Full Time | Shanghai, China | Secondary Division
Start Date: August 2025
The School in Shanghai, China, is a bilingual institution established in 2007. It's a top international school integrating Shanghai and international curricula for Year 1-12. The school emphasizes a Chinese-English immersion approach across Primary, Middle, and High School divisions, offering both day and boarding options. The 'International Plus' curriculum combines Chinese studies with Cambridge IGCSE and IB Diploma Programs. The School aims to provide an exceptional educational journey focusing on academic excellence, character development, and preparing students for a rapidly changing world.
At School, its forward-thinking program is designed to nurture the holistic development of students, encompassing their emotional, social, physical, and intellectual facets. mission is to prepare these students to become engaged and responsible global citizens, well-equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
Curriculum: Bilingual Curriculum, Chinese National Curriculum, IB Diploma, IGCSE
Accreditation: CIS, WASC
School Type: 9-12 Day, 9-12 Boarding, K-12 Day
Students Enrollment: Approx. 1600 in total
• Keep abreast of the latest national laws and regulations, industry norms, certification (such as CIS/WASC) standards related to the business within your responsibilities, maintain a high level of professional ethics and requirements, and ensure that management decisions, policy making and work practices fully comply with the above regulations, standards and requirements
• Serve as the one of the school’s pedagogical leaders working closely with the Campus Principal and as part of the Campus Leadership Team
• Oversee the creation of stimulating, challenging and supportive learning environments where student agency for learning is evident
• Lead Heads of Subject to map essential standards into unit plans prior to the start of each school year; thus producing the school’s scope and sequence of learning for all subjects after taking into account past reflections and any adjustments required by the national curriculum
• Lead the annual review and develop the school’s handbooks for parents and staff, focusing bringing together input from the Director of Student Life, Heads of Subject and other key school leaders
• Create known strategies across subjects and with input from Directors of Student Life to engage students in goal setting and the adoption of other like strategies to support assessment for learning
• Create a cohesive and annual home/school engagement plan in unison with the Student Life team; include the hosting of parent workshops and other strategies
• Liaise with outside Academic Associations and external providers; creating a positive and effective working relationship
• Respond constructively to requests from other departments within the school such as the admissions department, marketing department, primary principal’s office and the like
• Assist the Campus Principal in the setting of and achievement of school development goals; remaining flexible and agile to respond to changes in circumstances
• Assist Heads of Subject to establish and achieve goals within their department, ensuring interconnection with the larger pedagogical focus of the school
• Actively enable contributions from stakeholders (colleagues, parents and students) to inform department decision making and goal setting
• Contract Period: 2 years
• Student Contact days: 180
• Approximate Dates for the School Year: Aug 1-June 25
