Language Development Lead Practitioner

The majority of Aga Khan Schools (AKS) students and staff are multilingual learners. For most students, English is not their dominant language upon entering school, and for many English is their third or fourth language. The schools use English as the sole or as one of the mediums of instruction. Therefore, an important goal of our educational offering is that students, teachers and school leaders are proficient in academic English. AKS seeks to implement a model of additive and dynamic bilingualism, which builds strong academic English whilst maintaining and developing students’ other languages. One measure of the success of this programme is that AKS staff and students are highly proficient users of academic English. Students will be: Qualified for entrance to university courses delivered in English, in their own countries and overseas; and Equipped to benefit from a wide range of employment opportunities and continuing education both locally and globally. The Language Development Lead Practitioner is expected to be able to lead English language training and/or student lessons and to team-teach, model best practices and work with local teams to build their capacity. The work will be scalable and sustainable and support the system by providing training, enabling local teams to support their workforce to develop their language skills to meet the language requirements of their roles. English language proficiency for both students and staff will be referenced to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) using the Cambridge English international standards. Responsibilities: The Language Development Lead Practitioner will be a member of the Education Team at the AKS Global Office and will work collaboratively with those Education Team members and with the local teams in each country/region and school to drive the following: Audit current practice in language instruction and development (including reading, writing listening, speaking and comprehension) across the