Full Time, Fixed Term

1 December 2024

Job Description:
REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING AT KAIWEN:


Basic Requirements:

• Enthusiasm for teaching and learning
• Interested in China, Chinese language and culture
• Five years full-time teaching experience
• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Teaching certificate
• Optimistic, open-minded, good sense of humor, skilled communicator
• Team work spirit
  

Desired in candidates:

• International working experience
• Experience in a bilingual environment
• Ability to promote excellent standards of teaching and learning
• Ability and desire to innovate and improve the curriculum in assigned teaching area

The School

Beijing Haidian Kaiwen Academy (KWA), founded in 2016, is a K-12 international school accredited by Cognia and is a WASC candidate school. Located at the foot of the picturesque and historic Yu Quan Mountain, Haidian District in Beijing, the KWA campus is 200,000 square meters of beautiful gardens that integrate natural ecology, cultural heritage, and modern beauty with 140,000 square meters of green space.

Curriculum at KWA

Our school is organized into the Primary School, grades K-5, the Middle School, grades 6-8, and high school, grades 9-12. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Education’s nine-year compulsory education program, KWA’s curriculum is built on strength from both Chinese and western education.
For Primary and Middle School, we follow a bilingual program using the US Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards along with the Chinese National Curriculum.
For High School, we follow the US Common Core and College Board AP curriculum and also offer the UK IGCSE and A-Level UK programs.

Mission

To cultivate nationalistic and globally minded leaders
To honor and carry forward KWA’s mission of laying a solid foundation to cultivate future leaders. We seek to cultivate students with leadership, global vision and devotion to family and country.

Vision

KWA’s educational vision is to guide students to explore their individual talents. While perusing global competencies, to support teachers in reaching the top of their careers and to push itself forward into becoming one of the best schools around the world.