing own lesson plans and resources while working towards set goals and objectives.
  
• Ability to effectively collaborate with others to achieve desired outcomes. 
  
• Ability to communicate through verbal and written means with individuals and small groups at all levels of the organization. 
  
• Strong organizational skills and time management skills; ability to be flexible and solve problems.
  
• Experience in managing multiple tasks and the ability to deal positively with obstacles to progress.
  

Desired Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding and application of educational concepts and learning principles to classroom practice.
  
• Holds a CELTA qualification or postgraduate education credit.
  
• Experience and competence with digital technology in the classroom.
  
• Prior experience with teaching programming, electronics and technology.
  
• Prior experience in international departments and/or international school settings.
  
• Prior experience with IB PYP, Inquiry-based learning, Project-based learning.
  

Benefits

• Basic Salary: 15k-20k/per month
  
• 10 days paid annual leave 
  
• House stipend: 2k-4K/ per month
  
• Flight ticket reimbursement 6K
  
• Annual bonus provided （up to 1 month salary）
  
• Medical insurance & Medical check provided 
  
• Work Visa Assistance