Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Summary of the Role
The MYP Coordinator reports to the Director of Teaching and Learning. The MYP Coordinator is a crucial link between the school and the IBO. He or she is expected to maintain a thorough understanding of all aspects of the Middle Years Programme and to actively endorse and promote the principles that underpin it. Additionally, the MYP Coordinator will be expected to provide pedagogical leadership that builds and sustains a healthy MYP culture amongst all secondary faculty.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience
• Experience: 2+ yearsʼ IB MYP coordinator
• A Masterʼs Degree preferred with specialization in education, administration, or related fields
• At least five years of relevant IB MYP leadership and/or teaching experience (d) Teaching Credentials

Professional Competencies:
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form
• Educational leader and outstanding teacher
• Sound decision making, solutions focused, knowledge of child protection and health and safety
• Experience in developing and/or sustaining high performance teams
• Highly effective relationship developer with a variety of stakeholders
• Expert knowledge of IB Standards and Practices, and expert knowledge of the MYP curriculum framework

Personal Attributes:
• Collaborative team player, empathetic listener
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Strategic thinker, able to convert vision into action
• Internationally minded, emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness, creative, persuasive
• Flexible and capable of managing growth and instilling high standards
• Adept in multilingual settings, spirited, pioneering, professional and nurturing

Responsibilities
The MYP Coordinator will be accountable and responsible for:
Administrative Responsibilities:
• informing and advising the school leadership and, where necessary, the school community regarding all aspects of the Middle Years Programme
• planning the MYP in cooperation with the Director of Teaching and Learning and the Secondary admin team including strategic and action planning, allocation of resources and establishment of priorities to ensure continuous program improvement;
• overseeing the implementation and delivery of the MYP, including budget;
• participating in the scheduling process to ensure that the schedule supports student learning in the MYP;
• providing advice, and support to all teachers as well as keeping staff informed of all current developments with the MYP including advising the appropriate faculty of any new publications
• relevant to their subject areas and/or positions within the school;

chairing regular MYP faculty meetings;
• leading the understanding and appreciation of the MYP within the IST school community;
• promoting the MYP with the IST school community
• organising the formal procedures in preparation for moderation, certification and programme evaluation;
• maintaining regular contact with the IBO and assuming overall responsibility for administering, distributing, completing and returning all relevant documentation pertaining to the MYP;
• maintaining accurate school and student information via IBIS;
• supporting and advising teaching staff regarding the administration of the MYP and ensuring that all moderation and final mark requirements are met by the stipulated deadlines;
• ensuring that moderation samples are complete prior to mailing;
• overseeing the development, implementation and administration of the personal project and work with the Personal Project supervisor to ensure the continuity of the personal project;
• liaising, as appropriate, with other MYP coordinators elsewhere;
• organising, attending and leading such MYP community information session as required;
• attending Leaders of Learning, Team Leader and Board of Director meetings as required;
• preparing an annual KPI report for the Secondary administration and Board of Directors following each moderation session;
• attending the IB regional conference as needed and report back to the Secondary school the relevant information gleaned from the conference;
• assessing the professional development needs of MYP teachers and coordinating their participation in MYP workshops;
• representing the MYP on school committees when necessary;
• inducting new faculty, students and parents into the MYP;
• collaborating with the service learning supervisor for students in grades 6 to 10 and ensuring that each student meets the community and service requirements during the transition to an embedded service learning program;
• leading the IB MYP five year self-study process when it occurs

Curriculum Responsibilities:
• liaising with the leaders of learning to ensure a scope and sequence is in place and adhered to for each academic department;
• ensuring the consistency and development of unit planners in each academic department;
• establishing and maintaining a record of completed MYP planners;
• ensuring a scope and sequence is in place and adhered to for the ATLʼs across the grade levels;
• ensuring an overall scope and sequence for the global contexts across subject areas;
• providing leadership that builds and sustains a healthy MYP culture amongst all faculty;
• leading and participating in curriculum review and development for each academic department;
• developing interdisciplinary links through Grade levels and subject departments;
• leading the integration of embedded service learning programs in each Grade from 6 – 10 including the ESP;
• working with the PYP Coordinator and DP Coordinator to ensure overall curriculum continuity with the PYP and DP in the school and between the programs


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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