Business Studies Teacher - Maternity Cover

Job description / Role

About us:

Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education ( PosEd ). Through PosEd , our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.

About Sunmarke School - Where Amazing Happens

Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring , values- based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams . Powered by our unique signature program me s, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school , transforming young lives . This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted 'Most Innovative School' award at the Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London.

Sunmarke is an all- through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students including the National Curriculum of England , GCSE/IGCSE,'A' Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma and Career Related Programmes. We also offer a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled in Dubai . With unique experiences in Environmental and Sustainability Studies , students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilis ing cutting-edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in future terrains . Our world-class STEAM centre and curriculum offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems , from Foundation Stage through to Year 9 . We are technologically innovative and incorporate AI into learning in all subjects , as well as deepening learning through Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences . We have outstanding performing arts opportunities with fantastic facilities and amazing teachers to help our more creative students truly find their voice . Sunmarke School was judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a 'Very Good' school in our 3rd year of operation and' Outstanding ' in our British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection in 2019.

We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey to outstanding ". Sunmarke School , Dubai is one of our flagship schools , located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.

Requirements

About you:

We seek to appoint an experienced Business Studies Teacher on a temporary (Supply) contract to join our team in August 2024 . The candidate must be well-qualified, holding, as a minimum, a B.Ed. or a B.A & PGCE and QTS and will b e required to teach the subject at I/GCSE & ' A' Level.

This is a local contract with no benefits. Candidates applying for this position MUST be sponsored by their spouse/parent .

About the Company

Fortes Education is made up of a caring and committed educators and innovators who seek to improve education in the UAE and Middle East region through the establishment of innovative schools and enlightened education programs that help students realise their potential.

We are able to deliver and accomplish our goals through a management team trained in education and business, a dedicated and large team of teachers, educators, and school administration staff, our research-based school curricula, achievement based educational systems, intensive professional development, extended learning programs, cutting world class educational facilities and cutting edge technologies.

Fortes has a strong leadership team that combines business and education expertise from around the globe. We work closely with the local government authorities to improve the standards of education and to make quality education more accessible to the broader community.