Academic Quality Manager (Physics)
Dipont Education is seeking an Academic Quality Manager (Physics) to be based in our head office in Shanghai, China. This is a high profile and dynamic position, crucial to the ongoing success of Dipont’s industry leading high school programs.
Background
For over 15 years, Dipont Education has delivered specialized curriculum through a network of High School Programs in over twenty cities across China. These programs deliver courses ranging from IGCSE, A-level,US College board Advanced Placement program and IBDP.
The AQM (Physics) role is based in Dipont’s Shanghai head office but will operate with a company-wide responsibility, especially with regards to your subject specialism. You will work with a likeminded team of professionals with a variety of subject specialisms to collectively support and develop pedagogy as well as being one of two experts in your own area.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance
You will undertake early probation and full lesson observations to ensure consistent quality of teaching and learning across all centers.
Resource Management
You will manage teaching and learning resources across the Dipont Schools Program for Grades 1-9 Science. This includes creating, monitoring, and assessing teaching resources, textbooks, lesson plans, and a professional development framework for teachers.
Professional Development
You will keep up to date with current educational developments specific to your physics in general pedagogy, and in education technology. You will share your insights through regular Continued Professional Development (CPD) sessions with teachers, as well as providing one on one support for teachers as required.
Curriculum Support
You will prepare, collect, standardize, and coordinate a bank of subject resources, making these readily available for staff to use in all centers. You will lead a select group of teachers chosen from our partner schools meeting twice a year face to face to help facilitate this.
Partner Relations
You will offer support and advice to Center Principals if they have concerns about subject teachers. You will also be prepared to provide emergency cover as needed. Such cover will not normally extend continuously beyond five teaching days.
About you
- Teaching certification/qualifications
- Experience teaching a minimum of one externally examined syllabus in Physics, either Cambridge, IB, or Advanced Placement.
- Academic management experience strongly preferred
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
- Adaptable, resourceful and able to travel extensively.
About Dipont
Dipont Education has been at the vanguard of international education in China for more than thirty years. We employ over 400 expat teachers and have more than 6,000 students enrolled in our high school programs, partnered with some of the best schools in the country
