Full Time, Permanent

14 February 2025

THE POST
Aldar Education is currently seeking Teacher of Drama for Mamoura British Academy in Abu Dhabi commencing in the 2025-2026 Academic Year.
Mamoura British Academy is a British curriculum, mixed gender school until Year 9 and a girl’s only school from Year 10 onwards. It is located in a state of the art building in the heart of Abu Dhabi. We strive for excellence in all that we do through our high expectations and commitment to ensuring that we provide high quality learning opportunities for our students. Our vision is to be ‘a sustainable and innovative learning community, where we nurture all learners through our bespoke Mamoura British Academy DNA.’ The Mamoura Learner, Teacher and Values DNA is at the heart of the school community.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.
The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.


RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lesson Planning, Teaching and Learning:

• Planning and delivering Outstanding teaching and learning, in line with school policy and aligned to the Mamoura Teacher DNA.
• Preparing lesson plans by following the curriculum guidelines and accommodating teaching methods.
• Ability to teach Drama from Year 6 to Year 13 and Music/Performing Arts from Nursery to Year 6.
• To plan lessons and sequences of lessons consistently and effectively, in the long, medium and short-term, to meet pupils’ individual learning needs.
• Creating a climate for learning that is conducive to delivering Outstanding practice.
• Motivating students by delivering enjoyable and creative lessons that both challenge pupils and promote critical thinking.
• Identifying clear teaching and learning objectives and ensuring student achievement against these.
• Setting clear targets for students, building on prior attainment.
• Supporting SEN (POD), EAL and G&T students and ensuring that their needs are met through differentiation.
• Delivering high quality lessons and learning activities that maintain pace, challenge and engagement.
• Making effective use of assessment for learning.
• Making effective use of performance data and key indicators to inform next steps in students learning.
• Making effective use of learning technologies to enhance learning and progress.
• Maintaining high standards of behaviour whilst motivating pupils and facilitating their development to meet targets in accordance with the school’s Behaviour for Learning Policy.
• Promoting the effective use of technology, digital software and data systems and a strong awareness of digital learning technologies under the direction of the Line Manager/HOD, in accordance with the National Curriculum and using appropriate syllabus, materials and schemes of work.

Assessment, Recording, and Reporting:

• Demonstrating consistently and effectively the use of data relating to student’s prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations/targets for pupils, monitor their progress and to give clear and constructive feedback.
• Assessing student’s achievement against learning objectives and use this information to improve specific aspects of teaching and learning.
• Marking students work in accordance with the school marking policy, set targets for progress in accordance with the outcomes and providing feedback of students’ progress as required to facilitate positive student’s development and academic progress.
• Assess and record student’s progress systematically and keep records.
• Use performance data to inform planning, students learning and progress.
• Undertake assessment of students as requested by examinations bodies, department, and school procedures.
• Prepare and present informative reports to parents.

Curriculum Development:

• Participate in subject specific development by producing, reviewing, and updating curriculum plans and schemes of work.
• To ensure that personal subject knowledge is up to date through CPD and professional reading.
• To ensure personal continued professional development within the applicable curriculum.

Other duties and responsibilities:

• Contribute to the school’s ECA Programme by leading at least one after-school activity once a week for the academic year.
• Attend and support parent/student events.
• Undertake duties as part of the staff duty rotas in accordance with school policies.
• Work with the CARTS department to produce our annual show and other events, including some weekend rehearsals and performances.
• Attend all requisite meetings and contribute where applicable to Study Support Plans, SEN meetings and provide any information that may be required for individual pupils.

REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor Degree in a related subject with PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 2 years Teaching experience in English National Curriculum

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Outstanding teacher
• Teaching across ability range with proven success
• Experience of working in more than one International School
• Experience of teaching UK Curriculums
• Strong Inter-personal skills
• Knowledge of UAE Ministry of Education and ADEK regulations preferable
• Commitment to the school’s vision, strategic intentions and USP’s
• Passion for education, teaching, and a belief in the potential of every student
• Ability to work under pressure, problem-solve, deal with challenging situations and be resilient
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD)

APPLICATION
This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.
Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.

Al Mamoura Academy is a partly co-educational international school located in Abu Dhabi, first accepting an intake of students in 2016. The school has primary and secondary areas, with the school’s primary division being co-educational and secondary being girls-only. As a newly built school, Al Mamoura Academy is able to boast of a huge range of modern teaching and recreational facilities, such as an auditorium, a swimming pool, numerous sports courts and halls, as well as a fully equipped library and extensive IT facilities. The curriculum at Al Mamoura Academy is primarily based on the English curriculum in primary phases, whilst secondary phases offer a wider range of international qualifications including GCSEs and A-level studies as well as a US Curriculum pathway. The school also offers Arabic and Islamic studies programmes should students wish to study them. In addition to this, the school has a wide range of extra-curricular activities available for students to take part in.
Values and Vision
Al Mamoura aims to provide a high quality, well supported and primarily English-style education for students both national and international. Teaching staff at Al Mamoura Academy are expected to be highly-qualified in their chosen field, and to further develop their teaching skills whilst working at the school. This includes holding an undergraduate degree in the subject they wish to teach, as well as hold prior teaching experience and conform to a number of other requirements depending on the seniority of their position.