About this role
Job Description - PYP Homeroom Teacher
Bishkek International School is a non-profit community school providing excellent international education in a safe, supportive and happy environment. The school opened in September 2011 and now has over 450 students from age 2 to 18. Fifty percent of our students are foreign citizens, children of employees of embassies, international organizations and international business or NGOs. Fifty percent of students are Kyrgyz citizens. The school welcomes all students regardless of ability, gender, ethnicity, language, or religious belief and everyone is encouraged to take part in all school activities. BIS is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Commission on International Education. As an IB World School we offer the IB Diploma Programme, IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), and IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). We are also a Cambridge International School, with the Cambridge IGCSE programme in Grade 9-10, and accredited by the Ministry of Education for the national curriculum programme.
In BIS we believe that children need the opportunity and inspiration to learn. BIS provides the opportunities, and the teacher’s main role is to inspire explorers (students) with the joy of learning, and to help guide them through the learning process. A teacher is an ‘Inspirer and Guide’.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Teaching
Develop, deliver, and assess an education programme based on the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) for students in the assigned grade and class group.
2. Align classroom learning and teaching to PYP approaches.
3. Create an engaging learning environment that motivates students to learn and ensure all student expectations are high.
4. Provide a positive learning environment for each student and inspire students to expand their understanding and enjoyment of the subjects taught.
5. Differentiate instruction to meet the individual needs of each student to be socially and acade