Hong Kong Adventist Academy (HKAA) is an English medium, AAA accredited school for students grade 1 through 12.  We are located at Clear Water Bay, a half hour drive from downtown Hong Kong.  We have about 270 students, taught by our talented team of international faculty members. We seek to hire a full-time High School English Teacher for the new school year beginning August 2024.  Job benefits include health care and life insurance, housing subsidy and educational subsidy for your children who study at HKAA.   Major responsibilities of the job include teaching content and skills in the English language, literature, composition and reading, utilizing the course of study adopted by the Hong Kong EDB and Griggs' standards in teaching individual course content.  The teacher is expected to develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.  He/she needs to ensure that HKAA achieves goals that have been set for the English department, and collaborate with colleagues to prepare students for college and career, for e.g. developing a unified language arts program in which students are provided the opportunity to experience language as oral and written discourse by which the user shapes experience.  Other responsibilities include aligning student assessment with instructional goals, appropriate to the needs of the student, and providing learning experiences that develop student competence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing English.  Additionally, the candidate needs to actively support school-wide focus areas (e.g. HKAA values) and ensure that these are embedded in English subject practices. Additionally, he/she needs to use pedagogically appropriate technological tools in the teaching and learning process.  From time to time, the teacher needs to coordinate with the English department head and Registrar to review, verify and recommend digital and physical textbooks and library books. 

Candidate must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or higher in English with a teaching certificate.  He/she must have a minimum 2 years of teaching experience in high school. Other requirements include demonstrable evidence of creating/innovating/adapting high school curricula to engage teenagers, experience with designing and implementing effective and creative inquiry-based units of study, and experience in managing classrooms with diverse students and different learning abilities (including students with special needs).  Candidate also needs to demonstrate passion for education and the English language; possess a solid understanding of secondary school program organization, programs and students; possess a proven ability to differentiate instruction and integrate learning; and a positive, client-centric and service-oriented attitude, with a commitment to the Christian mission of HKAA.  Interested candidates are to email Ms. Khim with cover letter, resume and three work references to yimkhim.chan@hkaa.edu.hk.