Lead Teacher

**Lead Teacher - Job Description & Requirements**

Join Our Leadership Team at Astor International School

**Commitment to Safeguarding**

**About Astor International School**

Founded in 2019, Astor provides affordable, high-quality international education with a focused and creative learning environment. Our curriculum emphasizes Mathematics, Literacy, Humanities, and Science, while also integrating arts, music, dance, and drama to enhance critical thinking and creativity.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**General**
- Lead Primary School Teaching and Learning, holding responsibility for educational standards across the Primary School.
- Lead the development and monitoring of policies relating to Astor’s Teaching and Learning, curriculum and professional development and ensure that the school’s practice reflects those policies.
- Work with the Head of Primary/Principal to manage the Students with Specific Needs.
- Work with the Head of Primary/Principal to lead, manage and develop the teaching expertise, professional development, and wellbeing of all Astor staff.
- Establish high standards of student achievement and behaviour throughout the primary school.

**Pedagogy & Teaching Approach**
- Foster a student-centred learning environment that encourages independent thinking and collaboration.
- Build positive and nurturing relationships with students to support their growth as lifelong learners.
- Contribute to teaching in the school as an excellent practitioner
- Plan, teach and evaluate a challenging, stimulating, creative and exciting holistic curriculum for all Astor students, including appropriate robust systems for assessment and tracking
- Use both formative and summative assessments to plan differentiated lessons that meet diverse learning needs.
- Provide timely and constructive feedback to students.
- Promote student ownership and engagement in learning.
- Maintain open and regular communication with parents through feedback, reporting, and celebrations of student progress.
- Work with the Head of Primary/Principal to lead the teaching and learning strategy across the primary school.
- Work with the Head of Primary/Principal to support staff to develop, organise and implement Astor’s chosen curriculum and supplement programs.
- Ensure that information on student progress is used to improve teaching and learning, to inform and motivate students, to inform parents and to provide necessary references for other educational institutions.

**Curriculum Delivery & Enrichment Activities and Instruction**
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of curriculum skills, concepts, values, and learning progressions.
- Implement effective metacognitive and reflective practices.
- Adapt teaching strategies to best meet students’ needs.
- Prepare and present student reports and assessment data to parents and relevant stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues to plan and develop a curriculum that builds progressively across the academic year and grade levels.
- Deliver a creative, dynamic and inquiry-led IPC curriculum.
- Integrate cross-curricular links between IPC, English, and Mathematics.
- Participate in staff meetings, training sessions, and parent meetings beyond classroom hours.
- Be present on campus or engaged in school-related tasks from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday to Friday (with flexibility as needed).
- Plan and lead field trips, camps, performances, and excursions.
- Provide active supervision during school activities.
- Lead one enrichment class per week.

**Staff Management and Development**
- Partner with the Head of Primary / Principal in the development of teaching staff, providing coaching and mentoring support as required.
- Promote staff development through appropriate training and a programme of performance management for assigned staff.

**Professional Development & Collaboration**
- Engage in continuous professional growth and self-reflection.
- Contribute to the professional development of colleagues through mentoring and coaching.
- Actively participate in the school’s appraisal process and goal-setting initiatives.

**School Culture & Community Engagement**
- Foster a positive, respectful, and supportive school environment.
- Ensure that the classroom and school spaces reflect Astor’s vision and values.
- Build strong relationships with students, parents, and staff.
- Contribute to the wider school community through participation in meetings, events, and marketing activities (e.g., Open Days).

**Other Responsibilities**
- Maintain awareness of teachers’ professional duties and legal obligations.
- Adhere to school policies and practices.
- Uphold high standards of professionalism and conduct.
- Collaborate with colleagues to optimize school resources and enhance student learning.
- Undertake any additional duties assigned by the school’s leadership team.

**Qualifications & Experience**
- A minimum four-year teaching qualification from an international university (minimum Bachelor of Education)