ICS Addis is seeking an experienced, highly collaborative, creative, and future-focused MYP Language and Literature English teacher who has experience working within a Professional Learning Community (PLC at Work) to join our Middle School team.

At ICS Addis we believe that learning is an ongoing process in which learners acquire, develop, and apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential to thrive in, and contribute to, an ever-changing world.

At ICS Addis, we believe that learning is optimized when:

Meaningful, Authentic, Reflective, Collaborative, Conceptual, Transdisciplinary, Active, Personalized

Successful candidates will meet the criteria listed below.

Expected Qualifications: 

• At minimum a bachelor’s degree
• Teaching certification

Expected Experience, Skills & Dispositions:

• Being able to support students at all skill and ability levels
• Having more than three years of experience as a middle school teacher (Grades 6-8)
• Having more than three years of experience teaching MYP Language and Literature
• Planning for and supporting students through an Advisory program
• Planning and implementing a concept-driven curriculum
• Using concept-driven assessment practices
• Planning and explicit teaching of approaches to learning (AtL) skills
• Using an inquiry-based approach to teaching
• Developing Community Engagement opportunities within the curriculum
• Collaborating with various subject groups to develop interdisciplinary learning
• Planning and implementing learning experiences that develop students’ global citizenship and intercultural competence
• Working in highly collaborative co-teaching teams
• Using blended learning pedagogical strategies
• Honoring student agency and implementing personalized learning
• Being self-motivated, self-directed, and detail-oriented
• Being flexible and adaptable
• Being a creative thinker with a growth mindset
• Having excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Providing extracurricular opportunities
• Desired Experience:
• Working within a learning community or learning hubs
• Using Toddle as LMS for curriculum documentation, feedback, reporting, and communication
• Teaching additional subject areas