As we move into June 2021, the faculty and staff at ISB are not only focused on a strong finish to this current school year, we are preparing for the 2021-22 school year ahead of us. An important aspect of my role at this time is ensuring that we work to identify the best teachers in the world to replace some of the teachers who are moving on to new adventures at the end of this year.
ES faculty representatives along with Jeff, Sarah and I are interviewing teacher candidates who are not only well prepared via their education degrees and various credentials, but also bring a wealth of experience and a commitment to the ISB vision and mission. The qualifications and qualities we look for when recruiting teachers to join us in the elementary school are vast and include some of the following:
- Education degrees and valid teaching license/certification for elementary school years.
- Past successful experiences as indicated by their past direct supervisors via the reference check process
- Commitment to the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) of students.
- Positive interpersonal skills and the ability to develop positive relationships with people of diverse backgrounds.
- Successful at differentiating within the classroom for students with diverse learning differences (from remediation to enrichment) and linguistic backgrounds.
- Experience with the ISB curriculum, programs, and approaches to teaching in addition to pedagogical best practices in alignment with current educational research.
- Models the ISB Professional Standards of Integrity, Responsibility, Respect, Care, Collaboration, and Commitment.
- Commitment to communicate directly and collaboratively with parents and families to support student learning and well-being.
We look forward to introducing our newest team members to you when school begins in August, until then, we’ll continue to do our very best work to seek out the most extraordinary educators we can find to teach your children and partner with you!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen, Ed.D.
michaela@isb.ac.th