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Ref: MP986-05
Job description / Role
Objectives:
- The role of the PYP Coordinator is to work collaboratively with all Elementary School teachers and the administration as a key member of the Elementary School Leadership Team by facilitating, organizing, and implementing the PYP program at LWIS Istanbul.
Main responsibilities:
- The candidate will provide teacher support, coaching in curriculum instruction and day to day grade organization, including student guidance and support. In addition, this candidate will interface with the whole school community including students, parents, IBO, and school staff members.
Reporting to: School Principal
Number required: 1
Duration: 1 year contract - renewable
Desired start date: September 2020
Probation: 3 months
Working Hours: Monday -Friday 8:00 am -3:30 pm
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, Teaching certification, educational leadership/management workshops
- 3+ years’ successful IB -PYP Homeroom teaching experience
- 2+ years as a PYP Coordinator
- Strong communication skills in English. (Arabic and/or Turkish is a plus)
About the Company
Welcome to SDC where "we measure success one happy school at a time!"
School Development Consultants (SDC) was registered as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in 1999. SDC is an education services and consultancy firm based in Lebanon offering its services to schools and educational institutions in Lebanon, and in particular, to the Learner’s World International Schools (LWIS) Network.
Since 2014, SDC Offshore has offered similar services to members of the LWIS Network across the Middle East and Africa.
At present, the LWIS Network is made up of seven schools; four in Lebanon, one in Turkey (Istanbul), one in the UAE (Dubai), and one in KSA (Riyadh). Three of the schools in Lebanon and the school in Dubai are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The school in Riyadh is accredited by AdvancED.
While the schools in Lebanon offer a tailor-made American Curriculum, three of them are authorized International Baccalaureate World Schools for the Diploma Programme (IB DP), and one is an authorized International Baccalaureate World School for the International Baccalaureate - Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). The Lebanese Program is also on offer in all four schools. In addition, the schools in Lebanon are Microsoft Schools1 and offer the Microsoft Imagine Academy2 program.
The school in Istanbul will be applying for IB PYP consideration during its first year of operation (2020-2021) followed by candidacy and authorization. The schools in Dubai and Riyadh offer a tailor-made American Curriculum.