High School AP Language / AP Literature Teacher

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Student Level:
* High School
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎2 years of teaching experience
* Major: English
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎2 years of teaching experience
* Major: English
* Required Certificates:
* Teaching Credential/License
* Bachelor's degree from a recognized and accredited post-secondary institution
* The school prefers to hire teachers with advanced degrees and at least two (‎2) years of full-time teaching experience
* Fluent English Speaker
* Valid passport up to ‎3 years
* Official degrees and their transcripts
* Valid teaching certificate
* An official copy of previous teaching experience letters, clearly stating the length of years of experience
* Must be under the age of ‎60 due to VISA requirement
* Must have a clean FBI Report/ Background Check
* (Please check the Kuwait Embassy for Work VISA requirements)
Job Benefits:
* Fully Furnished Apartment including utilities and internet services along with a small gym, access to a heated pool, full laundry facilities, etc.
* Round Trip Airfare from home to Kuwait
* Local and International opportunities for Professional Development
* Health Insurance - Worldwide coverage except for emergencies in the United States and Canada
* Kuwait Governmental Insurance - up to ‎12 months Salary
* No-Absence Bonus
* Yearly Increments
* Free Tuition up to two children
* End of Service Payment
* Continuous Service Bonus
* Work permit/Residency costs paid by School and VISA costs
* Settling-in Allowance
Job Description:
The Universal American School, Kuwait (UAS) is a private nonprofit co-
educational college-preparatory school serving multinational students from
Nursery to Grade ‎12. UAS opened in September ‎1975 with approximately ‎300
students to begin a high-quality tradition in academics, athletics, fine arts,
and extracurricular activities. Today there are over ‎1,800 students from all
over the world as we approach our 46th anniversary of excellence in education.
UAS is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and New
England Association of Schools and Colleges NEASC). There is a particularly
selective student admissions procedure based on an interview and required
entrance examination at all levels.
Approximately ‎380 staff includes highly qualified teachers and many long-term
employees. A large percentage of faculty members have advanced degrees in
addition to required teaching certification.