The American Academy for Girls

Female KG Classroom Teacher

The American Academy for Girls

Salwa, Kuwait

Job Details

Type: Full Time

Post Date: 30+ days ago

Industry: Education

Job Description

Management Tasks and Responsibilities for All Teachers:

  • Develop unit, weekly, and daily plans. All plans should include outcomes,

assessments, and differentiation. All plans must be available for the
Principal when they are asked and for teacher absence.

  • Maintain pupil records of achievement: anecdotal records, writing samples,

homework completion, portfolios, and records of parent meetings.

  • Use assessment results to determine the next steps of growth on a

class-wide basis or for individual students.

  • Plan and prepare assignments, experiments, assessments, demonstrations,

teaching aids, bulletin boards, newsletters, homework, etc.

  • Plan, organize, and supervise students at assemblies and other special

programs, making a professional contribution to overall school operation.

  • Meet with parents, at teacher, parent or principal’s request, at

Parent/Teacher conferences, at Open Houses/Orientation and other such
events, and as needed during the year.

  • Maintain consistent, honest, and whenever possible, positive communication

with parents throughout the year by responding to or initiating contact
through phone calls, meetings, or agenda notes.

  • Work positively and professionally with all students and their families,

but in particular, high-risk students, understanding that positive
teacher/student/parent relationships are often a determinant of school
success.

  • Attend supervision duties on time, taking the opportunity to interact

positively with students and parents. Show professional behavior while
supervising. Eating, drinking, or using a mobile will result in receiving
a warning letter.

  • Meet report card expectations and due dates as set by the Principal.

Participate productively in:

  • All team meetings

  • All ECE staff meetings

  • All professional development days, meetings, and/or workshops

  • Curriculum development

  • Instructional in-services

  • Textbook adoption programs

  • Meetings with parents, either initiated by the school, teacher, or parent

AAG has been in existence since 1996 providing educational programs for Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti girls. AAG is a single gender private school for girls that uses an American curriculum that is aligned with Common Core Standards to prepare all students for success in Early Childhood Education, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, University, Careers, and Community Leadership. Our school has four divisions: Early Childhood Education (Pre-K, KG-1, & KG-2) Elementary School (Grades 1 – 4) Middle School (Grades 5 – 8) High School (Grades 9 – 12) We have 975 total students enrolled in our school. All our core subjects: English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are taught in English as the primary language except for Arabic, Religion, and Koran classes which are taught in Arabic and the curriculum comes from the Ministry of Education. Our school offers an array of opportunities academically including AP courses and extra-curriculum activities such as Athletics, M.U.N., Academic Games, after-school clubs, etc. In addition, we offer Arabic as a Foreign Language for those students who have permission by the Ministry of Education. AAG consists of a staff that is diverse and dedicated to ensuring our students are successful.

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