Job Overview
Employer:
Stamford American School
Location:
Job Location
Hong Kong
The role of the Specialist Teacher is essentially to build and maintain a successful specialist program within the school by providing an educational atmosphere conducive to learning and developing through the process of inquiry.
Relationships:
● To develop trusting and effective relationships with all the students in the classes and their parents
● To establish supportive, collaborative, and positive working relationships with all other members of staff
● To become a positive presence across the whole school and a representative of it within its wider community
Leadership Role:
Planning
● Promoting and supporting collaboration among members of immediate subject team as well as with other secondary staff
● Ensuring that the written curriculum is updated and documented in Atlas, with a focus on an inquiry-based framework and AERO standards
● Developing and publishing agendas and minutes for all planning meetings
● Attending and actively participating in Pedagogical Leadership Team (PLT) meetings as scheduled and assuming roles as asked/scheduled
● Delegating tasks as needed to other team members
● Facilitate and pre-approve purchase requests for team-specific resources
Teaching
● Supporting decisions made by administration that will lead to improved student learning
● Promoting and keeping open lines of positive communication, among team members, other teachers and the administration of the school
● Providing a safe, inclusive and positive environment for collaboration to take place on the team
● Be a role model for their team by supporting and volunteering for after school and weekend events
● Facilitating the Let’s Talk process for team members
Assessing
● Ensuring that the team understand and comply with the Stamford assessment policy and guidelines
● Ensuring that the team collects, reviews and analyzes data
● Ensuring that the grade level report cards are proofread and are consistent across the grade. This includes keeping a focus on grade distribution.
Educational role:
● Developing and executing the preparation, planning and delivery of student-centered learning activities for the student in the class
● Being a facilitator in the classroom and taking an interactive role with students
● Using a range and balance of teaching strategies
● Grouping strategies using a variety of different learning situations, including whole class, small group, partner work and individual work; at desks, on the floor, etc.
● Viewing students as thinkers with their own emerging theories
● Building on what students know, and differentiating to meet student needs
● Ensuring that the classroom environment is well-managed, properly ordered and neatly presented
● Planning to ensure that ‘students achieve more than they think they can’, by collecting and using data such as MAP scores, and other formative and summative assessments
● Planning which emphasizes connections among curriculum areas and explicitly focuses on trans-disciplinary skills
● Planning which accommodates a range of ability levels and learning styles; teachers are expected to modify and accommodate students as needed, i.e. accommodating individual language needs (EAL), student support services, students who are struggling as well as students who need more of a challenge
● Planning in a collegial and professional manner with peers, showing respect, being prepared and on time, and adhering to the school wide meeting norms and team’s essential agreements at all times
● Involving students, parents and colleagues in the assessment process on a regular basis and as appropriate
● Involving students in shared reflection during, and at the end of, each unit, on a consistent basis
● Evaluating the program collaboratively with teaching partners, and parents and students as appropriate, using agreed flexible systems
Extended professional role:
Contributing towards the whole-school team spirit by taking every opportunity to promote the philosophy and policies of the Stamford American School Hong Kong
● Taking responsibility for the class during times of emergency
● Supervising the children at break/lunch and other unstructured times
● Ensuring that the children are safe and secure at all times
● Communicating regularly and positively with parents via timely meetings, class webs, reports and conferences
Parents:
● Coordinating parent meetings where appropriate to review a students’ progress
● Coordinating efforts of parents to assist with advisory volunteering duties or on excursions
General:
● To teach any classes as deemed necessary
● To provide any other reasonable duties delegated by the School Management
Relationships:
● To develop trusting and effective relationships with all the students in the classes and their parents
● To establish supportive, collaborative, and positive working relationships with all other members of staff
● To become a positive presence across the whole school and a representative of it within its wider community
Leadership Role:
Planning
● Promoting and supporting collaboration among members of immediate subject team as well as with other secondary staff
● Ensuring that the written curriculum is updated and documented in Atlas, with a focus on an inquiry-based framework and AERO standards
● Developing and publishing agendas and minutes for all planning meetings
● Attending and actively participating in Pedagogical Leadership Team (PLT) meetings as scheduled and assuming roles as asked/scheduled
● Delegating tasks as needed to other team members
● Facilitate and pre-approve purchase requests for team-specific resources
Teaching
● Supporting decisions made by administration that will lead to improved student learning
● Promoting and keeping open lines of positive communication, among team members, other teachers and the administration of the school
● Providing a safe, inclusive and positive environment for collaboration to take place on the team
● Be a role model for their team by supporting and volunteering for after school and weekend events
● Facilitating the Let’s Talk process for team members
Assessing
● Ensuring that the team understand and comply with the Stamford assessment policy and guidelines
● Ensuring that the team collects, reviews and analyzes data
● Ensuring that the grade level report cards are proofread and are consistent across the grade. This includes keeping a focus on grade distribution.
Educational role:
● Developing and executing the preparation, planning and delivery of student-centered learning activities for the student in the class
● Being a facilitator in the classroom and taking an interactive role with students
● Using a range and balance of teaching strategies
● Grouping strategies using a variety of different learning situations, including whole class, small group, partner work and individual work; at desks, on the floor, etc.
● Viewing students as thinkers with their own emerging theories
● Building on what students know, and differentiating to meet student needs
● Ensuring that the classroom environment is well-managed, properly ordered and neatly presented
● Planning to ensure that ‘students achieve more than they think they can’, by collecting and using data such as MAP scores, and other formative and summative assessments
● Planning which emphasizes connections among curriculum areas and explicitly focuses on trans-disciplinary skills
● Planning which accommodates a range of ability levels and learning styles; teachers are expected to modify and accommodate students as needed, i.e. accommodating individual language needs (EAL), student support services, students who are struggling as well as students who need more of a challenge
● Planning in a collegial and professional manner with peers, showing respect, being prepared and on time, and adhering to the school wide meeting norms and team’s essential agreements at all times
● Involving students, parents and colleagues in the assessment process on a regular basis and as appropriate
● Involving students in shared reflection during, and at the end of, each unit, on a consistent basis
● Evaluating the program collaboratively with teaching partners, and parents and students as appropriate, using agreed flexible systems
Extended professional role:
Contributing towards the whole-school team spirit by taking every opportunity to promote the philosophy and policies of the Stamford American School Hong Kong
● Taking responsibility for the class during times of emergency
● Supervising the children at break/lunch and other unstructured times
● Ensuring that the children are safe and secure at all times
● Communicating regularly and positively with parents via timely meetings, class webs, reports and conferences
Parents:
● Coordinating parent meetings where appropriate to review a students’ progress
● Coordinating efforts of parents to assist with advisory volunteering duties or on excursions
General:
● To teach any classes as deemed necessary
● To provide any other reasonable duties delegated by the School Management
Stamford American School
Job Location
Hong Kong
Job Details
Role Start Date
1 August 2025
Applications Close
30 April 2025
Min. Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Bachelor Degree
Min. Experience
3 Years
3 Years
Cover Letter
Not required
Not required
More Information
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