Job Description

Number of Vacancies: 5
Student Level:
Middle School, High School
Eligible Candidates:
Licensed Teacher, University Graduate
School Requirements:
Education Required: Bachelor Minimum Teaching Experience: 1 year of teaching experience Major: Science Required Certificates: Teaching Credential/License


Additional School Requirements:

Qualifications:

Teaching Credential/License Valid teacher certification for the subject and level you are being hired to teach. Candidates holding valid and relevant New York State Teaching certifications are preferred. 2 years of recent professional work experience in the education field as Science in the US curriculum. Minimum of Bachelor's degree and ideally a Masters. Candidates must have experience teaching in a US district school offering the Common Core State Standards (New York State experience preferred). Fluent English speaker.
Job Benefits:
Tax-free salary paid on a scale linked to teaching experience Housing allowance paid quarterly to an employee for self. End of service gratuity. Joining and departing economy class flights to/from Dubai to the home of record for self. Annual flights from home of record [Economy class] for self-taken once during annual leave. UAE medical insurance for self. 2,000 AED settling-in allowance. 2-year renewable contract with an option for renewal. Visa processing costs. Excellent career and leadership prospects. Positions of Additional Responsibility are available for suitable candidates wishing to take on greater roles within the school community.
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Ignite School recruits motivated, dynamic, qualified, and experienced international faculty who are best able to engage our students in creative and innovative learning. The staff of Ignite School is supported by a peer-led professional learning community shaped by reflective practice and collaboration.


Ignite School shapes creative and innovative "21st-century citizens of the world" through a sustainability-focused, student-centered learning environment that celebrates diversity. We seek to instill exemplary character and life-long learning skills in our students through inclusive school life programs and extra-curricular activities that empower and challenge the realization of potential in each of our learners. Every Ignite School student feels welcome, accepted, safe, valued, and happy. Host-country national students feel they have the potential to make a valuable social, cultural, and economic contribution to the well-being of their local community and their country.


The American curriculum is rigorous, relevant, and service-oriented with a curriculum design that adheres to international best practices. Our inquiry-based learning model provides a platform for the development of creative processes that weave together sustainable development, science, mathematics, [coding and design] technology, analysis, logic, debate, and innovation. Our holistic approach to learning encourages the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development of our students through real-world experiences as well as inside our high-quality learning facilities. With the aid of learning technology, students develop the 21st-century citizenship skills of critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, cognitive flexibility, emotional intelligence, and creativity.


Interviews are conducted through Skype/Google Meets.