Teacher in English

**Job Information**:
Industry

**Education***

City

**Ooty***

State/Province

**Tamil Nadu***

Country

**India***

Zip/Postal Code

**643004***

**About us**:

- The Good Shepherd International School, **India’s best fully residential**, international co-educational school, was founded by the late Dr. P.C. Thomas and Mrs. Elsamma Thomas in the year 1977. Originally known as the Good Shepherd Public School, it became an International School of the highest caliber of learning in the year 1995. Dr. P.C. Thomas and his wife Elsamma Thomas both started their careers as teachers themselves, which fostered their vision and goal to create the best educational institution in which a child can learn and grow.ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

I. Plan, Develop and Implement:

- Plan and prepare for students learning appropriately using knowledge and understanding of the GSIS context
- Contribute to the development of IG ,IB & ISC-PGT curriculum (the production and ongoing review of units and/or schemes of work), ensuring both diversity and inclusivity are incorporated to student learning experiences
- The curriculum should focus on two components which includes English language and Literature in English
- Prepare leasson plan in advance for any class in a structured format which should include the learning objectives, content specification, inquiry/focus questions, teaching methodology, learning resources, learning engagement, assessement and assignment
- Develop well-designed and learner-centered learning engagements
- Analyse the results of the previous year and plan the teaching objectives accordingly
- Have an understanding of students’ needs and abilities to design appropriate learning experiences
- Implement inquiry-based teaching and learning to convey knowledge, conceptual understandings and required skills to the students and respond to student inquiries and provide meaningful advice
- Shortlist and design the coursebooks required for the students

II. Teaching approach:

- Create a warm fostering environment in the classroom that facilitates learning
- Ensure that students are engaged in meaningful learning experiences
- The focus should be to develop ability of the student to speak individually and in group, read with understading of grammer, vocabulary and idioms, assess information through listening and writing within a framework
- The activities / project work and experiences need to be adapted keeping in view the individual differences among children and their innate potentials, as well as the students with special needs
- Remedial classes should be taken to strengthen the students learning wherever required
- Teacher to impart knowledge to the students as per the defined curriculum
- Implement best teaching practices to enhance student-learning processes
- Mentor and nurture students by providing appropriate guidance, motivation and intellectual support
- Identify appropriate learning approaches which are constructive or integrative, collaborative and reflective
- Frame the learning goals based on the central idea adopted through collaborative discussion and link the same to the curriculum key concepts and learner profile
- Design future learning and teaching based on the reflections- To engage students in creative thinking and integrated learning experiences
- Support students socially, emotionally and academically
- Establish and maintain effective classroom management through connection, consistency and compassion
- Maintain high ethical standards and display integrity at all times
- A variety of teaching strategies supporting the development of ATL skills are to be included for facilitating a holistic view of the area of English language (ATL skills include - Communication, Thinking, Social, Self-management, Research)
- Conduct mock exams as and when required
- Coach and mentor students for interhouse and interschool competition

III. Assessement and Feedback:

- Plan and implement effective assessment for/of learning which enhances outcomes for students
- Assess students and provide both formative and summative evaluations
- Design programme tests and assessment tasks as required
- Summative assessment for IG,IB & ISC-PGT students to be planned based on the learning objectives- Corrections of assessments and homework given in the Managebac
- Closely monitor the student projects and guide them until completion
- Provide oral and written feedback to students and other stakeholders
- Update the current status of the unit completion to the parallel teachers, head of the department and the section coordinator
- Receive and implement the feedback received from the section coordinator and the head of the department
- Evaluate and review their own teaching methods, materials and unit plans and make changes as appropriate
- Teachers performance shall be measure based on the evidence of student’s knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills developed during the teaching and learning process

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