Kindergarten Music Teacher

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Student Level:
* Early Childhood
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎5 years of teaching experience
* Major: Music Education
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
Other Certification
* Master's degree in Education highly preferred
* Proficiency in the Arabic language preferred but not required (willingness to take classes leading to proficiency)
Job Benefits:
We offer a competitive salary in line with international standards, a generous
benefits package and ongoing meaningful personal and professional development
opportunities.
Job Description:
Reporting to: Head of Kindergarten and Elementary School Principal
Job Profile
Seeking talented innovative progressive Kindergarten Music educator to develop
an invigorating safe, supportive, and stimulating learning ecosystem in a
state-of-the-art purpose-built facility. The ideal talented individual should
be empowered to make the greatest positive impact on the community, embrace
all learners within his or her learning environment, promote inquiry through
questioning while employing the Socratic method, be principled, and be
committed to the well-being of self and students.

Description of position
The International School of Kuwait (ISK) is seeking an inspirational
Kindergarten Music Teacher who can develop the vision and mission while
implementing a rich curriculum, which lies beyond the traditional scope of
education.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced elementary school teacher who has a
record of ensuring high academic performance for his or her students in a
diverse, language-rich environment. He or she will be skilled at forming and
maintaining relationships with a broad range of individuals and across areas
of difference such as cultural background, linguistic heritage, race, socio-
economic status, and family structure. Kindergarten Teachers are responsible
for planning the indoor and outdoor classroom environments to provide a
positive, creative and stimulating context for learning and teaching built on
a climate of trust and teamwork by being fair, consistent, caring, respectful,
and enthusiastic. Prospective teachers should be passionate to work in this
incredibly diverse community with cultural competence and placing an emphasis
on integrity, well-being, inquiry, empowerment, inclusivity is a requirement.
The duties and responsibilities of an ISK Kindergarten Music Teacher, include:
* Following the School 's philosophy of child development to promote the physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual growth of students
* Planning and executing a clearly defined environment that is arranged to promote independence, foster decision-making, and encourage initiative and involvement
* Creating dedicated learning centers for dramatic and imaginative play, block building, art, language, and mathematical thinking
* Creating a classroom that promotes and reflects inquiry of the world in which the students live
* Creating displays that document the students' learning process and creativity
* Observing the students and documenting their progress to plan further learning and to evaluate and assess their development
* Engaging students in learning by using a variety of contemporary teaching strategies to meet individual learning needs
* Supporting and enhancing student learning through the use of digital integration and technology
* Having daily discussions with members of the teaching team along with scheduled weekly team meetings to coordinate work and strengthen collaboration
* Establishing an inspiring, respectful, positive, safe student-centered environment that is conducive to learning
* Developing and using a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies to guide teaching and learning, while catering to individual students' needs
* Providing meaningful and constructive, honest and regular feedback to students about their learning and progress
* Keeping parents informed of children's progress by maintaining records of academic performance, attendance, and participation
* Reporting on all elements of student development at student-parent-teacher conferences
* Encouraging parent involvement by inviting the parents to the class and working closely with them on their child's development
* Developing and presenting lesson plans by using a variety of teaching models (Pathways to Teaching) and techniques (Pathways to Learning)
* Maintaining good disciplinary order and child safety standards in the classroom, on the school's campus, and while on bus and vigilance duties
* Maintaining a safe, secure, and healthy educational environment on campus and educational visits
* Updating professional knowledge by attending regular faculty meetings, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations that result in enhancement of student learning
* Using the school's student information system to keep and maintain records and to facilitate communication
* Ensuring the classroom physical layout maximizes learning and collaboration while providing a safe and nurturing environment
* Facilitating learning through a range of strategies, in individual, small, and large group settings in a positive and differentiated learning climate
* Participating in the implementation and review of the curriculum
* Taking on ad hoc tasks as negotiated by the Head of Kindergarten and the Elementary School Principal
* Maintaining a commitment to professional ethics, international-mindedness, and the school's vision, mission, and core values
* Aligning student assessment with expected learning outcomes and the school's Assessment Policy
* Supporting all school policies and procedures
* Leading community initiatives to develop and build a sense of equity and inclusion within the school while maintaining a strong sense of community among staff, parents, and students

Application for position
All applicants in the talent pool must provide a Letter of Interest that
addresses the duties and responsibilities for the desired position. In
addition, a curriculum vitae/ r esume must accompany the Letter of Interest
and three references must be provided, one of which must be the applicant's
current employer. References will not be contacted until a firm Offer of
Employment is made.
For teaching positions: Philosophy of Teaching will need to accompany all CVs/
Resumes.
Al Ekhlas International Education and the International School of Kuwait are
committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expect
the same from all of its employees. All new employees will be subject to
enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal
background checks, qualification checks, and employment checks to include
exploration of any gaps in employment history and two satisfactory employment
checks.