We are looking for a Head of Arabic Department to join our Madinaty Integrated Language School.

Overall Function: · 

• To provide professional leadership and management to ensure high quality teaching strategies, effective and efficient use of resources, and raised standards of learning and achievement for all students in the subject area.
• To play a major role in the development of school progress and attainment.
• To inform the school management of students’ performance and future priorities and targets for the subject.

Knowledge:

• Receive and systematically file official documentation.
• Ensure that teachers are aware of statutory requirements.
• Organize curriculum meetings for teachers, parents, and school management.
• Identify needs in one’s own subject in relation to the overall needs of the school.
• Understand how the subject contributes to school priorities and to the overall education and achievement of all students.

Documentation:

• Review the curriculum adaptation in consultation with teachers as per school action plan.
• Develop long term and short-term curriculum plans/scope and sequence for all stages.
• Ensure these plans cater for SEND and challenge the more able students.
• Keep updated departmental handbook that include all information, orientation, and guidelines that teachers should have by the beginning of the academic year.
• Keep an updated HOD file that should include but not limited to school mission statement, philosophy, and policies; the department improvement plan; annual plans and lesson plans; scope & sequence; job description; personal professional development plans; workshops attended; class observation rubric, records, and feedback; samples of assessment materials; data analysis; minutes of department meetings; action plans, etc.
• Ensure every teacher has a file that includes all circulars and memos relevant to the subject, teaching and assessment materials, plans, job description, etc.