Job Title:Secondary Chemistry Teacher

Location: Adcote School Shanghai

Department:Chemistry & Biology

Address:No.9288& 9488, Waiqingsong Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai

Employment Type:Full Time

Start Date:01st August 2023

About Us

Adcote School Shanghai is the first oversea branch of Adcote School (UK) and officially opened in September 2018.   

The school is located in Shanghai Songjiang Sheshan National Tourism Zone. It is designed according to the architectural concept of "close to mountains and rivers". The environment is beautiful and presents the characteristics of beautiful British landscape gardens. Our school integrates the advantages of Chinese and Western education. Seeking kindness through virtue, seeking truth through science and seeking beauty through excellence, our school cultivates lifelong learners with the qualities of cultural inheritance, innovation, independence, global competence and leadership, to be pioneers with valor and innovation, to be thinkers with independent personality, and leaders of world trends.   

The campus covers a total area of 90000 square meters and has rich educational and teaching facilities such as library, multi-function hall, football field, rock climbing wall, golf platform, gym, innovation laboratory, art personalized learning space, science and innovation center, theater, air film gymnasium, International Conference Center and so on. Diversified teaching space design not only ensures the teaching space of diversified courses in the school, but also fully meets the sports needs of students.

What We Can Offer

l Salary: competitive remuneration;

l Employee benefits: Social insurances and housing fund, high standard annual medical, life allowance, free and diverse working meals;

l Paid holidays: enjoy national legal holidays, paid winter and summer holidays and Christmas holidays;

l Promotion and development: reasonable career planning and promotion channels;

l Tuition discount: children can enjoy the discount in school;

l Other benefits: rich staff activities and team building; Holiday gifts and employee care gifts;

Responsibilities & Tasks

1st Responsibility Description: Lesson structuring  

1. to write and formulate clear cohesive lesson weekly which should be handed in during probation;

2. to formulate a scheme of work which incorporates content, context, requirements and aims;

2nd Responsibility Description: Implement lessons

1. to actively where each lesson objective is clearly stated for students during teaching;

2. to teach across levels and differences of understanding;

3. actively nurture learning and in so doing to not do the opposite;

3rd Responsibility Description：Homework and assignments

1. to set, mark, review and give feedback weekly;

2. input grades accordingly into the system;

3. highlight those who fail to meet such requirements;

4th Responsibility Description: Administration duties

1. to be in the office during stated/allocated work hours (08:00-17:00) engaged with lesson preparation or other tasks;

2. attend meetings when announced;

5th Responsibility Description: extracurricular activities

1. be willing and able to participate in extracurricular undertakings by the department;

2. be willing and able to participate in extracurricular undertakings by the school;

Person Specifications

Qualifications/Training

1. Qualified to degree level or above;  

2. Qualified Teacher Status;

3. A minimum of 2 years teaching experience or excellent fresh graduates passionate in teaching;

Experience / Knowledge

1. Experience of being part of a highly successful department and school;

2. Experience of leadership/management in a school;

3. Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curricula to engage children and enable them to perform highly;

4. Experience of delivering a UK National Curriculum (A-Level and IGCSE);

Skills

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills both in Chinese and English;

2. Ability to engage children and enable them to perform highly;

3. Strong organizational skills;

Personal Attributes

1. High levels of personal integrity;

2. Excellent organizational and time-management skills;

3.  Attention to details;

4. Ability to work under pressure and remain calm;

5. Willingness to take on multiple tasks;

6. Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved;

7. Self-motivated and enthusiastic;

8. Ability to work independently;

9. Continually strive for improvement;

10. Adaptability;