Myp Science Teacher

**This position is for experienced IB Faculty**

Organizational

**Each Secondary School Teacher is accountable for**:

- Study IB philosophy and get familiar with MYP or DP curriculum, including the syllabus, written curriculum, taught curriculum and assessment. Complete the unit plan and assessment tasks to meet individual, group and program needs
- Attend the collaborative planning, flag-raising ceremony and other important events/activity as required. Ask for leave in advance by completing the leave form and provide the lesson plan for the substitute
- Meets required deadlines, including timely preparation of unit plans, assessment task, exams, report card grades, comments
- Plan each lesson carefully and engage all the students in the teaching activities
- Provide office hours for students every week; Give support to some students in special needs
- Assess the students work with MYP or DP criteria, provide both formative and summative assessment record
- Report and communicate with the parents and counselors about the students performance regularly. Guide the students to collect their work or develop a portfolio to show their progress. Students work will be shown at the end of the semester and the parents conference.
- Take part in the professional development actively, log in Programme Resources Center often and study the IB updated documents, collaborate and share with the other teachers. Make research of teaching and submit the summary, research paper or essay at the end of the semester
- Exhibits a professional manner in appearance, voice, and demeanor and serves as a positive role model for students and colleagues
- Demonstrate team-work, respect others and resolve conflicts in a positive way
- Take other responsibilities, such as, supervise the students during break time, proctoring the test, be a substitute when another teacher asks for leave, be the judges during the sports games, attend the parents conference, students enrollment interview, school open house, and some big events of department or school
- Be the Community Project supervisor or EA supervisor
- Create a safe and comfortable learning environment for students, manage the classroom property and report for repair whenever necessary
- Learn and use the technology as required, such as, Power-school, gradebook, Manage-Bac, Destiny, OA, etc.
- Provide recommendation letter for students when needed

Planning

**Each MYP/DP Teacher is accountable for**:

- Planning collaboratively for student learning
- Planning which is based on agreed student learning outcomes, in the context of the school-wide programme
- Involving students in planning for their own learning and assessment
- Planning work which builds on students' prior knowledge and experience
- Planning significant units of inquiry, to be explored in depth
- Addressing assessment issues through the planning process
- Planning work which emphasizes connections between and among curriculum areas
- Planning work which accommodates a range of ability levels

Teaching

**Each MYP/DP Teacher is accountable for**:

- Using a range and balance of teaching strategies
- Creating a stimulating classroom environment
- Grouping strategies using a variety of different learning situations
- Viewing students as thinkers with their own emerging theories
- Building on what students bring to the learning experience in the way of prior understanding, knowledge and skills
- Using a variety of resources representing multiple perspectives
- Empowering students to feel responsible and to take action
- Involving students actively in their own learning
- Pursuing open-ended inquiry and real life investigations
- Maintaining constant awareness of the needs of the children to whom English is a second language
- Addressing the individual needs of students with different levels and types of abilities
- Devoting extra time to students who may be struggling academically or who may need further challenging
- Ensuring that children with learning differences are provided with appropriate programmes
- The attainment, progress and outcomes of students taught
- Being aware of students’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and planning teaching and differentiation as appropriate
- Demonstrating an understanding of and taking responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy
- Ensuring the documentation of curricula units and lesson plans on ManageBac and within the timelines set forth by the administration
- Use the learner profile to guide the appropriate student development of internal control and self-confidence

Assessing

**Each MYP/DP Teacher is accountable for**:

- Viewing planning, teaching and assessing as interconnected processes
- Using an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for students and monitoring students’ progress and levels of attainment
- Making accurate and productive use of assessment to secu