The NEST School Chennai
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Job details:
The NEST School established in 2022 offering IB (International Baccalaureate) & CAIE (Cambridge) boards in Chennai, India, is a prominent IB and Cambridge international school known for holistic education, nurturing students from Pre-KG through Grade 12 with programs like IB PYP and Cambridge IGCSE/A Levels, focusing on critical thinking, creativity, and personalized growth in a supportive, nature-integrated environment.
Designation: IB Primary Years Programme Coordinator
Reporting To: Head of School/ Director/ Head of Academics
Experience Required: Minimum 3+ years of experience in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP)
Additional Experience: Prior experience as Group Lead / Team Lead preferred
KEY RESULT AREA
The PYP Coordinator is accountable together with the Head of Academics for the quality of the IB Primary Years Programmer and is responsible for all PYP administrative procedures and other PYP-related issues as they arise to support this curriculum. The PYP Coordinator moves beyond advocacy to provide active and dynamic leadership and support. When necessary, the PYP Coordinator identifies and reports issues to the Head of Academics with expediency, and helps to resolve issues once identified. The leadership position provides significant opportunities for professional growth and is a three-year renewable position subject to mutual agreement.
The IB PYP Coordinator has overall responsibility for:
1. Leadership
● Help teachers to plan, assess, record and evaluate learning and identify and address PYP professional development needs.
● Support and mentor new teachers
● Provide professional learning feedback for teachers
● Provide opportunities for teachers to observe one another in practice, through Looking for Learning protocols
● Support teachers through classroom visits.
● Lead staff meetings
● Lead collaborative planning across the school
● Work closely together, the PYP-related initiatives and projects, for example, Technology Integration, Early Childhood milestones
● Line manage HRF, Co-HRF and subject specialists
● Support and collaborate with the team on all aspects of self-study and review in five year evaluations with the IB on IBPYP
● Coordinate TNS specific curriculum across the Primary School
● With the Head of Academics, implement daily checks and balances in order to ensure that the conditions for inquiry are in place for all learners
2. Communication
● Attend Primary Leadership and any other meetings to provide feedback about the progress of the PYP.
● Keep Head of Academics and Primary School staff regularly informed of PYP developments.
● Maintain communication between the school and the IB.
● Ensure that curriculum-related parent meetings and workshop opportunities are provided.
● Ensure that all primary staff have access to the MyIB Resources
● Contribute to strategies to promote and inform current and potential parents of the school about the IB Primary Years Programme
3. Professional Development
● In consultation with the Head of Academics, identify areas for PD, and plan internal and external workshops accordingly. Internal workshops are provided regularly to reinforce current practices, and to further develop knowledge of the PYP.
● Communicate relevant PYP professional development opportunities for staff.
● Review PD applications from teachers and forward to the Head of Academics/HoS.
● Register PYP teachers for IB PD through IBIS when necessary.
● Ensure that all PYP teachers have access to the TNS reporting guidelines and provide assistance with the completion of assessment, recording and reporting as necessary.
● Engage individually and proactively with the TNS extended Family to enhance professional capacity and promote the same with other members of the faculty
● Engage individually and proactively with the MyIB to enhance professional capacity and promote the same with other members of the Faculty
4. Curriculum
● Provide guidance for staff in understanding PYP Subject Continuum documents.
● Ensure that staff understand how to effectively use the PYP unit planner.
● Ensure that Managebac and MCB are used effectively by all staff to support curriculum development and mapping and that curriculum documentation is both visible and current
● Liaise with the Head of Academics regarding PYP curriculum issues.
● Submit annual Improvement Plans for the IB PYP Programme and oversee the review of the TNS PYP ‘Programme of Inquiry’ on a 3-yearly basis, and submit report to the Head of Academic
● Maintain and update TNS specific curriculum and ensure they are available to all teaching staff
5. Documentation & Resource Management
● Keep copies of all correspondence with the IB, including forms, documents and reports.
● Assist the Head of Academics in determining main curriculum resources and facility needs for professional development; and in placing resource orders.
● Ensure that teachers keep planning for the PYP up to date.
● In advance, notify the accounts department of IB payments.
● Ensure that all requirements and procedures set by the IB concerning the programme are adhered to.
6. Marketing the school
● Actively market the school at every opportunity
● Meet with new parents, when requested, to market the unique features of TNS
● Create publicity materials for dissemination to the school community and for wider marketing
● Contribute to the development of digital resources such as SM, blogs, web-based information, on the PYP at TNS for transmission to the community
● Lead parent and stakeholder information workshops
● Contribute to the school’s marketing goals
Other Professional Requirements Commitment to Teacher Professionalism
▪ Have a working knowledge of teachers' professional duties as specified in the school’s handbook;
▪ Take account of wider curriculum developments and requirements within the relevant IB programme;
▪ Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of good practice in teaching techniques and seek to engage in professional conversation within the school;
▪ Inspire trust and confidence in pupils and colleagues;
▪ Model and implement the TNS Code of Conduct in a consistent, firm and non-confrontational manner and contribute to the development and / or implementation of school policies, and whole school annual objectives;
▪ Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school to parents and students both current and prospective;
▪ Any other reasonable request by The Head of School.
▪ The job description is to be renewed at the end of the 3 year period.
Commitment to Personal and Professional Development
▪ Participate in and fully engage with the school’s performance management and appraisal process. Demonstrating continuous professional and personal development through the identification and implementation of your own individual development plan arising from TNS and school performance management and appraisal processes
▪ Undertake professional development to enhance teaching and pupils' learning, identify impact, apply and share outcomes with colleagues;
▪ Improved performance
▪ Contribute to the professional development of others, giving support and willingly sharing ideas and materials;
▪ Performance appraisal
▪ Personal Development Plan
Commitment and engagement to the Organization and Professional Values and Dispositions:
● Seeking and maximising opportunity within the organisation - For us, opportunities need to be meaningful, about achieving potential and making progress.
● Recognising and pursuing impact within your role- For us, impact is about making a difference. It needs to be immediate, positive and lasting.
● Encouraging and accepting leadership within the organisation- For us, leadership is about considering the team’s needs as well as your own, setting inspiring examples, being supportive and showing real accountability and responsibility.
● Nurturing and modelling respect in all professional and personal interactions - For us, respect is about listening, being inclusive, showing tolerance and getting the little things right
● Complying with legal, contractual and organization requirements – including statutory
responsibilities, Company policies with regard to Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities and other relevant legislation.
● Any other appropriate duties - as assigned by the Head of School or as directed by the Management
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