Business and Economics Teacher Secondary

Roles and responsibilities

• Curriculum Planning and Instruction

  • Lesson Planning: Developing detailed lessons that align with curriculum standards and help students grasp key concepts in business and economics. Lessons often cover topics such as economic systems, business strategies, financial markets, and entrepreneurship.
  • Teaching Business and Economic Concepts: Introducing students to core concepts, such as supply and demand, price elasticity, market structures (perfect competition, monopolies), national income, fiscal policy, and monetary policy. In business, topics may include marketing, finance, organizational behavior, and business ethics.
  • Practical Application: Using real-world examples, case studies, and simulations to help students understand how business and economic principles apply to current events, markets, and industries.

• Assessment and Feedback

  • Testing and Grading: Administering regular quizzes, exams, projects, and assignments to assess students' understanding of key concepts. Grading assignments and providing constructive feedback to guide students' learning.
  • Tracking Progress: Monitoring the academic progress of students and identifying any areas where additional support or tutoring may be needed. Offering tailored help to ensure all students understand critical material.
  • Group Projects and Presentations: Encouraging students to work on group projects that mimic real-world business or economic challenges. Presentations are often part of these projects to build communication skills.

• Classroom Management

  • Maintaining Order: Ensuring a positive, structured, and focused classroom environment where students are engaged in learning. Establishing clear rules for behavior and expectations for participation.
  • Encouraging Student Engagement: Creating an interactive learning environment by incorporating discussions, debates, guest speakers, and case studies to keep students actively involved in the material.

• Promoting Financial Literacy

  • Teaching Personal Finance: In addition to business and economic theory, many business and economics teachers are responsible for teaching financial literacy, which includes budgeting, savings, credit, investing, and understanding financial products like loans, insurance, and retirement plans.
  • Practical Skills: Helping students understand the practical side of finance, including how to manage personal finances and make informed decisions about money and investments.

• Encouraging Critical Thinking

  • Problem Solving: Encouraging students to analyze economic problems, evaluate data, and form their own opinions based on evidence and economic theory. This may involve debating economic policies or analyzing business strategies.
  • Real-World Applications: Using case studies, current events, and economic simulations to show how economic theories and business strategies apply in the real world.

• Technology Integration

  • Educational Tools: Using digital tools, such as economic simulation software, business management programs, and online platforms to enhance lessons. Teaching students how to use business-related software or data analysis tools may also be part of the curriculum.
  • Online Learning: If teaching in an online environment, utilizing video lectures, digital textbooks, discussion forums, and collaborative tools to support student learning.

• Professional Development

  • Continuing Education: Attending workshops, conferences, or enrolling in courses to stay updated on the latest trends and developments in business and economics education.
  • Networking: Participating in professional organizations, collaborating with colleagues, and sharing best practices to continuously improve teaching methods.

Desired candidate profile

• A passion for providing outstanding teaching and driven to provide education at an exceptional level. Teachers enjoy an outstanding school environment in which to deliver a dynamic and creative curriculum to motivated students.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• Teachers are expected to have a current license/certification in their home country with a minimum of 3 years full-time teaching experience.
• IB MYP/ DP experience is preferred.
• Aspiration to work in a world class school with real prospects for enhancing their career.

The safeguarding of our students is at the core of all that we do. all appointments are conditional on:

• Acceptable police checks (or equivalent) from the country of origin and from all counties in which you have worked.
• Appropriate references from your current and previous employer, corroborated by personal phone calls made to each.