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• In
  charge of planning and preparing course outlines and lessons.
  Prepare daily lesson plans and use them.
• Teach
  according to the educational needs of the students assigned to him/her,
  including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the
  students in school and at home.
• Assess,
  record and report on the progress, development and attainment levels of
  students.
• Use
  ICT systems for instructional planning and delivery

• Promote
  the general well-being and progress of individual students assigned to
  him/her.
• Provide professional, ethical and pastoral
  guidance, direction and advice to students on educational and social
  matters.
• Provide
  professional, ethical and pastoral guidance to students on their further
  education and future careers including information about sources of
  more expert advice on specific questions.
• Make
  records of and reports on the personal and social needs of students except
  on occasions where doing so might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s
  own position.
• The
  incumbent will communicate and consult with the parents on
  educational and social matters related to the students.
• Communicate
  and co-operate with such persons or bodies outside the school as may be
  approved by the school authority.
• Actively
  participate in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described
  above.
• Adopt
  a positive approach to all students in the school in respect of
  capability, behavior and cultural diversity.
• Work
  closely with department heads in setting and updating relevant schemes of
  work, curriculum materials etc., including useful trips and
  CAL.  
• Maintain
  a record of work and marks as agreed with the department head.
• Organize
  remedial sessions where necessary to meet targets.
• Prepare
  students thoroughly for good examination success, working with colleagues
  on strategies, targets and revision programmes.
• Set
  and mark homework following department policy. Check notebooks and return
  poor work.
• Perform
  any duty assigned by a senior person.

• Provide
  or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and
  references relating to individual students and groups of students except
  in situations where doing so might be regarded as compromising a teacher’s
  own position.
• Set,
  mark and moderate examinations under the direction of the department head.
  
• Prepare
  end of term reports within the set deadlines.
• Participate
  in invigilation of exams, lesson substitution, and school duty and take on
  the role of a form teacher or other assignments as given by the school
  administration.
• Participate
  in arrangements for preparing students for external examinations
  and in assessing students for the purpose of such examinations.
• Record
  and report students’ assessment and participate in arrangements for
  students’ presentation for and supervision of such examinations.

• Participate,
  if required, in any scheme of staff development and performance review.
• Keenly
  review from time to time his/her methods of teaching and programmes of
  work.
• Participate
  in arrangements for his/her further training and professional development
  as a teacher.
• Advise
  and co-operate with the principal and teachers on the preparation and
  development of courses of study, teaching materials and programmes,
  methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangement.
• Actively
  participate in meetings at the school which relate to the school
  curriculum or the administration or organization of the school, including
  pastoral arrangements.

• Maintain
  good order and discipline among students in accordance with the policies
  of the school and safeguarding their health and safety both when they are
  on the school premises and in school activities elsewhere.
• Ensure
  that all reasonable safety precautions are carried out pertaining
  to school activities.
• Check
  student appearance and lesson attendance. 
  

• The
  applicant for the History and Geography Teacher job opportunity
  must hold a Bachelor’s degree
  in Education majoring in History and Geography;
• A
  minimum of four years of working experience in Secondary/high school
  teaching History and Geography education, teaching in an
  International school setting is an added advantage;
• Excellent
  communication and interpersonal abilities;
• Excellent
  organisational and time-management skills;
• Energy,
  enthusiasm, stamina, patience, dedication and self-discipline;
• Initiative,
  leadership and supervisory skills and team working abilities;
• Imagination,
  creativity and innovation;
• Good
  judgement and an analytical mind.

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