Senior Homeroom Teacher

Job Overview

With over 138 years’ experience, the Anglo-Chinese schools in Asia have a well-established history of excellence in education. ACS Bali is the newest member of the ACS family opening in August 2024 on the beautiful resort island of Bali, Indonesia. ACS Bali joins the family of six ACS Schools in Singapore and one in Jakarta. ACS Bali is an international school offering the Cambridge international curriculum (Grades 1 – 10) culminating in Cambridge IGCSE (Grades 9 & 10) and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (Grades 11 - 12) qualifications. It combines academic rigour with strong holistic co-curricular and pastoral care programmes.

The two Junior School Senior Homeroom teachers are key members of the Junior School start-up Team supporting the Principal and the Kepala Sekolah to develop and maintain the highest standards of academic and all-round holistic excellence in every area of school life within the Junior School. Each Senior Homeroom teacher is an internationally-minded leader who can formulate a vison for the future and strategically collaborate and embed new ideas, taking into account all stakeholders. S/he will have responsibility for curriculum development and teaching of one homeroom class, probably within Grades 3 – 6.

The opening of a new school is a start-up ‘green field’ operation. Therefore, the successful applicants will have a ‘can-do’ and ‘hands on’ attitude with wide-ranging skills in academic, pastoral, leadership and administration areas as well as outstanding inter-personal skills. They will be expected to use their initiative and high skill set in a variety of different tasks encompassing all aspects of the school start up process. As key members of the Junior School, they play a central role in creating a strong sense of community that will unite students, faculty and support staff from diverse backgrounds, especially so in the Junior School but ultimately also across the whole school.

As with all staff, they are expected to support and promote the school’s special Christian character as an ACS school; and as a senior member of the Junior School start-up team will have a strong personal Christian faith.

We welcome you to join our team!

Job Duties

The Senior Homeroom Teacher Junior School’s key tasks will include, but not limited to, the following:

Leadership

• Professionally and collaboratively Lead, Care, Inspire and work with other Junior School staff to create an exceptional learning environment for all students.
• Ensure that the Teaching Assistant in their class is mentored and coached regularly and effectively, to ensure their growth to ultimately become top performing teachers in an international environment.
• Contribute to the development of a strong Junior School to ensure that the philosophy, mission, vision and strategic direction of the Junior School, is achieved.This includes attending meetings, providing effective feedback and input into strategic decision-making, and the supervision and appraisal of staff.
• Work with the rest of the JS to develop and maintain a positive nurturing environment that promotes the highest standards of academic and all-round holistic excellence in every area of school life.
• Provide opportunities for student leadership and development within their class and across the school.
• Attend school functions both in and out of school time as required.
• Assist the Principal (and ultimately the Vice Principal and Director of Marketing and Admissions) at school marketing and public relations events, and undertake admissions interviews as required.
• Communicate regularly and clearly to parents and the local community on all relevant matters using both digital and hard copy resources.
• Ensure the smooth delivery of consistently high-quality school events, celebrations and assemblies.
• Be responsible for the efficient and effective use of classroom resources, including actively monitoring and making best use of the allocated financial resources. Input into the following year’s budget development is also expected.
• Be a high-profile role model around the school, modelling the highest standards of professional and personal behaviour and performance, encouraging students and staff, and being a leader in the establishment of high morale and high standards of student behaviour.
• Be always a strong ambassador for the school and at all functions, by being professional, approachable and effective - by word, action and example.
• Respect, support and promote the school’s foundational Christian (Methodist) and ACS values, especially during assembly and Chapel devotions, providing leadership as required.

Academic Programme

• Create a culture of high expectation and challenge within the classroom in line with the philosophy and policies of the Junior School.
• Ensure students of all academic abilities make good progress and achieve to their potential.
• Ensure a consistently high quality of teaching and learning within the class.
• Ensure the curriculum is balanced and relevant to the students and in keeping with the school's policies and objectives.
• Initiate quality assurance best practices - review, monitor and evaluate the academic programmes and progress of the students.
• Support the professional development of the teacher assistant to ensure a positive and improving impact on teaching, learning, students' rates of progress and the standards they achieve.
• Be an active role model to others through teaching a Home Room class (approximately 29 - 30 periods per week out of 49).

Co-curricular Activities

• Contribute to the implementation of a strong and balanced co-curricular programme based on best interests of students. Taking one CCA per semester is expected of all teaching staff.
• Incorporate the ACS House system into the internal CCA programme.

Pastoral Care

• As a senior leader in the Junior School be one of the school’s designated Child Protection Officers.
• Provide leadership to ensure a strong and effective pastoral care programme to meet all students identified needs.
• Ensure effective and relevant counselling and guidance to their students, liaising promptly with parents as necessary.
• Ensure an effective student behaviour management system is implemented to ensure an orderly and productive environment both in class and around the school.

Others

• Support the work of the Principal and Board of Directors / Yayasan as required.
• Duty assigned as deemed appropriate for a Senior Homeroom Teacher.

Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Education or equivalent is required. Master’s degree in Education preferred.
• Professional teaching certification is required.

Relevant Experience

• Minimum five years of primary school teaching experience in an international setting.
• Previous experience in curriculum development.
• Previous experience in middle management in a primary school an advantage.
• Previous experience in a start-up situation also an advantage.

Personal Attributes & Skills

• Be always a high profile and effective role model in all situations.
• Have a strong personal Christian faith.
• Model servant leadership.
• Be comfortable in an international environment.
• Be able to utilise their strong interpersonal skills to unite and inspire students and staff to maximum effectiveness and outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess good initiative and the ability to work independently and in a team.
• Good organisational, time management and multitasking skills.
• Positive attitude, meticulous and resourceful.
• Remuneration shall commensurate with experience.